Popcorn Time
Oh, this will be fun… The government is to follow the lead of the television programme The X Factor and allow the public to decide […]
Articles by Longrider
Getting Lost
This chap took getting lost to a new dimension. A 72-year-old man was rescued on Christmas Day by police after spending three days and nights […]
The Dead Don’t Lie
‘Twas the night before Christmas and all through the house, not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse… Pascale Hervé woke with a start. […]
Common Sense on Vaizey’s Porn Laws
Following Ed Vaizey’s illiberal comments regarding internet access earlier in the week, the ISPs have responded. In essence, they are saying that it is not […]
On the Road
Blogging has been light. I was offered a day’s work in Swansea on Monday so I went – regardless of the weather. The plan was […]
It’s All for the Children
During my lifetime, I’ve witnessed a shift from an adult-centric society where children were subservient to their parents to a child-centric one where everything revolves […]
A Fairly Straightforward Answer to This one.
Mehdi Hasan asks a pretty reasonable question. So what, Nick Clegg, made you forget liberty? Lest we forget, this is a government that says it […]
Adbeans, Anyone?
Has anyone been approached by Adbeans? I ask because they have contacted me regarding contextualised adverts. Not that I am interested in having adverts here as […]
Five a Day “Saves Lives”
The latest so-called research tells us 33,000 lives a year could be saved by the five a day gumph. That’s a remarkably precise figure, I […]
The Groan, A New Low?
Barry Sautman and Yan Hairong lay into the Nobel Peace Prize winner, Liu Xiaobo. This is the man imprisoned by the Chinese authorities for speaking […]