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Did clairvoyants see this coming?
Even Sylvia Brown the Clown has signed this Downing Street petition to revise the Fraudulent Medium Act. I see Doris Stokes has also added her name. I must admit I have my tarot cards read once a year, she is about 80% accurate. It's just a bit of fun,...
Google Earth films Darfur horrors
Who can fail to be impressed by the stunning satellite imagery of Google Earth, which has recently filmed close-up shots of Darfur, showing villages which have been destroyed by ethnic cleansing. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum hope it will help people...
The busker with the $3.5 million Stradivarius
Next time you see a busker, do pay special attention, it could be someone world famous playing incognito. The Washington Post carried out an experiment with world famous violinist Joshua Bell serenading commuters in a metro station near government...
The ethics of embryos
I'm with Natalie Evans, hoping she wins her mammoth court battle to give birth to her own child on the grounds that it is her last chance, I can understand her overpowering yearning for motherhood, how she is clinging for hope with the European court's...
Ronnie Knight sells sex aids
An intriguing comment was posted when I wrote about Ronnie Knight living in Cambridge alerting me to what he was really up to - and it's not playing dominoes. He has a new online sex business called Ronnies Naughties which he runs with his niece - the reason for his...
The £17 wonder wrinkle cream
I must admit I sent my husband off to scour a few Boots stores for its astounding £17 wrinkle wonder cream. Only, hundreds of others had the same idea following media reports that this miracle cream could perform wonders and it had sold out. Twenty...
Every man has his price
I thought the Chinese might know how to twist an arm, but it appears not. Developers have been unable to persuade the owner of this home to move out so the area can be turned into a £40m 'Broadway' square, including apartments and a shopping mall....
French elections fought in blogosphere
I met the charming Guillaume Du Gardier at the blogging conference this week and asked him about the French presidential election. He has just recorded his views on video about how influential the internet has been and the different online tactics used by leading...
Defra and the hedgehogs
I know we are a nation of animal lovers, but isn't this taking things a bit too far? Defra is prosecuting Great Yarmouth Borough Council following the death of two hedgehogs who ate rat poison. Defra has pursued the case for three years, even though the RSPCA, Health...