Ice crystals

Events of the past week, including extended musings on Six Apart, and roller durby.

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Results and tables

Crunching numbers for this month and this year, and a review of Six Apart's activities. Including a discussion on advertising for charities, more on the chosen charities, and how to turn a Snap link into something particularly unsavoury.

Readers are cautioned that this really is a very long post, even by our standards of prolixity.

A proposed qualification process for the 2011 rugby world cup.

FA Cup Round 9 in England, Round 8 in Scotland, tables from Scotland and France, and the rise and rise of … Dundee United?

Hurricane Noel, Katherine Nash, patriots, Radio 3, Birmingham library, metalheads, Digbeth coach station

News and the top 75 singles from the last week of October 1997. Gordon Brown's in a stew, Fatboy Slim, Black Grape, Puff Daddy, Diana King, LL Cool J, N-Trance, 911, at least four Muppets in the top ten, but what the blue blazes do we play?

• European hits, Melissa M, Nanne.
• The UK hits, Lewis, McFly, Take That do battle, Rihanna is up-down-up, and Robyn's gone.
• TV and radio, The Gallery. Closed for business.
• News of the week, Frigging in the McRigging.
• Weather this week quiet and settled, similar in the south, rain in the north..

Week nine in the NCAA-ball season; Southern California, Florida, Georgia, Big Ten, South East, philosophy

Changes to the provision of RSS feeds for Livejournal, and announcing this site.

The French go crazy for a political protester, population growth, Eurostar, the philosophy of YUM, referendum on Europe.

Results from the third round of matches in the European League, and the first group round in the UEFA Cup.

Questions about relationships, and other matters

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Ask the Underground investigates why there are tickets from Wimbledon to Exeter NOT READING, and ends up discussing the Routeing Guide and ORCATS.

Owing to the subject matter, this post should not be read by anyone.

Nightwish's new song, and new singer

The decline of popular culture, Pui Fan Lee, Iggy Pop, IQ tests, emotive BBC headlines, Alistair Chancellor, mouflons, and blogger tax

Responses to comments about Elton John, Vanessa-Mae, and the power of Murdoch's papers.

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A review of Punchdrunk's Masque of the Red Death.

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Piers Corbyn, storm predictions, transgender, dance, Ming Vase, Julia Goldsworthy, Canada, Europhobes, Literatecs

Upsets for the week-end, and Division II tables.

Election results from Poland, Switzerland, Slovenia, Turkey, plus mention of sheep (white and black) and ducks

The events of this week in 1997; the Spice Girls, 2K, Corrs, Vanessa Mae, Rolf Harris, Smash Mouth, Jimmy Ray, Ash

• European hits, Ora Mate, Die Ärzte, and what happened to Depeche Mode? Dave Gahan.
• The UK hits, Sugababes for week 4, Britney Spears, The Stereophonics, three in the 40 for Rihanna, and the almost totally ignored MSCL alumnus battle.
• TV and radio, Classical Star.
• News of the week, Ming Campbell, Pakistan.
• Weather this week quiet and settled, and not much change in sight..

NCAA-ball week 8: another defeat for Notre Dame, Temple's run to the play-offs, Carolina South and Florida South get upset, and Wofford loses!

Dissecting every claim made in a recent Times editorial about the BBC, and exposing the self-interest of the Murdoch paper

The price of oil over the years

The Wombats dance to Joy Division

The BBC Trust decides to pollute its website with adverts

The antepenultimate round of matches in qualification for Euro 2008, including qualification requirements for the 18 countries still in contention.

Het Grauniad's digital archive robbery, Ming Vase resigns, Rent, and a joke so bad it's taken 45 years to be unearthed

Dave the Eager Young Space Cadet wants to be like Arnold Schwarzenegger, Ayn Rand is wrong, so is Alisher Usmanov, and Al Gore, Cory Doctrow, and Ursula LeGuin get mentioned.

Marcus Brigstocke, Fearne and Reggie, Ming Campbell, travel plans

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Feeder, Clock, David Arnold, Sash!

Fearne and Reggie, Kenny Rogers, the imbecility of the NME, Katherine Nash's career, from the Freemasons to Jordan Catalano, symmetric chart runs… and the Sugababes

Week 7 in the NCAA-ball season, discussing beatpaths and associated directed networks, how Notre Dame is now losinger than Temple, and Arizona Province should be a shoo-in for the BCS Final, but isn't.

The latest qualification matches for Euro '08

Ian Blair, the Liberal Democrat manifesto of 1992, and the one cent coin

The UEFA Cup group phase draw, and the Top 22 sides according to the Glickoblog rankings

A review of the Saturday edition of The Times, and The Sunday Times

Masque of the Red Death, plans, dance, A-level and university choices

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Autumn statement, rugby, museums, Modern Tat's crack, spectators and performers

The story of Angel of mine, the hit for Eternal, then for Monica.

Opinion polls, ice coverage, Alisher Usmanov, The Soup Dragon

Results for the week-end of 29-30 September, and The Rest of Europe

A review of the past few days, and a filling survey

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A review of the news and songs from the week of 29 September to 5 October 1997

Ukraine, Iraq, Burma, Korea, postal strikes, general election, Pervez Musharraf, Vishy Anand, chess

Scott Joplin, Four at Forty, Channel 4 at 25, Vivienne Vyle, Peter Serafinowicz, Today

Manic Street Preachers, Feist, The Stereophonics, Jennifer Lopez, Aly and AJ, Chasing cars