The World According To Dan

Random photos, TV, politics and anything else that comes into view

Blogs I read

FAIL Blog

Freelance editor teaches pushy client a lesson after months of complaints about “over-editing,” posts unedited drafts as requested, and watches him quickly backtrack: ‘Maybe just do a light pass’ - When "don't touch my writing" meets "wait… why does this sentence not have a verb?" At first, it was just a normal freelance gig. The editor had been worki...
PoliticalBetting.com

In Wales Reform are as loved as an English rugby union fan - Whilst next week’s Senedd election isn’t conducted under first past the post but I expect the next general election to be conducted under first past the po...
Guido Fawkes

Financial Times Journalists Throw Strop Over Four-Day Office Week - Hacks at the Financial Times are in open dispute with management after being asked to come into the office four days a week. Apparently there is “no compel...
TMZ.com

D4vd Bought Two Chainsaws, Shovel After Killing Celeste Rivas, Prosecutors Claim - D4vd went on Amazon and purchased a couple chainsaws after he stabbed Celeste Rivas and stood by while she bled out ... this, according to prosecutors in t...
Awkward Family Photos

On The Clock - “Back when cell phone minutes weren’t free until after 9pm, my dad had this idea for our 1998 family photo. My dad keeping track of our phone minutes…get...
Iain Dale's Diary

A Weekend in the Big Apple - Today’s newsletter comes to you live from New York City, where I’ve spent a couple of days before heading down to Washington DC on an Amtrak train a litt...
Ben Charlton

Beating UKPC in court - In April 2025 I took UK Parking Control (UKPC) to court. They’re one of the private parking companies that are famous for aggressively pursuing consumers...
Radiac's Diary

A Pretty Good Year - After the disaster that was 2023, my 2024 was pretty good, so I thought if I share the bad the least I can do is share the good! If my year had a theme, ...
FT.com Westminster

Markets latest: GameStop closes up 68% – as it happened - *All the latest as a wild week on Wall Street, which pitted Redditors against hedge funds, comes to a close.* Read more
There, I Fixed It.

Epic DIY Chainsaw Fails Video Compilation - It’s funny that you need a license to fish, hunt, own a gun, drive a car, and work as a manicurist a nail salon, but there’s no such requirement for owni...
Anna Raccoon

My campaign is bearing fruit. - Not sure if I can do this but I will do my best. The disease is progressing and today I have had my medication pushed up to 300 ml of Ketamine and 275ml of...
Chase Me Charlie

new look 6262, part 2 - So far it all seems to be going ok. I accidentally cut the back bodice piece a size smaller than I needed, but it still seems to fit alright so I’m not to...
Bagehot's Notebook

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Benedict Brogan

RIP Benny Green – the boy who brought black Britain to a generation of schoolkids - IT'S perhaps no surprise that the death of Terry Sue-Patt, the actor who played Benny Green in the BBC school drama Grange Hill, is one of the most-read it...
Cranmer

Canon Andrew White deserves a knighthood - He doesn't care about temporal honours, of course. You only have to hear the 'Vicar of Baghdad' preach, or take a few minutes to watch the above short fi...
Peace. Of. Analeigh.

It is a Sunday, and I wanted to find my disjointed thoughts in front of me. For me. - There was an old wicker bird cage, canary yellow, that sat on some unnecessary piece of furniture in a lovely, but unnecessary room we fittingly dubbed the...
Torah Club

A Simple Noahide - This is something I learnt during my die-trying seeking for conversion to Judaism. There is a beauty in Judaism that it does not require you to be Jewish...
Henry Porter

I'm off, but the struggle for civil liberties must go on | Henry Porter - With the new government promising to respect our civil liberties, I think now is a good time for me to bow out This is my last post for liberty central, a ...
The Carrie Prejean

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