Britblog Roundup #109

Greetings, and welcome to the 109^th edition of the Britblog Roundup. I’m Ken, your host for this week, and here’s a selection of the best of the British corner of the blogging world:

Troubled Diva kicks off this week’s roundup, with his own roundup of Shaggy Blog Stories, an impressively well-organised and speedily produced collection of British blogging, all with the aim of raising a sizeable sum for Comic Relief. The announcement of the finished book can be found here.

The Lone Voice gives a thorough fisking to the story of Lewis Green, a 10-year-old recently given an ASBO, hot on the heels of a string of other convictions. Sounds a wonderful little chap.

An Englishman’s Castle laments the death of Sally Clark.

My Paris Your Paris gives a wonderful rundown of a visit to the Museum of Decorative Arts.

Susanne Lamido wonders how Sera Kentmann got away with her numerous aliases.

The Ministry of Truth engages in a lengthy and thorough fisking of Tom Watson’s rationale for supporting the continuation of Trident.

Gracchi takes on David Frum and his limited conception of freedom as regards new legislation on homosexuality.

The Daily Maybe warns about the dangers of a crackdown on prostitution.

The Magistrate paints some delightful pen pictures of the characters to be found around the courts.

Early Modern Whale laments that John Aubrey was born a mere three hundred years too early to have been a blogger.

Liberal England reflects on the 75^th Anniversary of the first transmissions from Broadcasting House

L’Ombre de l’Olivier takes issue with a new book, “101 Ways That England Ruined The World”. “Despite all this I am proud to be associated with my English ancestors – even the upper class global oppressor ones.”

Continuing the theme of attacking those critical of England’s past, Dodgeblogium longs for a more informed reporting of the history of the slave trade and its abolition.

The Flying Rodent loves the experience of eating out.

The Purple Pen has a visual image summing up home economics.

Wayne comes up with a well-researched alternative to David Cameron’s idea of a personal flying allowance.

And finally, Freebornjohn has an enlightening note about some very, um, supportive parents.

 

That’s all I’ve managed to fish out of the dustbin of history for this week; next week it’s the turn of Clairwil to host the roundup. As ever, send your submissions to britblog@gmail.com.

 

We’ll meet again and all that…