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Alistair Cooke’s bones Dec 22

Here’s a bizarre story from the New York Daily News: TV host Cooke’s body plundered by ghouls.

Without permission of any family members, body snatchers surgically carved out the 95-year-old’s diseased bones.

The bones were sold for more than $7,000 to two tissue processing companies for eventual transplant procedures, sources told The News.

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Bleak House Dec 20

I really enjoyed the Beeb’s Bleak House adaption, which ended last week. The finale was a little disappointing – nice characters dying, villains not getting their comeuppances – but perhaps if it had been an entirely happy ending, tying up all of the loose ends, I’d be saying it was unrealistic.

There’s a good summary on Lunartalks. Shake me up, Judy!

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New links Dec 18

A couple of links:

LibDems 4 Cameron (via) and Guinevere.

Both are self-explanatory, so I’ll leave them to you to self-explain.

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Christmas is cancelled Dec 14

ITV news cancels Christmas.

National Union of Journalists official Paul McLaughlin said: “It’s an outrageous decision which calls into question ITV’s commitment to news. It makes it perfectly clear that they have no interest in quality news.

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