Jeffrey's been to the palace to see some Renaissance art: Desmond Shawe-Taylor Surveyor of the Queen's Pictures, pointed out in his introduction that after the beheading of Charles I, the wicked Cromwell sold off his massive collection, and clever Louis of France got his hands on it. We would otherwise… read more…

We were going to write a long, thoughtful post on government IT, bringing in our own experiences from the land of private technology and web media, and it was going to be really good. But then bloody Dizzy Thinks wrote it instead. His point is this: until government IT is… read more…

More from Jeffrey Archer land with his latest post, which seeks to exploit the birth of a royal child by reminding us of Jeffrey's own illustrious legislative past: The archaic law that suggests that every woman should be pushed aside in favour of a man when it comes to ascending… read more…

Jeffrey's been to the theatre this week, and had this to say: Pantomime villains can often over-play the role, but he gave a beautifully understated performance of a thoroughly evil and unpleasant man. A sudden bout of self-appraisal, perhaps? Alas no: a reference to Ralph Nickleby, the bad guy in… read more…

Fletch Archer informs us that he "rose early" to catch the cricket yesterday, and was witness to Muralitharan's world-record-breaking 709th wicket. Fletch then considers the controversial bowling action of said Muralitharan, before concluding: As a layman I feel it only fair to point out that he only bowls at 50… read more…