An open and shut case?

I was going to write about this case - but Geeklawyer beat me to it. His piece is worth reading. Geeklawyer, if you read his blog, has extensive experience of Civil Liberties (I have not met him) and while he is robust in his views and has some very amusing rants on his site - [...]

Knifed to death in the name of honour

Few will not have read the horrific story of Azhar Nazir who was knifed to death by her brother and a cousin because she wanted to marry her boyfriend and not have a husband forced on her as part of an arranged marriage. The BBC Story covers the facts
Nirpal Dhaliwal, writing in the Evening Standard [...]

Easydeath and other matters

Orange coffin anyone?
Sir Stelios is a man with many ideas - but I am sorry to read today in the Evening Standard (I found it on a train) that his plan to provide cheap funerals (under the ‘Easydeath’ label?) have died a death. Given that this is the man who launched an orange cruise ship [...]