Monthly Archives: November 2011

Oh, say can you see

The human toll of the U.S. drone campaign The drone mentality

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King’s ransom size

£7800 for a king size mattress; £4650 if you don’t have a consort. Again, that’s just the mattress. We’d need a mortgage to finance the whole bed. Available at John “Never knowingly undersold” Lewis. We’re not in the market. I … Continue reading

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Upstairs Downstairs

Downton Abbey finished its second season last night with a flurry of martyrdoms, including Lavinia dying of Spanish flu and a broken heart, and Anna insisting on a quick marriage to John Bates all the better to familiarise herself with … Continue reading

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NObama

One year from today, I won’t be voting for the incumbent. I thought I was in the professional ranks of cynics before; he taught me that I was only an amateur. Not sure whose box to tick, or if I … Continue reading

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