Cameron's Big Society will leave the poor and powerless behind Nice analysis from Anna Coote in the Guardian on the lack of measures addressing equality in the concept and delivery of #bigsociety. (tags: bigsociety guardian equality) The Idea of Justice by Amartya Sen I certainly recommend reading it. From the Observer's review: "The Idea of … Continue reading links for 2010-07-19
Having done so well in the General Election prediction stakes, I’m looking to do the same for the World Cup. Thus, here are my full predictions for how I think the World Cup will go. Feel free to debate my selections in the comments… Group A Mexico Uruguay France South Africa Group B Argentina Greece … Continue reading My full list of World Cup predictions
It is my genuine hope that you all had better things to do over the weekend than look at links on the internet. Assuming this was the case, the Friday Puzzle returns today with its usual collection of links and internet paraphernalia. As ever, thanks go to Wrighty for being the arbiter of this fine … Continue reading Friday puzzle, no.19 (after the Bank Holiday edition)
Last week’s puzzle, courtesy of Wrighty, was as follows: There is a closed room with a light in it. Outside, there are 3 light switches. You can flick any of the switches any number of times. You can only open the door and go into the room once. You know that the light is initially … Continue reading Friday Puzzle, no.5
Spurred on by a tweet from 2pallas today, I have become far more aware of the issue of gay men donating blood or, rather, their being banned from being able to give blood. Before looking into the topic, the ban struck me as ridiculous. Having looked into the topic, it still strikes me as ridiculous. … Continue reading On gay men and blood donation
The news that staff of the Australian Primer Minister have made numerous edits to “potentially damaging entries” will be music to Oliver Kamm’s ears. Oliver has been one of the keenest critics of Wikipedia and, though trenchantly argued, many of his points are good ones. It is true that Wikipedia relies on the wisdom of … Continue reading On Wikipedia
James / Jim / Jimbo lived with Rich in the year following university back when flathunting was new and exciting and he was making the first few steps as a graduate in his future career, before heading to London to seek his fortune. Currently he’s coming to terms with stupid house prices and the cold … Continue reading Friends in e-places no.5: James Sheppard
Dan Hill is a designer and writer, living and working in London. He blogs at City of Sound. What would your Mastermind specialist subject(s) be? • Oh god, no idea. I’m a generalist, not a specialist. Could I destroy the game by picking general knowledge as my specialist subject? Europe or America? • Europe. Every … Continue reading Friends in e-places no.4: Dan Hill
Federal Court Ruling from the Melbourne Age, Australia (AP) – A seven year old boy was at the centre of a courtroom drama yesterday when he challenged a court ruling over who should have custody of him. The boy has a history of being beaten by his parents and the judge initially awarded custody to … Continue reading Taking a beating
I was raving about Paul Collingwood the other day, and quite rightly, since he’d just scored 206. But the real star of the Ashes at the moment is the Australian captain, Ricky Ponting. Ponting rightly pointed out a while ago that there had to be an Australian captain who would lose the Ashes at one … Continue reading Ricky Ponting
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