The British free telephone service Childline will face cuts when 20% of the volunteer workforce will be withdrawn from the charity. 75 salaried positions will also be made redundant. We’ll comment on this story later, right now the Mail on Sunday has the main story here. – CBG
Another short e-book for your consideration. In Let’s Play House, Hannah introduces us to 6 survivors and/or childhood offenders in their own words. In one sense, this book could be a bit difficult to read. There are stories told by people who offended as children, taking advantage of younger children. I recognize that not every…
Following up on our story yesterday, News International has announced that The News of The World, first published in 1843, is to close this Sunday 10th July 2011. The final edition will have no ads following the mass withdrawal by companies and charities and all proceeds will go to a charity that is yet to…
Previously, News International, publisher of the Sun and News of the World and owners of the Fox movie and TV studio and satellite broadcaster Sky TV, were only proven to have hacked celebrity and political mobile phones for gossip, with token settlements reached. Within the past day The BBC is one of many news agencies…
I mentioned this novel a while back on the blog, and now that I found some time to read it myself, I wanted to share some thoughts. First, the background. This is a novel. I can only assume some of it is based on Tara’s own experiences, but it is not a memoir, so it’s…
This episode, written by Jonathan Greene, falls over itself with its issues and is another that suffers from the need to provide twists and turns but ends up pandering to cliché and prejudice. The teen in the equation is the aggressor rather than the teacher but this is one of the twists after initially presenting…
