Powdered wombat guts and other sources of feelings of wellbeing
Posted in Misc on Jun 27th, 2008
I have maintained for all the years we’ve had a home in London that we couldn’t possibly move until we’d been to Paris for lunch. As we live a short distance from the new Eurostar terminal at St.Pancras, the journey time — now 2 hours and 15 minutes — is short enough to permit one [...]
Posted in Misc on Jun 18th, 2008
A weekend in Paris with her own toyboy. What more could a woman want?
Posted in Misc on Jun 13th, 2008
As I expected, it’s been an interesting week politically.
First, Gordon Browne bought his government’s victory in the debate about how long people can be locked up for without trial. A “humiliating victory” it’s been called.
BBC journalist Martha Kearney reports on her blog finding the following in the Oxford English Dictionary
W. MCNALLY Evils & Abuses in [...]
Posted in Misc on Jun 10th, 2008
Things are hotting up in Ireland as the countdown to Thursday’s Lisbon Treaty referendum continues.
I’ve watched some of the videos and been quite fascinated by some things that are peripheral to the main issue.
First, there’s the strange business of only the Irish having a referendum and the extraordinary phenomenon of a host of people from [...]
Posted in Misc on Jun 9th, 2008
It will be an interesting week politically in these islands. The Labour government looks set to lose a vote on Wednesday on detaining terrorist suspects for up to 42 days.
On Thursday the Irish, alone, about 1% of the EU’s population, will vote in a referendum on the Lisbon Treaty.
Traditionally, the Irish have been more pro [...]
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