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Archive for June, 2008

Draft spec for co-housing project

Sunday, June 29th, 2008

Wanted: rural property suitable for 4-8 compact households sharing some common parts
Location: Anywhere in west country bounded by Reading, Portsmouth, Weymouth and Bristol
Essential: potential for 4-8 separate homes (whether detached, terraced or apartments)
Essential: Within two hours of London
Highly desirable: own water supply, woodlands, some land
Highly desirable: view
In need of building or refurbishment is fine. Part-completed [...]

Friends roll out “Circles UK”

Monday, June 16th, 2008

What do we do about sex offenders? Get in a great lather, like the News of the World, and have baying mobs outside the houses of paediatricians?
Here’s a more sensible idea, with the launch today of the new Circles UK charity
A new national criminal justice charity, Circles UK, is being launched in London to support [...]

Unstatesmanlike language from Polish PM

Friday, June 13th, 2008

Poland was the place of poverty, Catholicism and courage where Communism started to unravel. Now it’s in danger of getting stuck with a racist and homophobic reputation. And look at this unstatesmanlike remark from their PM about Howard Webb’s decision to award a penalty in the Euro 2008 match between Poland and Austria:
Poland’s Prime Minister [...]