Curiosities of Art and Nature: The New Annotated and Illustrated Edition of Martin Martin's Classic "A Description of the Western Islands of Scotland"
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 14/11/2009
Scientists from around the world gather in Alexandria to discuss evolution – but is religion getting in the way? It was perhaps fitting, and more than a little fortuitous, that this weekend's conference on Darwin's legacy coincided with Egypt's crucial World Cup qualifier against Algeria. The British Council's chief executive Martin Davidson joked about natural selection and survival of the...
Permanent style (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
A second piece by Permanent Style from the latest issue of The Rake Budd: Very traditional shirts Budd shirtmakers is for men that really like English tradition. Unostentatious almost to the point of modesty, Budd has been quietly making some of the best bespoke shirts in the world since 1910. In those 99 years it has moved just once, across the Piccadilly Arcade from number 4 to number 3, when the...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 24/10/2009
• The Swede shoots six-under 65 to take lead • England's Sam Hutsby excels with a round of 66 Michael Jonzon will go into the final round of the Castelló Masters a shot ahead after a six under par 65 swept him to 16 under. The Swede, who has only one European Tour win in 290 starts and is fighting for his future, is 158th on the money list and needs to finish first or second to be...
Travel (Free subscription) | 20/10/2009
By Wesley Pope It used to be that you had to go to the video store to get a movie. The next generation it seems will be getting their movies from movie downloads, avoiding any trips to the store. Following is a list of a few movies that you can get using a movie download site. Doulos The Finger: Delightful round-the-globe venture based on the real tale of a l6-year-old who cruises to every conceivable...
Dipz Cricket World (Free subscription) | 18/10/2009
There has been a lot of movement in county cricket in recent weeks, after the dust settled on the 2009 season. Amongst transfer talk, what is certain is that the game has said farewell to six former England internationals: Andrew Caddick (Somerset), John Crawley (Hampshire), Mark Butcher (Surrey), Mark Ealham (Notts), Martin Saggers (Kent), Jason Gallian (Essex) and Alex Wharf (Glamorgan). Time catches...
QPR REPORT (Free subscription) | 13/10/2009
- - TWO QPR Reports! This QPR Report site. And, the second combination messageboard and quasi-blog QPR Report Messageboard . If you're interested in constantly-updated news re anything QPR-related and also QPR nostalgia, this site has both - along with assorted eclectic non-QPR football material. - QPR REPORT Available on TWITTER! BBC - Waddock poised for Wycombe switch - Aldershot manager Gary Waddock...
Eastleigh FC (Free subscription) | 12/10/2009
By Wendy Gee - FORMER Itchen College pupil Aaron Martin will be handed a Saints reserve chance tomorrow after impressing Alan Pardew during a short trial. The 20-year-old Eastleigh centre half is likely to feature for Stewart Henderson’s reserve side at Plymouth Argyle tomorrow afternoon as his dream of a professional career gathers pace. Martin, who has played at Wembley for England Schools...
Shield Wall (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
Bikers pay respects to the fallen Organisers said more than 5,000 bikers attended the event Hundreds of motorcyclists have paid their respects to fallen soldiers at a special ceremony in Staffordshire. Bikers involved in the second annual Ride To The Wall (RTTW) went from Drayton Manor, near Tamworth, to the National Memorial Arboretum in Alrewas. Andrew Baud, from the Royal British Legion, said people...
Estate Agents In Fareham Hampshire (Free subscription) | 07/10/2009
More news from the UK Property market from Dibben and Dibben as UK house prices rose for the third consecutive month in September and showed the first quarterly increase for two years, according to the Halifax. The average home rose in value by 1.6% in September compared with the previous month, to £163,533. And prices in the three months to September increased by 2.8% compared with the previous...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 01/10/2009
Warm weather means the UK is still seeing spectacular displays of native and migrant species as late as October - but this is not good news for butterflies in the long term If you stroll along the South Downs or Beachy Head today, you might imagine it is August, not October. More than one-third of our 59 butterfly species are still flying at a time of year when you would normally only expect to see...
UK400ClubRareBirdAlert (Free subscription) | 08/09/2009
Thanks to Dr Loic-Marion of the CNRS-University of Rennes, France, I am now in a position to document the full history of the colour-ringed EUROPEAN GREAT WHITE EGRET that has repeatedly visited Britain (and in particular Hampshire) since August 2003. I am also extremely grateful to all of you that kindly responded to my request for photographs of this colour-ringed individual, including Martin Bennett...
Charlotte Observer: Sports (Free subscription) | 25/08/2009
(Staff and wire reports) Appalachian State is ranked first in the preseason Football Championship Subdivision coaches' poll. The Mountaineers lead the poll with 13 first-place votes and 665 points, followed by defending national champion Richmond with 10 first-place votes and 660 points. Montana is third with 623 points. Other Carolinas teams in the polls are Wofford at No. 10, Elon at No. 11 and South...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 12/08/2009
It is pretty sloppy of Tristram Hunt to blame Labour's deregulation of casinos and lap dancing on moral relativism ( Betting shops and strip clubs stand as monuments to New Labour morality , 7 August). The word morality is derived from the Latin root mos , meaning custom or habit. Given that customs are relative to culture, morality is by definition a relative concept. Moral relativism is simply an...
Sport Minded (Free subscription) | 06/08/2009
Hampshire’s continued progress in the Twenty20 Cup is hanging by a thread as they were soundly beaten by 7 wickets by Kent at The Rose Bowl. After Hampshire posted a mediocre total of 131 for 7, Kent strolled home with 12 balls remaining to qualify for the quarter final stage, with Hampshire’s fate still yet to be decided. Kent’s captain Rob Key lost the toss allowing Dimi Mascarenhas...
Sport Minded (Free subscription) | 06/08/2009
Hampshire Vs Sussex Day 4 A draw was the result of this rain-affected match between Hampshire and Sussex in the LV County Championship at The Rose Bowl. On a rather sunny morning of the last day, Sussex resumed on 230 for 6, 120 runs behind Hampshire's score, as they look to obtain full batting points in the final day of this LV County Championship game. Sussex's pursuit did hit a stumbling block however...
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