The face with no eyes

In 1970, when Brits wore bellbottoms, platform shoes, a white disco suit and danced the night away to John Travolta, unimaginable horrors were being inflicted in Vietnam. Spraying the jungles with Agent Orange, a toxic defoliant, was one of them. The legacy of this...

The Baghdad blogbuster

The everyday life of an Iraqi woman who kept a blog has been published as a book. It gives a graphic insight into how her life has been transformed by the invasion, the loss of her job and freedom. The computer science graduate, alias Riverbend, has given an...

Busy Boris

So it took the News of the World to tell us why Boris is too busy to write his blog. I would like to know if the whistle blower who dished the dirt also travelled on two wheels in hot pursuit of Boris, eyes firmly fixed to his or her watch. How else were all his...

Am I pale and interesting?

Men with beards and pale, interesting ladies are being sought by a film company to star in a blockbuster sequal to the Oscar-winning film Elizabeth. Filming will take place on my doorstep and this weekend talent scouts were out recruiting extras. Between 400-500 are...

Grant Shapps MP and his “explosive” forum

Grant Shapps has given his Welwyn Hatfield constituents a visible voice. And what an “explosive” voice it has turned out to be. During last year’s election campaign, he fully embraced new technology and used webcams to get his message across. He was...

Volunteers needed to run Shadow Environment blog

Pic: Moi, with Robert and Greg, discussing blogging at Harlow Conservative Association When an invitation came my way to meet Greg Barker, Shadow Environment Minister, along with Harlow’s Cons parliamentary candidate, Robert Halfon, I could scarely believe my...