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Olan Mills update.

January 7, 2007 at 12:30 pm | In Family Stuff, news, people | 1 Comment

My daughter recieved this photo from OM yesterday

Dawkins at Christmas

December 26, 2006 at 12:02 pm | In Philosophy & Religion, Science, humanism, meme, news, people | Leave a Comment

What does Christmas mean to our most fervent non-believer? John Preston talks to Richard Dawkins

Olan Mills closes it’s doors!

December 16, 2006 at 12:52 am | In Family Stuff, news, people | 2 Comments

All the UK studios of Olan Mills have closed today and the company is now in administration. Yesterday my daughter took her two son to have their photographs taken at out local olan Mills and last week my two sons had my other six grandchildrens’ photographs taken. Between then they have lost more than £150 pounds worth. My daughter’s friend, Adam who works for the company was told this morning that he no longer had a job.

See the website

Nick Clarke.

November 23, 2006 at 8:03 pm | In BBC Radio 4, news, people, radio | Leave a Comment

BBC Radio 4 is in mourning today for one of its finest journalists and pressenters, award winning Nick Clarke who has died at the age of 58. The Website Homepage at www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/ is mostly black with a picture of Nick and links to his obituary and to a tribute to him from controller of Radio 4 Mark Damazer. Last year nick had a leg amputated in a bid to stop the spread of cancer and in June he returned to work on a part time basis.

The force be with you!

November 20, 2006 at 2:29 pm | In Philosophy & Religion, Science, news, people | Leave a Comment

jedi TWO Star Wars film fanatics marched on the United Nations yesterday, November 16 2006, to demand the recognition of JEDI as an official religion.