Mandela's daughter on media hype. Here. I broadly agree. The media are being ridiculous. Her Dad is slipping away. It's like 'oh, I thought Mandela is going to live forever'. He is very old and is dying. Leave it alone. The media's time for all this will come and it's not going to be too long now.

Getting into debt. Easy.

Gillard. Again. Profile here.

Boy reacts on hearing for first time after auditory implant. Amazing. Here. And more here.

Fourteen Years To Save for a House

Nick Boles said back in January that having a house with a garden was a "basic moral right, like healthcare and education." Here. I agree. And if we live in a society where that isn't the case then something is wrong. Immoral.

Today we hear again about the difficulty young people have with acquiring housing. Here. Housing affordability calculator from Shelter here.

We're all getting poorer. Unprecedented fall in wages. Here.

Rupert Murdoch has filed for divorce. Here. What does this (very fresh) story say about marriage? What does it say about love? What does it say about the relationship between love and marriage.

Did he ever love her? I'm sure he once did - he loved her enough to marry her? So, what happened? And, why did he leave his first wife?

Clearly marriage is far more complicated than 'love'. I'm not saying that love is unimportant in marriage - only that love is not enough for marriage.

I am certain about one thing. Here we have an old man. A very rich man. A man who has many children. And yet a man who enters the last decade of life with no wife. That's sad.

... Julia Gillard again. Here. I don't know a lot about Gillard's politics, policies or efficacy as Australian PM but whenever she's in the news I'm impressed. And I'm repulsed by the Australian Liberals. But, Australia is a far away country and maybe I just don't get them.

Basically a poor person must find a partner from within the European Union. Here. Is this fair? In an ideal world I would say it is not, but then the whole system would be open to abuse. What strikes me as noteworthy is the underlying assumption that until a couple earn £18,600 it should be assumed that they'll be a burden on the taxpayer. And, if they are to start a family they must be earning £22,400 for the first child and then a further £2,400 for each further child before they can be considered not to be a burden on taxpayers.

Should we not make similar demands from UK citizens who decide to go it alone as an independant family unit and have children?