http://www.thewritingspot.com/ Recent bookmarks posted to The Writing Spot 60 http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/magazinemonitor/2010/06/10_things_we_didnt_know_last_w_141.shtml Visit BBC News for up-to-the-minute news, breaking news, video, audio and feature stories. BBC News provides trusted World and UK news as well as local and regional perspectives. Also entertainment, business, science, technology and health news. alland876 Wed, 30 Jun 2010 15:21:24 +0000 bbc bbc news british foreign international news news online online service uk world http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/8773938.stm John O'Farrell on why the most biting satire of the past 10 years was aimed not at politicians but the uneducated working class. alland876 Wed, 30 Jun 2010 14:59:53 +0000 bbc bbc news british foreign international news news online online service uk world http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/8728149.stm Thousands of gypsies and travellers from across Britain and beyond gather in Cumbria for an annual horse fair. alland876 Mon, 21 Jun 2010 18:16:15 +0000 bbc bbc news british foreign international news news online online service uk world http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/8695486.stm The Cannes International Film Festival is billed as the international cultural event of the year, but just how international has the award-giving been since the Palme d'Or came into being and where are all the women? alland876 Thu, 27 May 2010 18:40:57 +0000 bbc bbc news british foreign international news news online online service uk world http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/magazinemonitor/2010/05/your_letters_916.shtml Visit BBC News for up-to-the-minute news, breaking news, video, audio and feature stories. BBC News provides trusted World and UK news as well as local and regional perspectives. Also entertainment, business, science, technology and health news. alland876 Wed, 26 May 2010 17:54:45 +0000 bbc bbc news british foreign international news news online online service uk world http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8683199.stm A former nurse appears in court in the US charged with two counts of aiding suicide - because of the diligence and detective work of a woman in the UK. alland876 Tue, 25 May 2010 16:43:43 +0000 bbc bbc news british foreign international news news online online service uk world http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8678478.stm Kim Phuc, the nine-year-old Vietnamese girl who was photographed as she ran screaming from a Napalm chemical attack, is reunited by the BBC with Christopher Wain, the ITN reporter who helped save her life 38 years ago. alland876 Thu, 20 May 2010 07:17:50 +0000 bbc bbc news british foreign international news news online online service uk world http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/8688527.stm Cardinal Brady has said he will stay on as leader of Ireland's Catholics despite facing pressure to resign. alland876 Tue, 18 May 2010 14:03:16 +0000 bbc bbc news british foreign international news news online online service uk world http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/8678979.stm In some countries they're known as "Bin Ladens" - the banknote everybody knows exists but few, other than criminals, ever see. Now the 500 euro note is being withdrawn from sale in the UK. alland876 Sun, 16 May 2010 17:36:47 +0000 bbc bbc news british foreign international news news online online service uk world