HANDS UP! Mine. I’ve smoked pot. Everyone else is doing it – putting up their hands and owning up to that form of criminal activity (historic, of course), even cabinet ministers – so why not Mad Mel?
Visit Albania at your peril. Bush learned this the hard way. According to the media, a light-fingered Albanian reveller – terrorist-hating Albania is pro-America in a way only those immune to Polonium 210 can afford to be – squeezed Bush’s wrist and “accidentally” made off with the Presidential timepiece.
Concentrate Design (http://www.concentrate.org.uk) is launching an ingenious range of award-winning products that will help schoolchildren focus on their lessons by keeping them comfortable, well-hydrated and well-nourished. Mel Lewis investigates.
It’s been a very British week. Where else in the developed world could you find an ad in a local rag for a ‘GIANT CAR BOOT FAIR at Harperley POW Camp, Fir Tree, Crook’ with a tacked-on message for crooks and informants:
Would a magazine or a regular report on commonsense issues find a market? I pondered this question 10 years ago. And did nothing. Too much investment … risk … unquantifiable prospects. Today, with the internet, everything is possible, writes Mad Mel
When I was 43, having driven a car for 20 years and written about them (The Guardian, Antique Dealer & Collectors Guide, Home Business, etc) for much of my journalistic life, I decided to become a biker and had to retake my test. What an eye-opener!...full story
