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French justice and La Petite Anglaise
I remember the shockwaves that went through blogosphere when La Petite Anglaise was fired by her Paris-based accountancy firm for writing her blog at work. Sacré bleu, how many other bloggers would be sacked for doing the same thing? However, French...
Iran’s muddy waters
While the fate of our captives in Iran remains uncertain among conflicting reports about where they were picked up, a local newspaper has tracked down former Suffolk MP Sir Eldon Griffiths to his home in Orange County, California for his advice. He is an expert...
These boots were made for walking ….
It's time to put my walking boots on again and have a change of scenery from the flat Fenland landscape, so I'm heading for the lush Forest of Dean. I'm off with the Ramblers again for a loooooong weekend, only this time I will be able to rest my aching...
Former gangster Ronnie Knight retires to Cambridge
I wonder how many pensioners have knocked on their new neighbour's door to borrow a cup of sugar. Ronnie Knight, now 73, the former East End gangster once married to Barbara Windsor, has moved into a very modest one-bed pensioners' housing block in Cambridge where he...
Will Sir Alan Sugar’s judgement be better this time round?
I like Sir Alan Sugar's tough no-nonsense approach. I like the fact that he is not obsessed by youth, that his anchorman and woman are respected for their skills and experience, it doesn't matter that they have grey hair. Still, he can make mistakes like anyone...
Charles Clarke calls for media restraints
What an amazing coincidence. The very same evening that Guido accuses political hacks of being restrained, Charles Clarke blames the mainstream media for creating "a lack of national self-confidence" about Britain - and suggests that legislation might be...
Death threats forces blogger to stop
Blogging for me has been 99% fun one with just the odd nutter and one cyber bully. For Kathy Sierra, a respected American blogger, it has turned into the most horrific nightmare after she was issued with in a series of death threats which have forced...
An away day
I have appointments in London today, which includes dropping into 18 Doughty Street to pick up my camcorder to be a citizen journalist. I'm really looking forward to being a roving reporter again and filing some reports; you can be one too if you are a registered...
Love on the buses
Here's one good reason to forsake your car and use public transport - you could buy a ticket to romance as a survey has shown that 1 in 30 people fall in love on a coach. These don't seem particularly high odds to me, but I like the two other results which showed...