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“I hope George Osborne reads this blog”
George Osborne hopes Britain will emerge with its own Silicon Valley Earlier this week George Osborne asked why there was no British Yahoo or Google, why we were not home to the fastest growing community websits like MySpace, where were the British giants of...
Brazil 1 – 0 England for biofuels industry
Our cars could be run on fuel produced from this oil seed rape crop Brazil are already the world leaders when it comes to biofuels - running a third of their cars on "alcohol" - their catchy name for ethanol (we will have to wait and see how they compare to us with...
Would you give up your day job to become a professional blogger?
Would you be brave enough to give up your day job to become a professional blogger? That's what Tom Foremski did two years ago. He followed his gut instinct and gave up a six figure salary and six weeks paid holiday as an FT reporter to do so. His Silicon Valley...
Why can’t the police say sorry?
Police outside the Kalam house in Forest Gate If police shoot an innocent man, why do they find it so hard to say sorry? Surely an apology has to be genuine and demonstrate remorse. It is such an important word, but it has to be conveyed with sincerity. It took...
Built to Last roadshow rolls into East Anglia
David Willetts soaks up the Cambridgeshire sun Tory students Katie and Helen Tories in East Anglia were given the opportunity to challenge the framework for future Conservatism when its fact finding Built to Last roadshow rolled into Cambridgeshire last night. Numbers...
Veronica sits on TV sofa
Veronica has a lot to smile about since giving up booze I don't think Veronica ever stops smiling, she is always incredibly cheerful and upbeat. However, life wasn't always like that for her, she used to be a binge drinker and hit rock bottom. Now she is a recovered...
Meet Orya, my latest client
These cards won't behave, but doesn't Orya have a great smile? Orya and his business partnerMartin hope to become king of online greeting cards. Their unique feature is that they handwrite the message and post them to the recipient. Having recently launched...
Politicans should be wary of UK political bloggers
The Yearly Kos convention How long will it be before our political candidates actively woo the UK's leading political bloggers for favourable coverage? How many of them will be the centre of a sensational weblog revelation in the run up to the next general election?...
My rhubarb lasagne recipe request from Canada
Scott eating haggis, but dreaming of my rhubarb lasagna Who could have imagined that a quirky post about my rhubarb lasagne would have aroused so much interest - and globally too! I was a fresh faced blogger when I described how I threw together this pudding for my...