Ice crystals

The F-word, press release rules, PASTA, Dustin the Turkey, BBC in Russia, and stupidity in Congo and Florida.

The outline calendar for next season, fixture pile-up on the M74, and the Top XXII.

Gardening, 27 Aprils of the past, throwaway comments from the past, everybody needs a place to think, and relief.

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(More: Gerald Ratner does a Ratner, Black, Lonnie Gordon, Cathy Dennis. With songs from the KLF and someone who's not quite Cher.)

• 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.

(For its first election, Livejournal has proposed a most unusual voting method, which opens the door to a bizarre result. Here's how.)

(Why the major party candidates are recovering, how to vote tactically, and the DAVIDBUTLER projections.)

The draw for next season's Intertoto Cup, and semi-finals in the other European competitions.

(More: Why we don't read the Churner Prize, why websearches are so utterly rubbish, and the core problem: G****e is imbued, from tip to toe, with an unshakeable arrogance of its own adequacy.)

Moving other people's houses, and reasons to stay in Birmingham

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Thoughts on the Bank of England's move into pawnbrokerage, and listing the political parties to have had precisely one MP since 1964.

(John Major's O-levels, upheaval at Rangers, Queensryche, AC/DC, Electronic, a huge climb, and songs from Blur and Vic Reeves.)

Cup final week-end in Germany, the end of the league in the Netherlands, and the tables from the Rest of Europe.

• 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.

(Mapping the London election candidates to the European Parliament parties, and divvying up the Electoral Compass map into their territories.)

Two more countries that could well be sending second-division sides to Europe, and correspondence relating to the 20% rule-of-thumb and very low ratings.

(We propose an algorithm, explain our reasoning, and give some worked examples)

Dance class, story telling, and notes on some egalities training.

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

alright versus all right, the demise (already) of The Soup Dragon, charity and sponsorship, Declan Ganley's Libertas, and News 24 to close!

(Kurds in need, Lavine Hudson, Radio 2, Carly Simon, Bananarama, 22 Top, and songs from the Mock Turtles and the Waterboys.)

• 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.

(Previewing the elections outside London, and the quarterly update on the local council swings.)

The 7 July tapes; Chill gets cooler, Global leaves Radio, Jacqui Marginal shows her lack of culture, the spoon theory, and the dash for biofuels.

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.

(Musings on the plethora of parties, the constituencies, the top-ups, and how they all fit together.)

Hazel Blears manages to make herself even less popular than before, the culture of ribbons, Russell T Davis, George Lamb, Under the Moon, Ferrick, and whatever happened to JJ72.

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.

Plans for the next eight weeks or so.

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(More: Birmingham's convention centre, Kurdish problems, The Alarm, Pete Wylie, Silver Bullet, and N-Joi. With a song from the Wonder Stuff, and a track from Transvision Vamp)

• 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.

Last eight action in the European competitions, and something very odd in Bermuda.

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

Summing up a life in a sentence; reviews in a paragraph; Birmingham's beach and more.

Last year's player in Dublin's Green Box Casino has resigned.

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.

Notes on the demise of Digital One as we know it.

Results from the French League Cup final, and tables from France and Scotland.