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Schilling’s sleuthing by Matt Wardman
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 Craigmurray.co.uk. Last week...
The missing – Chen Jie
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, leading...
Cambridge street life through the eyes of Stuart Shorter
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...
Bluetongue plagues our countryside
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...
The Brown’s body language
What does this picture tell you about the Brown's body language? Gordon Brown is deliberately posing for the camera with a very fixed smile, while Sarah appears to be floating by his side as an uncomfortable appendage. We were used to seeing the Blairs holding hands...
How many women could handle 200 lovers?
I received an invitation today with my latest edition of The Spectator, to celebrate the launch of a new biography, "Jennie Churchill, Winston's American Mother", by Anne Sebba. It boasts that she was "outspoken, dazzlingly beautiful and had 200 lovers." And although...
Outrageous shutting down of British blogs
It's extraordinary, but true, and even though we live in a democracy where freedom of speech is a right we can enjoy, that freedom does not extend to your blog if you upset a rich and powerful person. That is the gist of Iain Dale's unbelievable post outlining the...
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Your question for Question Time
Apparently Question Time has a new look when it returns this evening, and we can email questions in advance to quiz the panelists. Tonight they include Chief Whip Geoff Hoon; Conservative MP John Redwood; Lord Ashdown, former leader of the Liberal Democrats; editor...