I’m actually rather sad about Heath Ledger’s untimely death. He came across as a decent sort in interviews and I rather liked some of the films in which he acted. Indeed, some of them will go down as classics. Ten Things I Hate About You, Monster’s Ball, Ned Kelly and, of course, Brokeback Mountain. A [...]

I’ve just heard a discussion on The Westminster Hour about talk that there will be a proposal in the Queen’s Speech to raise the limit for which terror suspects can be detained without charge from twenty-eight to ninety days. Any discussion of this sort is one of balance. Ultimately, the question it comes down to [...]

I just went to see 3:10 to Yuma, the remake of the 1957 film with Christian Bale and Russell Crowe as the main characters. I greatly enjoyed it and would happily see it again; I’m not sure whether it will become a classic, but it is a very good film.
**Spoiler warning**
The end of the film [...]

Iain Dale has become an expert on the fairer sex. It would seem, sadly, that Iain Dale’s idea of not being sexist is, er, stereotyping women. Quoth the raven:
In this increasingly presidential age, his softer approach will be judged against the aggression of Gordon Brown. Women do not like great clunking fists. They don’t like [...]

I have an idea for an online deputy leadership hustings. There is, in the form of Bloggers4Labour, a community of Labour activists who blog and who are trying to promote the medium. The Conservative blogosphere grew around the time of Cameron’s election; perhaps the Labour blogosphere should do the same now.
The idea is:
Members of Bloggers4Labour [...]

A Bloggers4Labour meeting took place on Monday evening and it was really rather good. Yes, there was geekery - Labour geekery, computer geekery and even ale geekery - but it was all very good natured. I’m going to do a couple of posts, on Labour blogging and blogging in general,1 but what strikes me is [...]

Include “dalton trumbo on demolishing silly books”, “where does elvemage pk”, “dave cole south london” (a different Dave Cole, as I live north of the river) and “unoriginal name dave cole” (someone knows who I am).
xD.

You can see Guido Fawkes unsuccessfully take on Michael White on Newsnight here at 31′58”.
Guido digs himself a large hole and then jumps into it. Michael White ‘exposed’ Paul De Laire Staines as the man behind Guido Fawkes. Tim Ireland did it a while ago pretty comprehensively and there was someone before that. It shows [...]

Despite his appearing anonymously and without being able to see his face, Michael White just blew him out of the water on live, national TV by announcing that Guido Fawkes is Paul Staines.
More later. Michael White is tearing him into little bits.
I love you Michael White.
xD.

A few additions to the blogroll in no particular order…
Jon Cruddas
Tom Watson
Chicken Yoghurt
Stroppy Blog
Ministry of Truth
Wedding Photography Blog
Digital Photography School Blog
Homeless Camera Adventure
But sadly The Daily, along with LSE SU Comms, are going.
xD.