Tuesday, May 13, 2003

They've done it again! Bremner Bird and Fortune - their latest show was called Beyond Iraq and a hard place, and it was fab. Transcripts and video clips of the show are due to follow. "The Bremner Bird and Fortune team returned with an hour long special on Iraq after the war. So it's over. But is that really the end of the story? Why was Bush so keen to go to war? Why was Tony Blair so keen to back him? Why is it nothing at all whatsoever to do with oil? And after they let him down so badly, will Tony Blair ever trust the electorate again? Rory and the Johns return for an hour long special that explores the events of the past few months and looks ahead at what, and who, is next." 10:51:26 AM     |

Exterminate! I always wanted to post some proper Dalek links. Here they are: First, there is The Dalek Builders Club, the first website dedicated to building full size Daleks. Blueprints, props, pictures, press cuttings, it's all there. Even a 'Constructing Davros' link. Unbelievable. Then there's The Dalek Data Acquisition Team Website, where you can download accurate Dalek Data as PDF files. The Dalek 3D Resource has 3D models of Daleks for download as well as a gallery of wonderful 3D renderings. Another 3D-Dalek site is the Dalek Extermination Page, with POV-Ray renderings, info etc. Finally, lots of Dalek links are at Dalek Links. Where else. Oh, another one - Dalek toys and models at Comet Minatures. 10:34:22 AM     |

Wide Angle. Before there were movies, there was the Panorama. The Bill Douglas Centre runs a nice Panorama Exhibition. Thanks, Robert! "The Bill Douglas and Peter Jewell Collection includes a wide-ranging sample of items relating to one of the nineteenth century's most influential ways of representing the world: the Panorama. The examples listed here illustrate only a few of the various forms of this large-scale medium and the ways in which it permeated cultural life for over a century." 8:49:26 AM     |

Cut and Paste. Haunted Paper Toys are at The Toyshop. Via Linkfilter. "Here you'll find a variety of rather unusual paper toys, all free for you to print out and enjoy. The toys include a hearse, coffins (with occupants), headstones, an entire playable board game, a gloomy little haunted house, a rusty old-style robot, and a few other dark delights. So pick out some toys, print out the pattern pages, and with a few common supplies like scissors and glue you're ready to create all these strange little curiosities. I hope you'll enjoy them all." 8:28:06 AM     |

Tsk. Tony is getting a lot of Flak lately. Wonder why. It's time for Tony Blair to go. First the resignation, then Clare Short escalates her dispute with Tony Blair by telling the Guardian today it is time to 'organise an elegant succession'. [Guardian Unlimited] 8:09:50 AM     |