The Plashing Vole

A source sent me this irreverent site . I like it. The driver was mashed

Full analysis later but: bloody good budget

Hello all from Sunny Poland! It's beautiful here - apart from some of the architecture, and the people are lovely (though Wroclaw is the...

I've just spent my last two hours here in a union meeting: watch this space. I'll check mail if I get a chance while in Poland, but ...

A couple of things while I think about them. I'm away in Poland with the England cadet epeeists for a few days so if you're lookin...

Simple: read this article by Tony Judt . It's quite long because complicated ideas require lengthy exploration. It's a slowly dying ...

They just don't get it: they associate with despicable scum in their desperate pursuit of power, and can't even get the tech stuff r...

Next up: Angie Hart's Eat My Shadow and Grounded Bird . I only know of Angie Hart because Frente !'s cover of New Order's ...

Litlove is a blog I'm fast coming to adore: the thoughtful and ever interesting insights of a great academic and writer. Today s/he d...

It's fake education. It implies that everything important can be reduced to graphics. It moves attention from the educational process, w...

He wrote the best Doctor Who episode ever (and Press Gang and Coupling ), and has this to say: "I hope the Tories don't win....

Congratulations to my American readers: you're now going to get a healthcare system which may just help the poor and middle-classes. It...

I've always hated the Tories and New Labour because they've never pretended to care for the citizens they wish to govern. Instead, t...

Bob Diamond, president of Barclays, declined his bonus this year, to deflect criticism of banks which have been saved by the taxpayer, direc...

Thought that would get your attention. Not my attitude, obviously, but that of General John Sheehan, former head of NATO. This American id...

There's a British Airways staff strike starting tomorrow, after weeks of legal shenanigans on behalf of the airline, which is determine...

If any of my Polish friends and students wish to swap £ for Zloty they have lying around, I'd be very grateful. I'm also happy to im...

Intelliwench found this: Derek MacLennan's version of All Along The Watchtower - in Scots Gaelic (a dialect of Irish). I like it a lot. ...

I'm no defender of Youtube - it's another big media company - but they're involved in a stunning spat with Viacom at the moment....