General update, 8 May 08 (private)

A quick review of life, including Election Night, garden centres, Wordpress 2.0, and something that will entertain our correspondents in Leeds.

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People of Britain, I vow to transform your lives with a detailed redistributive portfolio of prudent and equitable tax credits. Oh yes.

Ups and downs

The Legend of Simon Mayo

Week to 4 May 2008

  • The arts, decent customer service and Mad Nod.
  • TV and radio, Washes Whiter on the luxuries, a very long-term bet, Moon Water, and looking away now…
  • News of the week, You do realise that London's entire mayoral campaign was conducted in less time than it took Zimbabwe to count their votes…
  • Weather this week showers, getting warmer next week.

Cripes! Crikey! Erm! Golly!

Those Local Election Results In (Almost) Full

European finals set

V marks the spot (private)

Belatne-eve

Going long

Week endery (private)

Cheap, Reliable and Affordable Prices

Week to 27 April 2008

  • Pop music, Madge and Last Shadow Puppets, with Adele big, and Script interesting.
  • TV and radio, Washes Whiter turns to the children, and HIGNFY isn't camp enough.
  • News of the week, PEBs, the 10p problem, the Pawnbrokers of England, and we still don't have a result from Zimbabwe.

The Cruddas Effect

A miscellany on London's elections

Intertoto Draw Time

Taking off our go(g|o)gles

Books in boxes (private)

Cunning plans and solo MPs

I don't have an astrologer, but I do have Treasury forecasters.

Into extra time

Week to 20 April 2008

  • Pop music, Madge and the Kooks, plus a big climb for Not the Arctic Monkeys, and Skins leaves us with a big hit.
  • TV and radio, Washes Whiter deals with men, Skins finds its end, HIGNFY's back, there's a Mediaeval Season, and Tim Harford is the undercover dungeoneer.
  • News of the week, Taxdodgers win in Italy, Mao in Nepal, and we still don't have a result from Zimbabwe.
  • Weather this week cool and showery.

The Political Compass goes European

Cup of Wisdom

How to compare sums of money across time and countries

Different strokes for different folks

Second cup

Why Scotland doesn't want the cup runner-up into Europe. Plus the latest tables from Italy and Spain.

Not 'arf!

The Whole of the Shell

Week to 13 April 2008

  • Pop music, Estelle / Kayne West and Duffy at number 1, good Europop goodness is a big hit.
  • TV and radio, Washes Whiter is back, Skins moves to a conclusion, More or Less and Journey Into Space return, and one of our pennies is missing.
  • News of the week, Zimbabwe's a fix, China's broken, and Mister Blair's a pervert.
  • Weather this week cool and showery.

News from the Swingometer

Short messages

Those Dutch play-offs in full

In which we discuss how the play-offs in the Netherlands might work, but they probably won't. Plus the latest European results, and an examination of Rangers's fixture pile-up.

The Legend of Cockney Arthur

Evanescent, unsubstantial reds. From Salford.

Not happening: Cardiff -v- Hoffenheim

Semi-final week-end in the FA Cup, and a look at tables in England I and Germany. Plus a review of the promotion candidates from 2. Bundesliga.

Settle. Or Carlisle. (private)

Plans for the next eight weeks or so.

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Size of a Flop!

Week to 6 April 2008

  • Pop music, Estelle / Kayne West and REM at number 1, Mariargh Cantsing, Jordin Sparks, Radiohead, and highest new entry queerness.
  • TV and radio, Gossip Girl, Skins, and the philosophy of Buffy.
  • News of the week, corruption in Zimbabwe, skanky Labour MPs.
  • Weather this week warm until the week-end.

Quarter-finals begin

Warp and Weft

Some stuff from Crooked Timber: why pay-by-pageviews may not work, on Bertie Ahern, energy offsets, and the philosophy of moral boycotts.

Double! Double!

One sealed green box, containing a rabbit

Fish of the year

It was April Fish day this morning, an excuse for newspapers to print loads of made-up rubbish and pretend that it's news. Here's our annual review of highlights, lowlights, and stuff that caught our eye.

Digital Gone

PSG go forward, and may go down

Being there (private)

Reports from the last week.

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Pull up a chair

Week to 30 March 2008

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