Wednesday, April 28, 2004

BBC NEWS | Wales | North West Wales | 'I got a story I really need to tell': "North Wales deputy chief constable Clive Wolfendale has been criticised for performing a rap to his force's black police association "

Tuesday, April 20, 2004

The Australian: How Iraqi judge cornered Sadr [April 17, 2004]
ThisisLondon: A large cheer for Jeanette Winterson. Blimey, who'd have thought I would ever do that.

Monday, April 19, 2004

Transport for London - Metro articles: "An aggressive beggar and illegal busker who used traffic cones as amplifiers has been jailed and banned from all Tube stations in inner London."
Guardian Unlimited Books | Review | The semantic engineer
Commentary - Writing on the Brain: "was recently asked what it takes to become a writer. Three things, I answered: first, one must cultivate incompetence at almost every other form of profitable work. This must be accompanied, second, by a haughty contempt for all the forms of work that one has established one cannot do. To these two must be joined, third, the nuttiness to believe that other people can be made to care about your opinions and views and be charmed by the way you state them. Incompetence, contempt, lunacy?once you have these in place, you are set to go."

Thursday, April 15, 2004

 

In 2001, the United States collected more in import duties from Bangladesh than it did from France, despite importing 12 times as much from France.

From Foreign Affairs, May/June issue, p.50.


[Marginal Revolution]

Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | How Joey beat the system
Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | How Joey beat the system
ACIDplanet.com: Contests: David Bowie