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Monthly Archives: September 2008
BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Tony Hart forced to give up art
BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Tony Hart forced to give up art TV artist Tony Hart has said that not being able to draw any more is “the greatest cross I have to bear”. The 83-year-old has been robbed of … Continue reading
Protected: Mixed emotions
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Yet more Tepper.
Somewhat under a week ago, I ordered The Fresco (Gollancz S.F.) from the library. Was quite impressed when I went in to pay off fines to discover it had arrived already. I like Tepper, I’ve mentioned that once or twice … Continue reading
Family kind of weekend.
We had a full timetable of events this weekend, it’s my sister’s birthday tomorrow, so yesterday we all met up for a family meal at a curry house in Bil’s village. It was quite a subdued event, I think it … Continue reading
Good Things : Robin McKinley
I have been going on about this writer for a while. She’s been writing a blog to get out of doing tours and signings and instead her fans on blog started a campaign to get her to do a signing … Continue reading
Peak Oil. An end to commuting?
How will we cope in a world that can no longer rely on cheap and plentiful supplies of the one commodity – oil – that keeps it going? Guests: Matthew Simmons, CEO, Energy Investment bank Simmons & Co. Richard Heinberg, … Continue reading
Echoes of the past.
At the weekend I found a diary that I kept for around 18 months in the late 90s. It details a relationship or two, a job or two, my state of mind, and most particularly, at least to my state … Continue reading
Where’d it go?
Just been at www.scotland.gov.uk, “website of the Scottish Government”, and at www.wales.gov.uk, where there are in fact two web sites – “National Assembly for Wales website” www.assemblywales.org and, oddly, the Welsh Assembly Government website at new.wales.gov.uk (why ‘new’?). Then I … Continue reading
Finally, Good News
If you had purchased £1,000 of Northern Rock shares one year ago it would now be worth £4.95, With HBOS, earlier this week your £1,000 of shares would have been worth £16.50, £1,000 invested in XL Leisure would now be … Continue reading
Another weekend
another car load of stuff. I don’t think of us as particularly materialistic (stop sniggering at the back there) yet the amount of stuff is phenomenal, granted a lot of it is books, or things I should have got rid … Continue reading
Meet Sally
The security services planned the arrest of the journalist with painstaking care. They bugged her contacts and assembled an elite squad to take her down. On 8 May 2007, eight detectives swarmed into her home and seized her address book, … Continue reading
Apocalypse Now
Not my usual reading, but these two articles by Peter Osborne in the Daily Mail caught my attention:- Apocalypse Now?: New world order could have devastating implications for Western nations …. “The British economy is in the same position as … Continue reading
Acceptance
For the first time that I noticed today, I thought ‘my sister had epilepsy’ rather than ‘my sister has epilepsy’. I still wake up occasionally forgetting that she’s gone, but at some points of the day, she’s moved to my … Continue reading
Five-year-olds making better progress but one in seven can’t write name | Education | guardian.co.uk
Five-year-olds making better progress but one in seven can’t write name | Education | guardian.co.uk Five-year-olds in England are making better progress, ministers said today, but one in seven still cannot write their name after a year at primary school. … Continue reading
BBC NEWS | World | Africa | Women to rule Rwanda parliament
BBC NEWS | World | Africa | Women to rule Rwanda parliament Rwanda will be the first country where women will outnumber men in parliament, preliminary election results show. Women have taken 44 out of 80 seats so far and … Continue reading
The first great lesson.
If you don’t know what a Montessori Great Lesson is, or what it’s about, I recommend you tootle off to see Miss Barbara. If you’re wondering why you would do that with elementary age children (6 – 12), there’s a … Continue reading
One for Gill :)
Hobbit house saved from demolition as winds of change blow in pioneer’s favour – Times Online Tony Wrench was toasting victory over the planners yesterday with a glass of wine made from the vines that grow on the turf roof … Continue reading
BBC NEWS | Education | Merger may see 3,500-pupil school
BBC NEWS | Education | Merger may see 3,500-pupil school Parents and pupils are to be consulted over plans to merge three schools into one academy for 3,500 pupils. On Tuesday councillors approved a period of consultation over what would … Continue reading
Some more books
Over the last month or so, I’ve read a trilogy by Trudi Canavan, The Magicians’ Guild, The Novice, and The High Lord. I picked the first one up from the library on a whim and they were good enough that … Continue reading
Master of the universe | Technology | The Observer
Master of the universe | Technology | The Observer How important is it that his games teach as well as entertain? ‘I’m not sure teach is the right word,’ he says. ‘Computer games and simulations are much more powerful [as … Continue reading
