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@Wossy Huzzah! ‘Don’t box me in’… in reply to Wossy #
@Ian_A Happy birthday… #
@stephenfry Suit you Sir. Oh! in reply to stephenfry #
@Wossy Those make-up lasses get younger and younger… #
@stephenfry Boring fact~: James Gandolfini & I share the same birthday, literally, day/month/year. Only 3500 mile seperated us [...]

‘Shite’ Films…

Over on Twitter – Oh, FFS, not again I hear you cry…!

Over on twitter Mitch Benn (@MitchBenn), IIRC, started a game he’d played with the The Now Show (Radio 4) team on one occasion – end of season knees-up I think.

Basically it was to see who could come up with the funniest, or most apt film title by replacing one word of the title with the word ‘Poo’. Obviously this can also lead to the introduction of puns and variations on a  theme.

Film Certificate Continue reading this item…

Home Office Invites In Tog Reps

I'm Not a Terrorist

Photographers meet Home Office minister over rights ‘abuse’

The Home Office has invited Amateur Photographer magazine to help draft guidance that will aim to ensure police do not misuse anti-terrorism legislation to unfairly stop photographers.

Counter-terrorism minister Vernon Coaker made the request at a meeting in Parliament in which AP stressed the need for police to adopt a common-sense approach when dealing with photographers.

Representatives from The Royal Photographic Society and the British Institute of Professional Photography also attended yesterday’s talks, which were organised by photography rights campaigner Austin Mitchell MP.

Section 76

Last month the need for clear police guidance on photography became more pressing when the Counter-Terrorism 2008 came into force.

Section 76 of the new Act makes a photograph of a police constable a potential crime if police deem it likely to be useful to a terrorist. Continue reading this item…

Cheese-eating Surrender Monkeys

I’m not a fan of the Daily Wail and I certainly wouldn’t snaffle an entire piece (other than to rip it to shreds), but this piece tickled me… with the final paragraph being quite apposite: :D

Warning: French

As France rejoins NATO, a humorous reminder of why we never missed them

With typical flamboyance and fanfare, French President Nicolas Sarkozy this week announced that France is to rejoin Nato’s military command after 40 years of self-imposed exile.

It was in 1966 that President Charles de Gaulle pulled out of the heart of the Nato alliance, claiming that belonging to the Nato military command undermined French independence and sovereignty. Continue reading this item…

Radio 4′s Today Program

As a regular listener to BBC Radio 4 in the mornings, and the Today program on occasion, it’s nice to get a glimpse behind the scenes, to see what goes into putting the show together.

Inside Today – BBC [...]