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Post by krustys stinky shoes on Dec 30, 2009 10:46:09 GMT 1
This is an interesting piece written by Jonathan Coe on his love of Virago books - it's old but encapsulates that thrill of finding a book by a particular publisher, easily identifiable by spine e.g. Picador 70's books (now the book could just as easily be Bridget Jones's Diary as say...Trout Fishing in America). Anway, I digress.... www.guardian.co.uk/books/2007/oct/06/fiction.jonathancoe |
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Post by Krustys Stinky Shoes on Dec 31, 2009 10:08:08 GMT 1
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Post by stuhuggett on Jan 4, 2010 15:27:53 GMT 1
I've not got time to search for any other thread to put this on, but here's a short piece I put on the East site this morning about the Govt's new (announced on New Year's Eve) proposals to exempt small gigs (audiences of 100 or less) from general music licensing restrictions. I've done a bit of Facebook messaging, 'cos I'm after quotes from bands, venues & promoters to expand the online story with (which may then follow on into Feb's issue of the mag), so feel free to email me any thoughts & responses via my work email stu@eastmagazine.co.uk |
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Post by Krustys Stinky Shoes on Jan 7, 2010 13:22:44 GMT 1
From RSPCA website...
Hunting Act snares criminals
Boxing clever
The RSPCA issued a briefing today, Saturday, 26 December, which reveals the Hunting Act is working well and actually being used more than some other legislation to tackle wildlife crime.
The Hunting Act (2004) will celebrate its fifth anniversary in force in February 2010. We are delighted that despite dire predictions before it was introduced, many hunts have successfully adjusted to the new law, so keeping their hounds and preserving rural jobs.
John Rolls, RSPCA director of animal welfare promotion, said:
The Hunting Act has never been about stopping the activity of riding to hounds in the countryside, it is to prevent wild animals being chased and killed for sport.
Hunting wild animals to a cruel and pointless death for sport is no longer tolerated by modern Britain. Thankfully it is now an enforceable crime, and those who think otherwise will, where evidence comes to light, find themselves in court.
Offences under the Hunting Act were successfully prosecuted in 2007, more often than under some other wildlife laws, such as the Badgers Act (1991), the Deer Act (1991) and the Wild Mammals (Protection) Act (1996).
Figures show that 48 people were found guilty of offences under the Hunting Act in 2007.
The figures also show a 77 per cent success rate for prosecutions under the Hunting Act, substantially higher than for the other three laws.
Challenges to the Hunting Act dismissed in UK courts
Various legal challenges to the Act have been dismissed in UK courts, and in a significant legal ruling on 17 December, the European Court of Human Rights decided unanimously that the challenges were inadmissible.
The court rejected arguments that the Hunting Act infringed an individual’s right to a private and family life on the basis that hunting is a public activity and it is not integral to an individual’s identity.
The judgment also made clear that the ban on hunting had "not created serious difficulties for earning one’s living."
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Post by Krustys Stinky Shoes on Jan 19, 2010 13:06:40 GMT 1
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Post by Michael on Jan 31, 2010 6:11:49 GMT 1
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