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  • Paperchase and Copywrong

    A lot of my (mainly non-Twitter using) readers may be unaware of the controversy surrounding designer Hidden Eloise and greeting card giant Paperchase. In short, Hidden Eloise alleges that a design which Paperchase are using on a variety of products has lifted the central image of a girl from one of her own works He…

  • Liberal Vision concede defeat

    Godwin’s law strikes again: What is more worrying, however, is that an appendage of the state is now a matter of national pride. Daniel Hannan has been called a “traitor”. This, ladies and gentlemen, is what national socialism looks like. Sara goes on to insist that by “national socialism” she was not, of course, referring…

  • Tears for Blears

    You can tell it is a slow news day when the BBC decide that a bit of vandalism counts as major national news. I also have to admit to a bit of sympathy for Hazel Blears. Whichever way you add it up, she is a victim here and doesn’t deserve being paraded on public display…

  • Airbrushing: will Jo Swinson blind us with science?

    Having been away for a week, I didn’t comment on the proposals to ban the airbrushing of models which will be debated at the Lib Dem conference next month. The real problem about commenting on this is that we have yet to see the full proposals. The Lib Dem blogosphere, particularly the Libertarians, love to…

  • WARNING! Reading this blog could make you fat.

    I was otherwise occupied last night. If I hadn’t been, I’d have joined in with the chorus of disapproval regarding Nuffield Health and Prof Michael McMahon’s pop at fat ‘role models‘ (see also the Metro’s coverage). What to add that Costigan and Carol haven’t already said (or for that matter, Susie Orbach and Phill Jupitus)?…