New Guardian design - Yum
At first look, I love the new Guardian look. Letās see what happens on Monday.
Anthony Zacharzewski
New Scottish Parliament building
The outside is interesting, if occasionally a bit Bluewater (proverbs calligraphed into the outer walls). The setting, however, is magnificent.
Heritage open days
There are hundreds of free Heritage Open Days around the country over the next few days. The list of sites in East Sussex is here.
Travel notes: Edinburgh
Not a good hotel experience in Edinburgh today. Place booked at the Bank hotel, sight unseen through Expedia, but they bumped me to a āsisterā hotel called the Three Sisters. Sister hotel as in ugly sister. Stuck down on Cowgate, in the lee of Castle Mound, the outside area is
Metafilter: less sexy than a Bill Gates lapdance
Metafilter discusses the iPod miniās replacement, the iPod nano, as well as the new Motorola phone with iTunes built in.
Polska - Walia 1:0. Na awans czekamy do paÅŗdziernika
A pleasant evening in the Polish Bar by Holborn, as Poland beat Wales 1-0 to advance to the World Cup finals.
Hurrah!
Gazeta Wyborcza reports.
Edit: To advance to at least the play-offs for the World Cup Finals.
Your shout on the South Downs
The Sussex Express reports on the creation of a new consultative body to talk about issues around the South Downs. Apparently representative bodies are involved ā are yours? More information at the South Downs Virtual Information Centre.
John Roberts' philosophy
The Washington Post has an interesting article on the legal philosophy of aspiring Chief Justice Roberts. Roberts, it says, is devoted to legal process ā not legislating from the bench, in other words. Now, I say this as a European liberal in a Parliamentary system, but that attitude does have a
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Nemo iudex in causa sua
This story gave me a huge laugh ā George W Bush, the President of the US, has taken it on himself to lead the inquiry into what went wrong with the handling of Katrina. Quick summary of the results, courtesy of my friend Nostradamus:
* (Democrat party) officials in NO and Louisiana