2013 in review
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2013 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: A New York City subway train holds 1,200 people. This blog was viewed about … Continue reading
Grayling says European court of human rights has lost legitimacy
Justice secretary finalising plans to curtail Strasbourg court after 2015 to ‘ensure UK court judgments are final’ Rowena Mason, political correspondent theguardian.com, Monday 30 December 2013 10.47 GMT The European court … Continue reading
Marta Eggerth obituary
Viennese operetta and film star of the 30s who fled to America after the Anschluss Ronald Bergan The Guardian, Monday 30 December 2013 18.20 GMT Between the two world wars, during … Continue reading
Gay Hussar regulars seek talks with owner over Soho restaurant’s future
Lords Kinnock and Ashcroft among supporters of losing bid to buy restaurant, which could now face closure Press Association theguardian.com, Friday 13 December 2013 14.08 GMT A co-operative from the worlds … Continue reading
New life for a favourite Soho watering hole–in Whitechapel
The Colony Room Club is to rise again. The celebrated Soho watering hole, frequented by artists Damien Hirst and Lucian Freud and louche layabouts such as Jeffrey Bernard, is to … Continue reading
Davos clinic may take its last breath as haven for allergy sufferers
Sanatorium in Swiss resort visited by Arthur Conan Doyle and Robert Louis Stevenson faces closure Philip Oltermann in Davos theguardian.com, Wednesday 25 December 2013 21.00 GMT The German novelist Thomas Mann said it had … Continue reading
Kiss and yell: Italian protester charged with sexual assault after kissing riot police officer
ROB WILLIAMS Independent, Monday 16 December 2013 An Italian student protester has been charged with sexual assault after she was pictured kissing a riot police officer’s helmet during a demonstration … Continue reading
Trapped in Antarctic ice, scientists use unexpected pause for extra research
‘For anyone concerned at home, please be assured there’s no threat to the vessel,’ expedition chief says as ship awaits rescue Alok Jha, science correspondent, Cape de la Motte, east … Continue reading
Eros’s Christmas globe goes pop! Fake snow litters Piccadilly Circus
Deflated: The globe around the statue hangs to the ground, with fake snow littering the street Anna Dubuis, Standard Published: 24 December 2013 Christmas cheer went with a pop when a … Continue reading
Add the EU to the list of myths we’re brainwashed to believe
Like corks, and turning off mobiles on planes, ‘Europe’ may one day turn out to be pointless By Boris Johnson Telegraph 9:07PM GMT 22 Dec 2013 Amazing, I thought as I … Continue reading
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