Fox hunting continues with a few modifications, despite the ban.
Imperial Tobacco is selling just as many ciggies in Scotland as before the ban on smoking in public places.
Now Tessa Jowell our “cultural” Secretary wants to curb online gambling, although she does have the good sense to talk about what happened under Prohibition in 1920s (probably the booziest decade in American history).
I went to the Social Media Cafe and found myself on a 360% virtual tour.
Read more...I’m sitting in cafe or British Library, working on coding up Sophie’s fab new design for Storynory. I was just interrupted by a Skype user I did not know. I was a bit suspicious at first, but then delighted to find that I was chatting to a Storynory listener - born in [...]
Read more...Storynory has been written up in one of Korea’s leading national daily newspapers.
Read more...A while ago I was contacted by Noorjahan from Afghanistan. He asked me for permission to translate and publish Storynory’s version of the Golden Goose in the Dari language.
Read more...Blogging is not dead - but it’s true that Twitter has taken over some of the functions of blogging, including the trivia and the bilge.
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And yesterday the transport committee demanded drink/driving crackdowns, more speed cameras, traffic police and other authoritarian controls on motorists. I thought the stats had just shown the main problem was driver inattention and poor roads. But not so much fun to spend taxpayers money on improving roads or engaging our hearts and minds. Just introduce new legislation and more bans.
Heather - You’re right. There’s always a dangerous dog for the politicians to put down