David Wynne, Boy with a Dolphin and Ozric Tentacles

Photo: Keith Pitchforth The sculptor David Wynne died earlier this month. I remember seeing a marquette of his Boy with a Dolphin on the An...

Comments and Link Dump

Kate McCann Curtains. Blah blah. Comments full, new dump.

Yes Scotland has lost the referendum campaign

Terrific stuff from Cicero's Songs : Yes Scotland have comprehensively lost the intellectual argument. They have been totally destroyed...

Trivial Fact of the Day with Norman Lamb

Norman Lamb began his political career as a researcher for the Labour MP Greville Janner. It's amazing what you learn on Wikipedia.

Looking For Madeleine: Bad Book Good Comments

There are some that contribute to a vibrant internet and there are some that don't. Some, who's sole contribution to said vibrancy, ...

Paddy Ashdown on the global power shift

From the TED website: Paddy Ashdown claims that we are living in a moment in history where power is changing in ways it never has before. I...

Six of the Best 464

"This is not a national independence movement that requires any struggle or sacrifice but rather one that promises that nothing and eve...

One the for the writer's notebook

This afternoon I was passing a house where two small boys were climbing on the fence in the front garden. Their mother came out and the foll...

Pumpkin Pie Oats

As September progresses, it's gradually getting colder, the trees are changing colour and different kinds of pumpkins are starting to po...