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The news and hit singles from 9-15 November 1997: Formula 1 bites Labour, Mike Oldfield, Bobby Brown, Jewel, Pulp, Hanson

• European hits, Sheryfa Luna, Alex C
• The UK hits, lots of Leona, and utterly unexpected appearances from Led Zep and Runrig. They'll be putting MPs into the top ten next… oh!
• TV and radio, More or Less; a useful Late Edition; Classical Star; Quarterlife.
• News of the week, emergency continues in Pakistan, elections in Denmark.
• Weather this week cool by night, rain next week..

Week 12 of the NCAA-ball season, with a scientific review of what influences AP polls.

Results from the penultimate round of matches for Euro 2008, and notes for the final round.

Daynotes for 17 November 2007: parmo, The Soup Dragon, terrorism, railways, internment, European integration, Chill, Virgin 1215

Trouble in Italy, a takeover in Gravesend, defeat for Bayern, and the European tables.

A recap of events, 7-14 November.

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A recap of events, 7-14 November.

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Daynotes for 15 November: the eurozone, newspaper journalism, speed cameras, rescue the dollar, Miles Kington, wheat prices, Squeeze, judicial murder, racists being foolish. The last is actually news, for once.

The Saw Doctors, Ric Blaxill, and Ireland's most successful single.

The Saw Doctors, Ric Blaxill, and Ireland's most successful single.

Discussing the English one-day cricket cups with reference to an outsider's definition of a good sports league.

A double-headed post: Being easy discusses the art and practice of dance; Being difficult wonders whether it is right to surpress the discussion of a medical condition.

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Musings on purchasing a new video recorder when the world wants to sell tat.

Trouble in Italy, a takeover in Gravesend, defeat for Bayern, and the European tables.

A follow-up to yesterday's post, reviewing the bizarre situation in the SE-E, and positing which sides have realistic hopes of the BCS title game, and the other four BCS games.

Texas, big sellers, Formula One funding, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Barbara Streisand, and the days when they did play Céline Dion on Radio 1

Results and standings from week 11 of the NCAA-ball season. Or, why Ohio Province and Michigan both lost, the link between Hawaii and Kansas, and why Georgia has her fate in her own hands.

Meanderings on television and radio.

Further discussion of the art behind Masque of the Red Death, and a lengthy digression to the meeting point of immersive theatre and game design.

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