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The offensive mendacity of Iain Duncan Smith

Saved on 12/05/2008

Today, new fertility laws are to begin their passage through the House of Commons, with a number of important...

The offensive mendacity of Iain Duncan Smith

Microsoft steals music back from paying customers

Saved on 09/05/2008

The music industry may find...

Microsoft steals music back from paying customers

Diary for 8th May 2008

Saved on 09/05/2008

I am not a horse, and hence have no desire to eat from a bucket. If someone told KFC, maybe they’d stop irritating me with their awful ads. «

Diary for 8th May 2008

sjhoward.co.uk at five

Saved on 08/05/2008

Yesterday, somewhat rashly, I promised more coverage of the fact that I’ve now been blogging continuously for five years. On reflection, I’m not sure there’s so much more to say: Five years, 1324 posts in the (newly redesigned) archive, a full spin-off site of academic stuff, and a...

sjhoward.co.uk at five

Diary for 7th May 2008

Saved on 08/05/2008

As of today, I’ve been blogging continuously for five years… and my fingers aren’t worn down to the bone yet! More about this tomorrow. «

Diary for 7th May 2008

To survive, Brown urgently needs better advice

Saved on 06/05/2008

Gordon Brown’s disastrous round of interviews on Sunday morning merely added fuel to a fire which had already reached an unprecedented temperature...

To survive, Brown urgently needs better advice

Site restructuring

Saved on 06/05/2008

Over the past week or so, along with some simple design tweaks, much of sjhoward.co.uk has been restructured. The old design of the archive, for example, was appropriate for when the blog had 250 posts, but not for the 1,300+ posts of today. The new structure shouldn’t feel like too much of a change...

Site restructuring

Labour hammered in local elections

Saved on 03/05/2008

Labour have been hammered across the country in local elections and have lost the Mayoralty of London. Coverage of this result has reached saturation point, and I’m not sure that there’s much I can add. Last year, with respect to Mr Brown, I predicted If he continues to crash his way through...

Labour hammered in local elections

World champs 2007 trampoline men's finals

Saved on 02/05/2008

Incredible performances here, especially from the Chinese! Shows the results you get when pots of money and resources get pumped into a sport! Listen to the commentator stress the importance of FLEXIBILITY!!!

World champs 2007 trampoline men's finals

Hartlepool trampoline Club

Saved on 02/05/2008

A Saturday mess about

Hartlepool trampoline Club

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