After holding my own in the non-aligned category of Iain Dale’s political blog rankings, I’m amused to see that overall I’ve dropped from being the 69th best political blog in the UK to, err, 198th. I guess you can’t win ’em all.

This week’s Gazette post was another eerily familiar one, though this one’s been reheated so many times now I fear it’s lost all nutritional value. Ah, well…

This week’s GazetteLive piece is The Hypocrisy of Guantánamo. The original, from more than two-and-a-half years ago, is here (or on page 164 of the book).

My weekly GazetteLive bit is here: The Medium is not the Message. If it seems familiar, it might be because you read something similar in April. I chose it mainly because I like the pun in the title. Sad, but true.

My latest Gazette Live missive is now online: ‘Noddies’ axed from Five News.

Flicking through the Tesco Photobook I ordered of my elective in Canada, which arrived this morning, I note that many of the scenes are unfamiliar. All of them, in fact. The pictures are largely of Alie’s 90th birthday – or at least, I think they are. It’s hard to tell, because the text is in German… And the picutres, apparently, are set in Germany. The cover was right, the inside wasn’t mine. Tesco assure me they’ll sort it. We’ll see.

My tenth Gazette piece is now online: Parking made easy – but not at hospitals. It’s basically another whinge. You read the early version of it here first, in July last year. The picture which accompanies the original is one of the most stolen from this site. So there you go.

I’ve just posted a timely reworking of this post over on Gazette Communities: National Shock as 75% Fail A-Levels.

Thanks for all the emails and comments on this site – I am working through them, and trying to catch up, and I will get round to posting some new stuff here ASAP. Promise! It’s just taking me a while to catch up with things…

I wish everyone who is receiving A-Level results today the very best of luck. However it turns out, don’t let anyone belittle your achievement – the media pump out ridiculous lies about the exams every year, and every year I get annoyed. Congratulations to those who get good news. Those who didn’t do as well as expected shouldn’t get too disheartened – after all, you tried your best – but you may find the Guardian’s clearing site useful, as it’s chock full of useful info and will have a live adviser to answer questions later this morning.

On another topic entirely, I’ve not been great at posting this month. Sorry about that. I’ve been in Canada for two months, and thought I did quite well on keeping up the blog – for the first six weeks… I’m back now, so normal service will resume shortly. 🙂

I’ve just posted on a popular perennial topic over at Gazette Communities: Music for Funerals. It’s hardly new stuff, but it is reworked… a bit. I’m taking a summer break from posting over there, but there will still be updates on here… occasionally.

There are now more videos available through the site: As well as the video posts, you can also access the YouTube videos that I’ve marked as favourites. All of this excitement is available with a click of Videos in the menu at the top of every page. More new stuff is coming soon.