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There’s an episode of The Simpsons, where Bart’s instant denial of wrong doing – “It wasn’t me, I didn’t do it” etc. leads to a brief spell of fame, as his catchphrase catches on. The standard Labour government minister’s catchphrase must be “I didn’t know”, with the occasional “I wasn’t aware”, “I don’t recall” and…

The scene – our local Thresher (tip: only go there if you are buying three bottles of wine, as their pricing structure is based on 3 for 2, which works out at about supermarket prices) Two women of about 20 are in front of me. They have clearly dashed out from their workplace, because they…

Richard and Judy Summer reads – read extracts of all them Free: “False Impression is Jeffrey Archer’s latest pacy thriller that no fan should miss and you can win one of five uncorrected proofs.” Presumably there’s a prize of a book by a real author if you do all the corrections…

BBC NEWS | England | Manchester | 21 rescued after floor collapses They should have done a risk assessment first…

BBC NEWS | Health | Doctor ties ‘to go in MRSA fight’So all doctors are men, apparently?

This is another of Owen Barder’s fantastic spoofs – trouble is, they are getting ever closer to reality. I think we are arriving at a point where the government will be beyond parody…

BBC NEWS | Education | Academics vote for strike action Well, it had to happen. Don’t you think Jocelyn Prudence is the perfect name for the employers’ negotiator?

Just had an email from the RDN – Resource Discovery Network – a name which means what it says. It’s a network by which you can discover resources. That isn’t good enough, though. Oh, no. They are going to change the name. So here’s the reasoning behind it:The RDN has taken specialist advice and, with…

I’m currently dealing with a plagiarism case where a student has copied all of two pieces of work – and, rather cunningly, I thought, used books not easily available physically or as e-books, but ones which feature whole pages on Google book search and Amazon “Look inside”. The student can’t actually cut and paste, but…

According to BBC Sport, “Wayne Rooney has agreed a five-book deal that will earn him at least £5m from publishers Harper Collins” It’s a lot to ask of the lad, but I’m sure with Coleen’s help, he’ll manage to read those five books in time to collect the money. I think they should make sure…