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I'm nearly finished Paul Auster "The Book of Illusions". I'm going to squeeze in a cheeky Magnus Mills next. Atlas Shrugged and Fountainhead are both on my shelf for future use - are they good?

Someone else posted this first - I was looking for it as I assumed this thread. Great call whoever it was, this is excellent and I keep playing over and over

To be fair, it's not easy judging football players. It's the start of the season and we've all just had a long break, we are bound to be rusty. Many of us are also young lads learning the trade.

Convinced now on his potential though I assume? If he does go on now to have a smashing season, he walks as he's only on a one year contract isn't he? If I remember correctly it seems that Mowbray shared your caution.

I would imagine his point is that he doesn't have a strong senior centre half to organise the kids. Ricketts now deemed too old. Hence with only two there he would feel vulnerable and hence wants three.

Would you do that thing that Meatloaf won't?

There's currently a 16 point gap between the Tories and Labour in the opinion polls and only 14 points between Labour and UKIP. Labour's percentage now lower than the dark Brown days.

Actually I'm not even sure what Right and Left means and I guess that depends on the opinions of the person defining them. It's easy to define extremes: on both sides they favour big state and control; on one side wanting to drag everyone outside the elite into being just above the bread line...

I don't agree that either the country or the Conservatives have turned right since Thatcher. I think that both are occupying the middle ground. The Tories have become more successful electorally in the middle which has forced Labour way left. Incidentally, if this is a Left wing perspective...

They released just two singles to my knowledge. Here's the other (again singing and playing drums simultaneously)

I took the approach of choosing immediately identifiable ground-breaking voices rather than strictly the best singer

Tom Waits Agree re Liz Fraser & Billie Holliday & wouldn't have thought of Eddie Veder but it's a good call Mozza Thom Yorke Don Van Vliet (Captain Beefheart) Bjork and a odd one - many years ago I saw a Brummie band called the Mood Elevators. The singer-drummer was a very slight girl who was...

16th. Results pick up during autumn and towards Christmas; everyone gets excited and then we don't win again until March.

Shoreditch is a good call if you like Indian food. Brick Lane is full of Inidan restaurants and close to Rough Trade records!

I don't even believe that the extra money in the Premiership will affect L1 clubs at all. L1 teams still have no money and the power that the Premiership has to take whomever they wish for whatever cost hasn't changed. The dynamic will be the same.

I suspect that this is related to self-assessment. Loads of jobs went in the gas and electricity utilities too when they introduced 'read your own meter'

Just to put this game in context: almost our entire team was under 23 also.

... In the meantime, this government is doing more than any in recent memory to crack down on aggressive tax avoidance. Tackling big business needs to be a global issue but we can do something with individuals. HMRC has recently published a paper "Strengthening Tax Avoidance Sanctions and...

I agree. They are abusing their position. Eire isn't the problem; in many ways countries are the victims and they are scrabbling around just trying to do what they can for their own people. There is a culture issue within big business IMO, also having worked for several. Where bullying...

Well if greed means wanting more then sure, it's greed, However the Irish economy has been in trouble in recent years and they probably believe they need it. I'm sorry for being curt - I'd had a drink. It's just that I get peeved with cynicism without thinking through the situation. From...