Why is my blog banned in China?

Why is my blog banned in China?

I have never considered myself a rebel, but it appears that by blog has been banned in China, according to this test. Why not try it yourself and see if you will join me in isolation. So why do you think I have been banned? Nobody swears on my blog, we have...
Welshcake Limoncello’s Letter from Sicily

Welshcake Limoncello’s Letter from Sicily

One of my daily reads is Sicily Scene penned by linguist teacher Welshcakes Limoncello who left her Cardiff home after retiring young enough to enjoy the irresistible charms of the Italian island. She has no plans to return. She waxes lyrical about its cuisine and...
Let’s remember our women in Africa

Let’s remember our women in Africa

We rarely hear of AIDS in the UK today, even though newly diagnosed cases doubled in 2005 to more than 7,500 compared to 2000. It’s even harder to imagine what it must be like for sufferers in Africa.  By the end of 2005, there were five and...
American blogger in longest contempt case

American blogger in longest contempt case

More new from America, where a blogger has spent more than six months behind  bars in California for refusing to hand over video footage of a violent San Francisco demo a a G8 summit meeting. It is the longest contempt of court sentence served by someone in...
Washington’s latest sex scandal

Washington’s latest sex scandal

Dick Morris, the man credited with Bill Clinton’s presidential victory and UKIP’s outstanding success in the 2004 Euro Election, is named   as a client of a former Washington madam who  prosecutors want to gag. Deborah Palfrey has...
An evening at the American Embassy

An evening at the American Embassy

  There was a time when most of my invites were for those dull parties where household products and jewellery were sold. I now seem to have been elevated on to another list. Totally out of the blue, I have this evening been invited to the American...