My journal is mainly for friends only. You won't see any of the interesting stuff unless you get a LiveJournal account and I mark you as a friend. If you are one of my friends (or even just an acquaintance from long ago) and would like to have access, just email me andrew@aoakley.com with your LiveJournal username, your real name and other ( Read more... )

Faceache doesn't support cut-tags, so I'm placing my prediction here on LJ under the cut.

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Here's a thing. One thing I've always been very insistent on, is teaching my children the difference between reality and pretend ( Read more... )

There are few things I disagree with Conservative policy on, and the latest is our Free Schools policy, in which any group of people - local residents, a charity, a religious group, a profit-making company - can get taxpayers' money to start their own school if they meet specific criteria ( Read more... )

Here's an odd thing. Being reminded of how odd twins are. That reminder, in itself, is odd ( Read more... )

I can't believe people are really voting LibDem for the policies ( Read more... )

My letter to Jeremy Hunt MP (Conservative), Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport.
Jeremy ( Read more... )

The Digital Economy Bill is being rushed through parliament today and tomorrow. Write to your MP today - all you need to know is your postcode, writetothem.com will automatically select your MP and fax or email your letter to them for free ( Read more... )

So, further to JHR's post, I was doing a bit of Streetview tourism around brutalist Kidderminster architecture (and there's a lot, all of which I like very much), when I suddenly zoom out to the map and realise quite how much the town is tied to the river Stour ( Read more... )

We're moving house next week. If you or anyone you know has keys to Frampton Cottages, please can you give them back, or post them to me ( Read more... )