The Guardian reports today that Buster the bunny pops on his backpack, visits lesbian family and starts row (may require registration). The headline refers to a cartoon aimed at promoting tolerance, which went too far for the Education Secretary by showing a lesbian family. The article closes with a quote from the Focus on the [...]

Here’s an interesting article about some uproar about gay cartoon characters. “We see the video as an insidious means by which the organisation is manipulating and potentially brainwashing kids,” Paul Batura, a spokesman for Focus on the Family, told the New York Times. Excuse me?! They are complaining because a character holds hands with another [...]

I read today [may require registration] that BBC controllers have felt it necessary to employ security guards to protect themselves from threats from Christian groups. This follows protests about the screening of Jerry Springer – The Opera, which has proven to be hugely controversial. It seems to me, though, that it’s hard to maintain the [...]

I’ve not heard of this before, and it’s an interesting idea. In brief: send a camera to a friend and encourage postal workers to take pictures with it as it travels.

Sarah is working on a Welsh-language play that is touring Wales. Sarah doesn’t speak Welsh, but the rest of the team do, which makes life interesting. For example, this exchange with one of Sarah’s colleagues on her first day: Colleague: So, do you speak any Welsh at all? Sarah: No, I’m afraid not. Colleage: Dim. [...]