Let’s pray for a peaceful end to this one.

(via Nigerian fuel protests – in pictures | World news | guardian.co.uk)

4 months ago 2 notes

Kim Jong-il's funeral was a lesson in epic film-making

A very interesting read. Kim Jong-Il was not just a pretty face, apparently…

5 months ago

So surreal. So sad, but not in the way that you would think…

5 months ago

Bottling up green Nigerian homes - Africa - Al Jazeera English

This is a fantastic project and one that - being Nigerian - I’m excited to see the progress of. Hell, I might even invest…

5 months ago 5 notes

ON THE TRAGEDIES OF NORWAY AND AMY

I feel like this weekend has been one of those landmarks that gets swallowed up, digested and forgotten in the bellies of history, until the next disaster (read ‘exposure of human error’ or ‘revelation of the flaws of human beings’) makes its way down the oesophagus of legend and blows our minds once more. Two different kinds of tragedy affecting two different groups of people: the scale of impact of both difficult to accurately read.

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10 months ago

BBC News - Crossrail archaeology dig unearths mass burial ground

Mean while, right on our office doorstep…

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1 year ago

Olivier & Natacha.

Natacha Ramsay has started making appearances on Purple Diary again. Does this mean that the romance between her and Olivier Zahm is back on the cards?

Who knows?

These photos taken by Olivier are hardly enlightening either way….

  

(Photos via Purple Diary)

1 year ago

BBC News - MPs have backed plans to increase fees to up to £9,000

42 Days: Nick Clegg - 2

Note to self: This is an example of why you should never trust anyone - particularly anyone in a position (or potential position) of power over yourself; they’ll only use it against you in the end. Do follow instinct, however, because this is the only way you can console yourself when the outcome is not what you expect…

1 year ago

DEMUS is back

and more real than ever.

1 year ago

Things We Do for Love.

(photo via madmonk)

I was moved today by the a story I read about a prominent German politician - the leader of the opposition, to be more precise – and his recent sidestep from the spotlights of the political stage to make a huge sacrifice for his sick wife…

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1 year ago

KILLING ME SOFTLY | News has broken this morning that WYCLEF JEAN has been disqualified from running for the Hatian presidency. Hatians now fear for the future of their country. Not.

(photo via www.atlantadowntown.com)

1 year ago