Look at this headline from the increasingly inane BBC: Global warming ‘underestimated’ Shock! Horror! Who’s is saying this? The severity of global warming over the next century will be much worse than previously believed, a leading climate scientist has warned. A leading climate scientist eh? Except… One fatal flaw with the BBC story is that Chris Field is not a

I have written to the Reading Chronicle asking them to correct the factual inaccuracies in the letter they published recently in the name of Mrs Liz Longhurst, as follows: My attention has been drawn to a letter published in your print edition recently in the name of Mrs Liz Longhurst, copy below for ease of reference, as passed to me. First I would say that I was very surprised that the Reading C...

On Friday I caused a bit of havoc on my Twitter feed by saying this... Oh dear, looks like I am going to be exposed in a Sunday newspaper for a misdeed of my youth. Gulp. It's all rather embarrassing. I was inundated with messages on email and via Facebook of the "we'll stand by you" variety. All very touching. The trouble was, it was just my little joke. It referred to a conversation I ...

  Born in Manhattan, and raised in Los Angeles, but you'd never know it. Her musical heart is folkish and in a southern place.  Here, she performs " Wayside ", which she wrote, with her musical partner Dave Rawlings from the album "Soul Journey " . Lyrics to " Wayside ". Just imagine being able to write like this. Standing on the corner with a nickel or a dime  There use to be ...

A year ago, I wrote to Gordon Brown asking him to place a moratorium on new coal-fired power plants in Britain. I have asked the same of Angela Merkel, Barack Obama, Kevin Rudd and other leaders. The reason is this - coal is the single greatest threat to civilisation and all life on our planet. The climate is nearing tipping points. Changes are beginning to appear and there is a potential for expl...

I’ve been looking out for this, and it came out yesterday: 2009/S 30-044219 UK-London: buses and coaches DESCRIPTION OF THE WORKS, SERVICES OR GOODS TO BE PROCURED THROUGH THE QUALIFICATION SYSTEM: Transport for London (TfL) announced the winners of a public competition for design of a new bus for London in December 2008 in support of the Mayor of

When Lloyds bought HBOS it was not able to look properly at HBOS's books to find out where the problems really lay (due diligence). Now those problems are coming home to roost – not just for Lloyds shareholders, but for the Government that blessed the takeover an us the TAX payer who will have to pay for all of this. Or..is it, a one eyed scottish 'idiots home'

This article focuses on the worrying phenomenon of farmer suicides in India . It seems that the opening of the agricultural sector to more free market policies may be contributing to this. Farmers are getting into debt to buy hybrid seeds and to develop cash-crop farming. The revenue they get, though, is not sufficient to meet the increased costs they face as traditional farming methods are driven...

Seeing as everybody else has done this, I thought I would too.1. I have sung live at both the Royal Albert Hall and Wembley Arena.2. I have supported Man Utd since the second game of football I ever saw on TV, (3-3 vs Tottenham, I think 1985), but, perhaps unsurprisingly I have only seen one game at Old Trafford.3. I have however been lucky enough to see England at Wembley five

(N.B. I am The Devil's Kitchen, and I am incredibly pissed off.) As you know, I do not support what everyone on this blog writes: in particular, I disagree with Martin's piece below, filled, as it is, with rather poor sophistry. Let us take this, for instance: How is 'a better life' defined? By the ability to earn more money here than in Lithuania? Or by the right to be slaughtered in a flat in Br...