Archive for: February 2010

February 25, 2010

On public library cards, tea pots, and Mossad

Filed under: british humour, freelance writing - 25 Feb 2010

Since the Israeli intelligence agency Mossad apparently used forged British identity documents for the assassination of a Hamas leader in Dubai, I have decided to take greater care of my valuable identity documents – especially my public library card. …

February 17, 2010

Detroit terrorist attack impacts on UK student visas

Filed under: UK visa and immigration news - 17 Feb 2010

The number of overseas students granted visas to study in the UK is to be reduced in a move that is linked to the foiled Detroit terrorist attack.
British Home Secretary Alan Johnson is introducing more stringent requirements, including the requirement …

February 7, 2010

The chat room

Filed under: freelance writing, stories - 07 Feb 2010

The theme of this draft short story or maybe novel is the relationship between internet chat rooms and government intelligence agencies; the basic plot is that a surfer discovers a sinister chat room which the intelligence agencies aren’t aware of.
If …