Two of my workmates are going on holiday to Libya for 2 weeks. Yes, Libya. Not an all time classic holiday destination perhaps... In fact, isn't it the sort of place you send your mother-in-law?

Tags: holiday, Libya

All newspapers stories are invariably about war, famine, scandal and corruption... Let's have some positive news for a change!

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Having together enjoyed so much watching Bond and his arsenal of Q's gadgets do battle on the ice in Die Another Day last night, the guys from work and I decided to go to the Marble Arch ice rink. It's great. Far better than the Somerset House one. I can recommend it!

England 53 3 South Africa

All I can say is that we deserved it; those South Africans were just too ill-disciplined. That tackle on Jonny Wilkinson was about a month late. Oi, Springboks! Who's yer daddy!?

Tags: England, South Africa, rugby

Come on England, come on Nasser. You can do it. You can get a big total and win a test match. Otherwise, like many houses across the UK this coming week, we're all going to be completely gutted...

Related: England, cricket

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The BBC's Holiday programme recently published a list of the top 50 places to see before you die as voted for by the British public. l regret to say it, but I've only been to five of them; Cape Town (#5), Hong Kong (#22), Paris (#27), Singapore (#39) and Bangkok (#42). And actually I only remember the airports of HK, Singapore and Bangkok! Does that make me sad? Maybe if I'm thinking that I could count Disney World, Florida (#3) as a sixth one since I've been to EuroDisney... Come on, we all know "the magic" is the same. How many have you been to? If you're reading from somewhere exotic (and actually even if you're not), do sign my guest map!