Ukip wars: When fruitcakes fall out

Grumbling about Nick Robinson is a recognised leisure activity for politicos of all colours. I have been known to indulge in it myself. But ...

Atlas launch successful

30th Space Wing Public Affairs 12/15/2014 -  VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif.  -- Team Vandenberg successfully launched the United Launch ...

Steeped In Legend

One of the best perks of online social networks for readers is discussing books to be read, books currently being read and books finished.  ...

Shefford cafe's singing polar bear probed over noise

BBC News wins Headline of the Day, but does anyone remember the Cresta bear? "It's frothy, man."

Iain Sinclair interviewed at the London Review Bookshop

Iain Sinclair interviewed by John Rogers at The London Review Bookshop on 23 October 2014. He discusses his life in literature, film, London...

Gingerbread pancakes with a Vegan Frosting

We're continuing with the Christmas theme here on the blog and next up is this basic recipe for gingerbread pancakes with a vegan lucuma...

Christmas Past and Presents - Day Fourteen

Another new favorite - Poke-A-Dots. These sticky thimbles work the best for me for  binding, English Paper Piecing and Applique. Order some ...

The Only Ones: Another Girl, Another Planet

Here's a single from 1978 that everyone knows, yet it was not a hit at the time. It has has a long afterlife through being used in comme...

Say it ain't so, Jo

Tom Mangold writes about his attempts to investigate Jeremy Thorpe for the BBC: I had been on the story for less than two weeks when I got ...