It seems to be that kidnapping “important” foreigners (i.e. North Americans and Europeans and not just Turkish truck drivers) is big in the news from Iraq again. A German archaeologist called Susanne Osthoff has been kidnapped and Spiegel, at least, is describing it as “Merkel’s first big test“.
In the absence of the KSK finding out […]
Over at the Shaperner, Mr. Nosemonkey is worried that the British blogosphere is cliquey and almost elitist.
Meanwhile Mark Holland notices how many of the top political bloggers went to grammar or private schools.
Coincidence? Or blogging reflecting society?
“They’re all very open and direct about sexual matters”
I was English, she was German. We were at the same Scottish university (me for the maximum sentence the law allows, her for a year abroad) and, despite four or five months of unsubtle hints, coy looks and dancing naked in front of her window, it took […]
The fair and delectable (look, the shaved head picture has a certain, er, something) gigglechick has discovered podcasts and / or a microphone. In fact she’s discovered them with an apparently insatiable zeal. Those of us who find it a tad tricky to get to her open mic session in New York can now listen […]
Lots of people are starting to pick up on this letter at the CEP Blog from Terry White of the Communications Unit of the Labour Party:
Dear Correspondent,
Thank you for your email.
Neither the Labour Party nor the Labour Government are pursuing the policy towards England or the English that you claim.
England, as opposed to Britain, has […]
First let me make one thing clear, Hapag-Lloyd Express Airways (HLX) are wonderful; they fly from proper airports such as Stuttgart to Manchester. As people who have flown with Ryanair to Frankfurt (Hahn) and found themselves not in Frankfurt, but practically in France will know, the fact that it’s Manchester International and not Manchester (Penrith) […]
