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Antonia’s 5 mins of fame
It appears Antonia has had her 5 mins of fame after the Evening Standard picked up this story from my blog a few days ago. I guess they read it on ConservativeHome where it was plugged with their best of blogsphere. And thanks to Dizzy too for following it up too.
Sweet 16 and never …..
Sweet 16 today, that is my son David, pictured here with his prom date Laura, who he insists are "just good friends". He had one birthday wish, he desperately wanted a Samsung D600 mobile phone and after trawling a dozen stores, we discovered that Carphone Warehouse...
Getting the hang of WordPress
I'm beginning to find my way around the labyrith on WordPress, it is "awesome", as they say over the pond. I spent last night updating my blogroll, it should be easier to follow now compared to the mish-mash I had before, but please let me know if I have accidentally...
Thanks Geoff for a great birthday present
Geoff, originally uploaded by elleeanne. This is 007 Geoff 🙂 who I met in Cambridge this February and started me on my blogging. He has given me this great new site as a birthday present. Lots of bloods, sweat and tears to install all the plug ins and themes - but...
Cheque book journalism shoud be banned
Jubilant Gail and Tommy Sheridan The fight to get that great scoop has led to a sleazy, grubby form of journalism; in fact, it's not journalism, just titillation, writing about coke-fuelled celebs smashed out of their head taking part in orgies, for example. Why don't...
Govt also paid towards jaunt to Budapest
At the same time that Defra officials enjoyed a three-day waste disposal junket in Germany, the Government helped fund a trip for local politicians to Budapest to learn about blogging and e-democracy where they stayed in a sumptious 5-star hotel. It was an...
A great discovery
Neville Hobson is to social media what Iain is to Tory bloggers - an icon, of a kind. He is always one step ahead of the game, what he doesn't know isn't worth knowing. So you can image how flabbergasted I was when I was idly flicking through Technorati and discovered...
Suzy’s appeal on animals and hols
We are a renowned nation of animal lovers, hence a timely appeal that has been made by Suzy Gale to report back any cases of animal cruelty and neglect that you come across during your hols. Suzy set up a new organisation called Animals Worldwide, a non political...
If I had time today, I would…
Bee catching in the 11th century If I had time today, I would spend hours delving into Domesday online, discovering curious facts about life in 11th century England, when William the Conquerer reigned and commissioned this masterpiece. The Norfolk rag the EDP has...