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Stephen Tall looks at Lord Ashcroft's poll of Lib Dem/Tory marginals on Liberal Democrat Voice. "I suspect ... this is the symptom...

Space, the final frontier: RAF Alconbury hosts video conference with NASA astronaut

by Staff Sgt. Jarad A. Denton 501st Combat Support Wing Public Affairs 9/23/2014 -  RAF ALCONBURY, United Kingdom  -- From education and t...

Introducing Clegg's children

According to Radical Bulletin in the new issue of Liberator (and I know of no more reliable source), the deputy prime minister's special...

Steam in the Lune Gorge

Some wonderful footage from the 1950s.

Lord Bonkers' Diary: Danny Alexander in the gym

Tuesday  Whilst I attribute my rude health to my annual bathe in the spring that bursts from the hillside above the former headquarters of t...

Leicester Mercury column on devolution and local government

I forgot to check, but I was due to have this First Person column printed  in Friday's Leicester Mercury. Bring back proper local govern...

Little Letters - G

A few of you have asked for photos of the finished quilts so you can see fabric layout. Here you go! Bright with Solid Background   Neutral ...

Wreckless Eric: Whole Wide World

Thanks to Mark Reckless for reminding me of this single from 1977. Wreckless Eric (real name Eric Goulden) was a stalwart of Stiff Records ...

Man gets his arm stuck in Newport postbox

A clear winner of our Headline of the Day Award. But which Newport is it? Newport in Gwent? Newport, Isle of Wight? No, it's Newport in ...