NB: With Russia's unprovoked murderous assault on Ukraine, I am actively looking at alternative hosts for this journal, preferably those which will retain as much content as possible. I am very uncomfortable with being part of the Russian economic system at present, in however small a way. In the meantime: Current The Twinkling of an Eye, by Brian Aldiss The Space Machine, by Christopher Priest The Green Man's Challenge, by Juliet McKenna The Unofficial Doctor Who Annual 1972, ed. Mark Worgan Last books finished Lost in Translation, by Ella Frances Sanders Next books Nine Lives, by Aimen Dean Air, by ...
NB: With Russia's unprovoked murderous assault on Ukraine, I am actively looking at alternative hosts for this journal, preferably those which will retain as much content as possible. I am very uncomfortable with being part of the Russian economic system at present, in however small a way. In the meantime: The Departed won the Oscar for Best Picture of 2006, and three others: Best Director (Martin Scorsese), Best Film Editing (Thelma Schoonmaker), and Best Adapted Screenplay Writing (William Monahan). The other Best Picture nominees were The Queen, which I have seen, and Babel, Letters from Iwo Jima and Little Miss ...
March 26th is my 70th birthday. I have decided to celebrate it by holding an international film festival. International not in the sense that the films are international (they are decidedly not, as you will see below), but that I have friends in many places, and I hope some of my friends will join me film watching once or twice in the week leading up to March 26th. I will be watching a film a day from March 20th to March 26th, and complementing the films with menus of my choice. I won't share the menus. Suffice to say that ...
Hello! I'm Mark Pack, author of Polling UnPacked: The History, Uses and Abuses of Political Opinion Polls, as well as 101 Ways To Win An Election and Bad News: what the headlines don't tell us. Welcome to my summary of the latest national voting intention poll from each pollster currently operating in Britain. Below the table, you'll find the option to sign up to email updates about new polls and also a set of answers to frequently asked questions about political polling. Or, if you'd like to find out more about how polls work, how reliable they are and how ...
This week the Scottish Parliament held a debate for International Women's Day, which happens on Tuesday 8th March. Beatrice Wishart MSP spoke for the Liberal Democrats: You can read her speech in full below and the link to the debate is here. I welcome the theme of this year's International Women's Day, which is "Break the bias". The world's eyes are on Russia's invasion of and aggression in Ukraine, and I take this opportunity to reiterate Scottish Liberal Democrat solidarity with the people of Ukraine. A million people, mostly women and children, have been displaced in a week, and what ...
Fri, 16:25: RT @BrusselsTimes: Just six weeks after the Consultative Committee launched the coronavirus barometer, Belgium is already moving into 'code... Fri, 16:52: RT @AmIRightSir: Paulette Hamilton's election in Birmingham Erdington means that 12 of the last 13 Commons by-election winners have been wo... Fri, 18:51: Chaos on CatNet, by Naomi Kritzer https://t.co/oqfZmrVmEo Sat, 01:57: RT @chicagoworldcon: (1/5) Don't forget that nominations for the 2022 Hugo Awards, Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book, and Astounding...
Part of my hypothesis that there is a feedback mechanism between the failure of Stem Cells to Differentiate and the failure of more Stem cells to differentiate is that failed stem cells (senescent cells) issue a molecule as part of SASP into the blood which then affects other Stem Cells. I think it is most likely that this molecule is Interleukin-10. (In fact having done the research I think it
Sat 5th
09:34
Cole-Hamilton praises public service broadcasters' role in telling truth about Ukraine war
Scottish Lib Dem Leader Alex Cole-Hamilton this week praised our public service broadcasters for their reporting of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. He described how the BBC was keeping Ukrainian people informed through short wave broadcasts while Russian forces attacked other methods of communications. He pointed out that we don't get that level of service from Netflix subscription. His whole speech is below: Our public sector broadcasters are vital to the health of our democracy. For the past two years, they have kept us informed and have even managed to create and foster a vital sense of togetherness in our darkest ...
Sat 5th
08:32
Immigration minister refuses to give evidence as Ukrainian refugees remain excluded from UK
The Independent reports that Kevin Foster, the minister for immigration and future borders, has declined an invitation from the Home Affairs Committee to answer questions on what Britain is doing to provide support and refuge to people leaving Ukraine following the invasion by Russia. The committee wanted to speak to him after his department came under criticism in recent days over its "bespoke humanitarian route" for Ukrainians fleeing the conflict, after it emerged that the scheme excludes swathes of refugees with loved ones in the UK: Home secretary Priti Patel announced on Tuesday that it was expanding the route to ...
Green Energy International has asked for a screening option for a 33 hectare, 23MW solar farm south of Caynham at Pervin Farm. The documents for the screening option are not yet online (22/00929/SCR). My thanks to Green Energy International for supplying the screening application promptly. The landscape east and south of Ludlow is considered ideal for solar farms because of capacity to connect to the grid at the Squirrel Lane. This is connectivity not available in many other areas of the county and in many areas of the country. There is an existing solar farm at Henley Hall. A second ...
Dundee Women's Festival starts today! It is an annual event run in the Dundee and Angus area to span International Women's Day on 8th March. There's a great programme taking place and you can download it here.
