Hang gliders, volcanic ash, and a view from a tomb

Posted by Ellee on Apr 19, 2010 in News, Ramblers | 11 comments The volcanic ash did not deter a hang glider from soaring high above Essex in its clear blue cloudless sky yesterday. My fellow walkers from the Cambridge Rambling Group looked up in awe as we meandered through meadows bursting with spring flowers and the first showing of bluebells along the banks and in shady woodland. Volcanic ash or not, I don’t think I have the stomach for those...
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Peter Oborne: “This is the most sexist general election since the 1950s”

Posted by Ellee on Apr 19, 2010 in 2010 general election | 6 comments Respected political writer Peter Oborne asks the same question I did recently, and echoes the same thoughts: Whatever happened to female politicians in this election? Writing in The Mail, he describes this as “the most sexist general election since the 1950s”. This is what he wrote: Never in British political history have leaders’ wives played the dominant role they now enjoy....
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