The last entry in Pepys' diary.

Adrian on "Alien".

By the time this appears in linkspam we will probably know how the referendum went.

Coconut? Yuck!

I am surprised by some of these - the South-East Asian languages in the 'Medium' rather than 'Hard' category, and Arabic categorised differently from Hebrew. Also absence of German a bit puzzling.

Brilliant speculation!

Part one of a six-part series concluding the the Bible is in fact pro-choice rather than pro-life.

...if in London, that is.

Coming in August.

A straight answer to a straight question.

29 pages, PDF, excellent report.

How the Rowling / Warner machine treats translators.

Jason speaks.

"Support for European unity runs far deeper in the political structures of most continental countries than we grasp. British eurosceptics constantly remark that the euro was a political project, as if that is a killer argument. It was. It was supposed to be..."

Andrew Hickey gives his views.

How to deal with dissenting voices.

@HRW release quoting my old friend Giorgi Gogia.

A peculiar bit of literary history.

I was too optimistic, back in 2004.

@arzugeybulla 's Storify summary.

Do get any acquaintances who take Hayek seriously to read this.

The difference one TV programme can make.

Jon Worth decides that he cannot bear the prospect of running for the European Parliament as a Labour candidate in the UK.

#fb Hooray!

Top Tips!

The talking pig goes political, seven years before "Animal Farm".

The inside story of the death of US democracy.

A documentary about bike messengers in Brussels, the most congested city in Europe with only 4% cycling traffic.

Myth 1) Greece faces disaster; Myth 2) the remaining Eu doesn't.

Nightmare experience for writer's first publication.