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Richard Hammond

Richard Hammond, much loved daredevil top gear and brainiac presenter, is seriously ill in hospital after trying to break the UK land speed record.
posted to MetaFilter by handee at 2:18 AM on September 21, 2006 (72 comments)

Worst violence in Hungary since the fall of communism...

"We lied in the morning, and we lied in the evening," ... "Evidently, we lied throughout the last year-and-a-half, two years. You can't show me any significant government measure that we can be proud of, other than, in the end, we managed to drag the government back from the brink." 150 injured in rioting. brought about by the leak of a taped speech by Ferenc Gyurcsány wikipedia
posted to MetaFilter by handee at 3:59 AM on September 19, 2006 (23 comments)

Inflamed what?

In Wales, signs are bilingual. Sometimes, they get it very wrong
posted to MetaFilter by handee at 5:36 AM on August 17, 2006 (50 comments)

Yeah but just try and find a hotel room...

The Edinburgh festival is the largest arts festival in the world. Some 1,867 shows will be perfomed during the month of August, ranging from well known names and faces that many of us Brits will know from the telly, through to puppet shows and people reading the phone book live on stage. Hundreds of other lesser-known shows are on in the smaller and weirder venues. Some performers are blogging, and of course there are other bloggers telling us what's what.
posted to MetaFilter by handee at 10:12 AM on August 8, 2006 (21 comments)

Jane Tomlinson

6 years after being given 6 months to live , Jane Tomlinson has raised shedloads of money for charity. In doing so, she cycled from Rome to Home (yorkshire - 2500 miles), was the first terminally ill person to complete the Florida Ironman Triathlon, has completed numerous marathons and half marathons (she's the first person to have completed the London marathon whilst on chemotherapy). Her current challenge is to cycle across the US finishing on the 6th anniversary of her diagnosis. It's not all fun. Yesterday, she had a bottle thrown at her, was followed by a cop, and sprayed with road chippings by a lorry.
posted to MetaFilter by handee at 6:37 AM on July 20, 2006 (42 comments)

Back on the magic bus

36 years later, the remaining members of The Who will return to reprise their seminal concert recording Live at Leeds. The original record was compiled from one concert, in the Leeds University Refectory, and that's where they'll be playing tonight.
posted to MetaFilter by handee at 6:35 AM on June 17, 2006 (30 comments)

arrested abroad?

Ever wondered what to do if you end up in a spot of bother far from home? Fair trials abroad is an organisation campaigning for the fair treatment of Europeans arrested abroad. They deal with campaigns like the Free Craig Alden campaign. Unlike the famous bloke there's no history of child abuse and no real evidence of an offense, but there is a history of standing up to authority and evidence of legal incompentence. If you're from the US, you have to rely upon these people instead.
posted to MetaFilter by handee at 6:28 AM on November 29, 2005 (13 comments)

RIP Robin

Robin Cook , MP for Livingstone, has died whilst hill-walking in his native scotland. His principled stand on the Iraq war led to his resignation from the house of commons on the eve of the war. The UK has lost one of its most respected politicians.
posted to MetaFilter by handee at 3:27 AM on August 7, 2005 (47 comments)

terror in the tabloids

Daily Mail Watch keeps an eye on some of Britain's more right wing newspapers.
posted to MetaFilter by handee at 5:25 AM on July 28, 2005 (66 comments)

better look where you're going

Cyclists face all sorts of hazards. But as the Warrington Cycle Campaign's cycle facility of the month feature shows, sometimes the well meaning local authority provision can be more dangerous than other road users. all links to Warrington Cycle Campaign are coral cache links.
posted to MetaFilter by handee at 8:10 AM on July 4, 2005 (57 comments)

Massive-breasted heiress, 38, seeks ...

The London Review of Books lands on my doormat twice a month, and is packed with erudite and entertaining essays. But I suspect I am not the only subscriber who turns to the remarkable personals section first.
posted to MetaFilter by handee at 5:15 AM on April 23, 2005 (43 comments)