Britblog Roundup # 36

Another sunny Sunday afternoon and it’s time for the Britblog Roundup once again. Your nominations for what was good and great on the blogs from the UK and Ireland this week. Get your entries in for next week to britblog AT gmail DOT com. Any subject, any viewpoint, just what you thought was the good stuff out there.

Just a quick reminder, please do add your blogs to Wikablog. It’s a wiki of blogs ("Really? What an odd name for such a thing") and we’d liketo get as many people into it as possible.

First up has to be this, stunningly funny, how a tranny uses porn. You can’t say we stick with the same old boring subjects and suspects round here now can you?

Diamond Geezer celebrated Trafalgar by giving us everything you wanted to know about Trafalgar Square, along with excellent photographs. Start here and work backwards day by day.

On the subject of Trafalgar, The Monarchist live blogged the battle. Start there for the first signal of the day and follow the signals as they were sent.

Make My Vote Count with an essay on political disengagement....which includes this wonderful little para:

Even factoring in my usual amount of scepticism, this has to be taken cum grano salis. 'The good old days' factor (there must be a better, fancier, psychological term for it) is never far from human cognition. There are no 'good old days', except when you were a child, but as I've explained, children are stupid.

Talk Politics has a round up of the views on whether torture is allowable, to be outsourced or banned. We might be a year or two behind the US in this discussion but I hope we get to the correct (NO!) answer.

The discussion on this subject rather became a meme this week, in order at Stumbling and Mumbling, The Sharpener and Tony Hatfield’s.

Interesting news about speed cameras. You don’t just get a ticket if you are well over the limit, you get registered if you are just over it, then a ticket if you are found 20 odd times just over that limit as a serial offender. There’s also a link there to find out if you are on that register. Who knew the database society was so far along?

Strange and Wonderful. A meditation upon the oldest noodle and parental habits turns into an exercise in finding real wisdom from fortune cookies at Blog of Funk.

The Pub Philosopher on the other recent anniversay, that of the Battle of Hastings. Just remember, the last time the French did beat us they were really Vikings.

Pickled Politics catches an interview with one of the stars of the Indian software scene. The last question and answer is just perfect.

Suz Blog isn’t sure whether it’s just coincidence or mental telepathy when she’s thinking about one blogger who at that time is writing about her own brother, a screen writer.

Matthew starts off a turbo dictionary. First up is the letter A and we find out that arboretum is the best word ever and that aardvark is just greedy. Bizarre and strangely enjoyable.

Twenty Major has designed the Irish version of the Tebbitt Test. As usual the language is not suitable for maiden aunts but he’s certainly got a decent idea going there.

Nosemonkey provides the list of those MPs who didn’t bother to turn up for the vote on ID Cards. A suitable case for contacting these reprobates perhaps? Asking them why?

Creepy Lesbo turns TV critic. I’ve been told that we may not be quite ready for her yet but I’ll let you decide.

Purple Elephant’s Corner on something I have sworn never to do again in my life. Take an exam.

Short Term Memory Loss is travelling the world in search of the perfect bookshop. This week’s stop? Paris.

My Thoughts Exactly on the difference between UK and French Sprite:

I inwardly cursed: something being cleared up a mere 4 days after it was finished with would never of happened before we let a girl in our flat.

Remind anyone of bachelor life?

Ken Owen points out what the media cycle can learn from cricket. First, please, drop the cliches!

Tory Convert describes taking part in (controlling?) a political discussion and research group. Certain signs of political disengagement are noted.

From The Filter we get James Bainbridge on the cheeriness of Marcus Aurelius, the banality of a cheese sandwich and a bookshop encounter. Odd mixture but it works very well.

Wat Tyler is insistent that Cameron’s not the Man. Well, OK, at the David Davis for Leader blog that’s not all that surprising.

We’ve also got a series of further Roundups and Carnivals appearing around and about the place.

Philobiblion has the first Carnival of the Feminists, the Tory Boys at Once More have the second  Conservative Bloggers Weekly and over at Pickled Politics a round up of Anglo Asian linkies.

If anyone else out there is running a similar exercise (Witangemot, Libruls Today, Newt Fancier Weekly) let me know so I can add it to the list. Just send me the URL to britblog AT gmail DOT com. As with all of your other nominations for next week, of course.

So that’s it for this week, see you next time, same place on the dial.

Toodle Pip!