Neither ‘fefi-ing, ‘ nor ‘ho-humming’ of late. My apologies, but I’ve ben busy setting up a sister blog for my photos. It’s called [dashdashdash](http://www.dashdashdash.com). Please take a look. (more…)

Labels: Well, we're here... I think.

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Not, definitely, an enormous non-subliminal reference to East London’s trendy White Cube gallery, (more…)

Labels: Was that a Camel?

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I’ve just discovered the difference between a fop and a dandy. Not that I’d been hugely struggling to find out up until now but Ian Kelly makes the distinction in his new book Beau Brummel: the Ultimate Dandy. (more…)

Labels: It's either the left brain or the right

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A sandstorm looks like delaying the result, and there may have to be a recount in some areas, but the latest Iraqi elections look very promising.
The signs are that they’re much more nuanced than anyone had a right to expect even a few months ago, with the Sunnis delivering
the biggest suprise. It looks as though their hard-liners may have failed in their bid to have the consitution vetoed by mobilising fellow Sunnis to vote it down en bloc (more…)

Labels: Turn Right ... er, now

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357,000 “meals ready to eat ” are sitting uneaten in an Arkansas warehouse at a cost of £9,000 a day in storage fees. The meals were donated to the Americans by the British to help victims of Hurricane Katrina. (more…)

Labels: Upside down, maybe?

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I’ve never really taken to motor bikes since a BSA Bantam, a large unfriendly hedge and myself came together at the tender age of 10. Since that day I’ve always looked back. (more…)

Labels: Slow down

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Thousands of prisoners are to be released early from UK prisons due to overcrowding. They will be ‘electronically tagged’, according to today’s Times, and subject to curfews. (more…)

Labels: Upside down, maybe?

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