http://www.onehourahead.com/blog Welcome Tue, 05 Aug 2008 21:42:32 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en From the beeb website: Warrant issued for Lib Dem donor A judge has issued an arrest warrant for a wealthy businessman whose company donated more than £2 million to the Liberal Democrats. Michael Brown, 42, is due to stand trial in September accused of a number of fraud and money laundering offences. But Judge ... http://www.onehourahead.com/blog/2008/07/29/warrant-issued-for-michael-brown/ Although you've all got your own ideas of what constitutes a good blog I, of course, know better.  So in proper TOTP countdown style, start playing 'whole lotta love' from my mux (bow-wow-wow-wow,wa,wa,wa,wa...): 10.     She's a baroness, she's from Suffolk, what more could you want.  In at 10, it's Mrs Valladares 9.      ... http://www.onehourahead.com/blog/2008/07/28/the-definitive-top-10/ Howdy.  OneHourAhead is now posting from the other side of the Atlantic instead of the other side of the North Sea so forgive me for being slightly late on the draw on any breaking news. I will however at least have a ringside seat for one of the most ... http://www.onehourahead.com/blog/2008/07/25/oha-is-now-5hb/ After two years of Swiss life, I am leaving the land of cheese, chocolate and nazi-gold for pastures fresh so I thought I would give you all the benefit of wisdom in relation to this small alpine retreat and the things it is supposedly famous for... Safe Streets Although crime has increased ... http://www.onehourahead.com/blog/2008/06/27/switzerland-i-bid-you-adieu/ Real life has been catching up with me recently and haven't really been keeping up with the developments in political life so this is a quick run-down of my opinions on various matters: Boris/Local Elections/Crewe I know it was all a long time ago now and I hate to remind ... http://www.onehourahead.com/blog/2008/06/27/boris-davis-kearney-scott-harris-brown-cameron-clegg/ Personally, I was quite disappointed when I turned on my computer this morning to see the results of yesterday's polls, I was hoping for a closer race.  I guess a lot of soul-searching will be done by the campaign team over the next few days. However, On the metro into ... http://www.onehourahead.com/blog/2008/06/27/the-secret-to-henley/ There are apparently going to be 26 names on the voting slip in Haltemprice and Howden on 10 July: Grace Christine Astley - Independent David Laurence Bishop - Church of the Militant Elvis Party Ronnie Carroll - Make Politicians History Mad Cow-Girl - The Official Monster Raving Loony Party David Craig - Independent Herbert Winford Crossman ... http://www.onehourahead.com/blog/2008/06/26/double-d-has-25-opponents/ An interesting interview with British author Doris Lessing, the 2007 Nobel Laureate in Literature has been put up on the nobelprize website, if, of course, you are interested in that sort of thing. http://www.onehourahead.com/blog/2008/06/26/doris-lessing/ This post is a shameless copy of Jennie's over at the yorksher gob, but you know Jennie, Plagiarism is the highest form of flattery :-) Firstly, What Pseudo Historical Figure Best Suits You? What Pseudo Historical Figure Best Suits You?created with QuizFarm.com You scored ... http://www.onehourahead.com/blog/2008/06/25/lasciate-ogni-speranza-voi-chentrate/ I visited Avignon and the surrounding area over the weekend. On Sunday morning I went and found John Stuart Mill's tomb in the cemetery.  He is buried there with his wife, whom had died 15 years previous.   Although the sides of ... http://www.onehourahead.com/blog/2008/06/11/to-the-beloved-memory-of-harriet-mill/