the obituary for Judge Boreham (most famous for being in charge of trials of the 'Yorkshire Ripper' Peter Sutcliffe and the Brighton bomber Patrick Magee). As is usual, he'd been a leading barrister before being appointed as a judge, including… … Continue reading
You get an email, apparently from your hotmail account, which you know you did not send. It has an attachment with an odd name. Do you open it? There are people who would, and one of them works here. "I … Continue reading
The law in (edit!) England & Wales used to be absolutely clear: STI infection during consensual sex was not assault, even when the infection was deliberately concealed from the partner. But in the past couple of years, there have been … Continue reading
From the top left of poster for the original Manchurian Candidate, before even Frank Sinatra's name: You must not miss the first five minutes to know what it's all about! Erm… I know I can be like Woody Allen in … Continue reading
In June last year, someone was wondering which DTP program would be a better bet to teach students. A number of people disagreed when I said Quark was the Word Perfect of DTP – a formerly dominant but outdated program … Continue reading
Want 15 minutes of fame and can't think how? Why not do what's worked in the past again again, but not recently? Announce you've discovered that putting microphones in the ears of a model head produces a really lifelike 3D … Continue reading
And today's Sun has… Mr T Henry ("a player of Association Football, m'lud") saying that he thinks bullying is wrong. Nothing else, at least in the online edition. I'll try to check a printed version later. Mind you, the DFES … Continue reading
Looking for Stephen's non-constituency matter contact details, I see from the DFES website that On Tuesday 23 November, Stephen Twigg will also be launching new guidance, Stand Up for Us, which will be made available to schools. Stand Up for … Continue reading
They've done a major article and 'The Sun Says' on bullying (they're against it) including a piece by Stephen Twigg, schools minister. Part of the article includes the 'why' box: KIDS are bullied for a whole variety of reasons which … Continue reading