Releasing a copy of Tony Blair: The Wilderness Years through BookCrossing.com in the Oxfam Bookshop Salisbury! Go find it (today, after 3pm GMT). :->
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Robert McCrum in the Guardian Book Blog writes: “Don’t get depressed: A writer’s guide to surviving the recession” He provides six useful points: 1.Write in English, British, or American 2.Know Thy Genre 3.Tell a story 4.Write for yourself 5.Respect the reading public 6.Write every day; shun vanity To which some wit (David Absalom) has added [...]
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Shaun Wright Phillips’s three match ban shows referees have changed their ruling on what constitutes violent conduct since television cameras showed Christiano Ronaldo flicking out a foot at Tottenham’s Michael Dawson in the Premier League match at White Hart Lane on Saturday 20th December 2008: Here’s what the FA said back then: “We contacted the [...]
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Why do sportsmen say “As I’ve said before” so many times in interviews? Is it because they’ve just given five consecutive interviews and they think it’s going out live? In fact, interviews go out on different channels in separate bulletins! They’re probably bored giving the same interview again, but it doesn’t matter if they’ve said [...]
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I don’t think so. However, I did see the deposed Queen Vord on the truly ITV Alan (we are not worthy) Titchmarsh show talking about her new role advising Diddy David Cameron on education. Her previous advice on education had been largely ignored by Labour and now she wants to get even. That’s what politics [...]
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It’s a familiar sight–Nothing remains but a carrot and a stick and a puddle, but that’s the reality facing millions of UK school children as the big thaw sets in.
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This is the story of one of the rarest insects in Britain, missing for nearly 18 months, which has been found again on Branscombe beach in East Devon. The scaly cricket had vanished after the grounding of the MSC Napoli in January 2007. The nocturnal insect, known to live on shingle beaches and to feed, [...]
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