by Ellee Seymour | Sep 24, 2007 | updates
Saudi women are the only women in the world who are not allowed to drive as a result of an extremely strict interpretation of Islamic law. Instead, wealthy women hire live-in chauffeurs, while poor women must rely on male relatives for transportation. Now a...
by Ellee Seymour | Sep 24, 2007 | updates
Matt Wardman of Wardman Wire has been doing some sleuthing on the Schilling’s saga. He told me: “I couldn’t make it up. They have a PR problem themselves. Search “schillings” on google and the first hit is Bloggerheads. Hits 4 and 5 are...
by Ellee Seymour | Sep 23, 2007 | updates
In China, 190 children are snatched every day – more than twice the number taken in England and Wales in a year. The Chinese government does not acknowledge the extent of the problem, or the cause. The Single Child Policy has made it essential to have a son,...
by Ellee Seymour | Sep 23, 2007 | updates
Step out of your comfort zone this evening and see Cambridge through the eyes of Stuart Shorter, a homeless drug addict. Stuart:A Life Backwards is compelling viewing, it traces his life backwards (his own suggestion), and author Alexander Masters had no idea...
by Ellee Seymour | Sep 22, 2007 | updates
With Bluetongue disease detected in Suffolk, I ask myself what is happening to our countryside? And what confidence can we have in Defra, after its recent bungling of foot and mouth disease? The arrival of bluetongue was a shock, it is spread to farm animals by...
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