Poetry's not everything, not even in Gloucester. "The Perfect Storm" by Sebastian Younger is great journalism, and Anita Diamant's "The Last Days of Dogtown" is fine fiction. Full Article at Gloucester Daily Times
...businessman is about to save a St Bernard – or at least a statue of one. For almost a hundred years a 5-foot pot figure of the famous breed stood on top of the St Bernards Mill building in Gelderd Road. Full Article at Pettails
WASHINGTON Leave Tiger alone. Enough with the puns we get that he's really just a "cheetah" in disguise. Enough with the Barbie-of-the-Day revelations we get that he's attracted to a certain type. Full Article at Leaf Chronicle
What? You haven't heard? Tory MP Adam Holloway has talked to a chap who has talked to other chaps. Full Article at Guardian Unlimited
To be honest, the football almost became insignificant and that famous 'life and death' quote by the Liverpool manager Bill Shankly could not be further from the truth. Our thoughts are with David, all his fellow soldiers out there and their families back home.
That put Australia on the map in many ways more than almost any other event. It made us famous worldwide, particularly in a racist America.
I've been here for almost 20 years. I've been through the ups and downs of political life. I think it was Fred Daley [a famous Labor wag, now sadly departed] who said you needed a thick skin, a good sense of humour and a good filing cabinet. I think I've got the first two - my staff might say that my fi...
As a new century gets underway both economically and inevitably, the town of Long Ashton with its population of 42,000 is poised interestingly between Nottingham and Leicester. Once famous for being the best kept secret in the Midlands, today it goes about its business of commerce with an almost palpabl...