U.S. woman wins Miss World

Blue-eyed blonde American teen Alexandria Mills has won the Miss World crest for 2010, beating more than 100 other hopefuls at a sparkling o...

October 2010 in Review

October was by far the biggest month I've ever had in terms of traffic, so thanks a lot for reading! Here's a quick recap of everyth...

purply floral skirt, sparkly bolero (we had a hot day)

Last Friday we had a pretty warm day – 29C! It was nice – definitely nice to be able to have a warm, not-at-all-wintery day at last! – altho...

THE WEDDING SHROUD - GIVEAWAY WINNERS!!!

 Hello, everybody! Happy Halloween Sunday! Here I am to announce the names of the two lucky winners who will get a free copy of this awesome...

Poor fundraising

Alexander Cockburn : The World Socialist Website snootily cites a Washington Post survey finding the Tea Party to be a “disparate band of v...

RA FRIDAY - TOO GOOD, PARANOID OR ... JUST DESPERATE?

I'd give him a Bafta! What about you? I saw this week’s episode at my friend’s house on Tuesday evenin...

Baby elephant attacked by crocodile

The scene was captured by amateur photographer Johan Opperman while taking pictures of a family of African bush elephants browsing by a wate...

Cement faults 'known before spill'

Tests performed before the deadly BP oil well blowout in the Gulf of Mexico should have raised doubts about the cement used to shut the well...

flowers and lace

Well, I am purrreeeety sure I don't need to bore you with tales of my internet woe... so we'll ignore that and get on with the impor...