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…that I feel ashamed to be British.
Regardless of whether I smoke – and I do – the current proposals to remove displays of tobacco products by 2011 just smack of a draconian lack of joined up thinking.
Yes, tobacco kills, but so does alcohol.
Unlike alcohol, however, excessive consumption of tobacco doesn’t make people violent and abusive.
Give [...]
Filed under: Annoyances, Media | Tagged: smoking, smoking ban, tobacco displays | 3 Comments »
…that I feel proud to be British.
This case was handled very well by the UK legal system – with sensitivity and common sense.
Maybe the time has come to legislate to allow some assisted suicides, but the whole procedure is so open to abuse that better an inadequate law that’s interpreted humanely than a well-intentioned one [...]
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Sad news – the creator of Noggin the Nog, Ivor the Engine, the Clangers and Bagpuss has died.
Oliver Postgate brought a rare kind of whimsy to the genre of animation for children which ensured a quirky gentleness that we just don’t find anymore.
The fact that Bagpuss, in particular, has made such an impression on everyone [...]
Filed under: Cats, Current affairs, Media | Tagged: Bagpuss, Clangers, Ivor the Engine, Noggin the Nog, Oliver Postgate, Totoro | Leave a Comment »
