November 2004

Sydney Peace Prize 2004

Submitted by rickeyre on

Last week Arundhati Roy was awarded the Sydney Peace Prize for 2004. Previous recipients have been Professor Muhammad Yunus (1998), Archbishop Desmond Tutu (1999), Xanana Gusmao (2000), Sir William Deane (2001), Mary Robinson (2002) and Dr Hanan Ashrawi (2003).

There and Back Again

Submitted by rickeyre on

"Well I'm back", he said.

I've been off the net for eleven days (which I think is my longest absence since our UK holiday in June-July 2000), and have seen very little news due to three children aged between three years and nine months commandeering the mother-in-law's television for the purpose of Wiggles, Play School and Hairy McLairy DVDs. One of said children being a young girl by the name of Adara Madeline Eyre.

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