Mount Everest's famous Hillary Step destroyed, mountaineers confirm
Crumbs.
(tags: everest )

Edward and Catherine Despard
The Anglo-Irish rebel and his Jamaican wife.
(tags: race History ireland )

What's in a name?
My old friend Andrew Smith: "I have the most common boys’ name of my birth year and the most common surname, so you will not be ( Read more... )

• Why we should all be worried about complacency in Madrid
  Typically lucid from Edward Hugh.
  (tags: catalonia )
• NI21 implodes amid allegations against Basil McCrea
  Crumbs.
  (tags: northernireland )
• Court Slams Azerbaijan for Rights Abuses
  Latest on Ilgar Mammadov's case.
  (tags: azerbaijan )
• Death at 19,000 feet
  The human cost of the Everest industry.
  ( ( Read more... )

• UKIP’s European elections campaign is starting to remind me of Yes to AV
  A referendum insider comments.
  (tags: ukpolitics )
• Game of Thrones travel guide to Northern Ireland
  More! More!
  (tags: sf northernireland )
• Commander Power v Blackwatch
  When superheroes and supervillains get older.
  (tags: comics )
• A U.S. actor succeeds in China
  How stereotypes ( Read more... )

• Mount Everest Records Deadliest Year in over a Decade
  "The disaster in May was a signal that the mountain urgently needs a break. But it won't get it. There's too much money to be made on Everest."
  (tags: everest )
• The Complete "How To Write A Thriller", by Ian Fleming
  Famous essay resurrected by @dduane and @p_morwood.
  (tags: writing )
• No, you're ( Read more... )

• Take a Number: Everest Deaths in 2012
  Why people die on the roof of the world.
  (tags: everest )
• Save Our Inboxes! Adopt the Email Charter!
  Ten excellent rules!
  (tags: internet )
• Rich's ComixBlog :: The Ten Doctors
  Excellent.
  (tags: doctorwho )
• Look How Far We've Come Apart
  Tracking political polarization in America (and how it could be fixed).
  (tags: ( Read more... )