Well, with November nearly over, it's time to reveal who this month's picks are for the ever-growing Newsmakers Hall of Fame...
They are:

Guy Fawkes... of gunpowder plot fame who gets burned in effigy every Nov. 5th

and

Tony Blair... who has also been burned in effigy on several occasions, and most recently burned by failing to get the EU ( Read more... )

From an email Linda sent my aunt recently...


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Tess and fireworks don't mix. She hides in back of the chairs every night around this time of year... (Guy Fawkes Day was yesterday).

  At the rate of about three to five per month, I am adding to this list of people, places or things which have appeared in the news (and in Google News Page's "In the News" section) and who I feel are worthy (ie interesting to me) enough to be honoured in my Newsmaker's Hall of Fame.... The process of picking inductees involves being judged more ( Read more... )