Clare's Lair

Saturday, March 23, 2002

Young Bombers Nurtured by Despair

This is an excellent insight into the psychology behind suicide bombers, and a sad report of the depression many Palestinians are suffering from.
From The Washington Post


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Panic countdown

5 days to go till The DEADLINE....
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Margaret Thatcher will never make a public speech again, says the BBC. Nobody at the Lair would *ever* have said, as someone at the Fleet Street forum did: "Street parties, anyone?"


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American student newspapers come out every day, I recently discovered during a bored surf. Will someone please tell me how the hell they do it?

British student newspapers are considered unbelievably impressive, not least foolhardy, if they decide to come out once a week. London Student (would link you to the website but I'm still trying to put the damn thing online), which you wouldn't think would suffer from a lack of news, comes out once a fortnight. Please tell me how your student newspapers are run, Americans; I know you're there.


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How is Frank?

Heehee - Frank the Snail.


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I do like America a lot. Here's 6 reasons why:
1. Snoopy
2. The Beach Boys and indeed all that went before and after them till about 1978.
3. My friends Rachel and Vicky. Vicky is not actually American, though she always wanted to be one and eventually she moved to Florida and fulfilled her ambition. Now she has a child called Chrystal or something and works in nail parlours. If you are her, e-mail me!
4.Hollywood, though apparently it's awful in real life.
5. Cheerleaders, though probably not in real life.
6. They have heard of Daniel Isaac Eaton
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crime watching
week 39: march 23rd - 29th
Written for Payback by Clare-Marie White.
NB As schedules may be subject to change, it's worth checking a daily paper or www.radiotimes.com for up-to-date listings.

television programmes
classics, "Must See TV"
None this week

programmes worth watching out for, which don't make it to MSTV status
Friday 29th April (Good Friday), 19.30, C4 Unreported Britain
Cameras follow three teenage boys involved in crime to discover their lives and motivations.
Director: Charlotte Metcalf

criminal justice programmes
Sunday March 24th, 07.30, BBC2 Lab Detectives

Sunday March 24th, 23.10, C5 Arrest and Trial

Tuesday March 26th, 20.00, C5 Love You to Death
You can probably guess from the witty title what this one's about. Lee Harvey had apparently been killed in a road rage attack until detectives discovered he had, quite literally, been loved to death. Or killed by his girlfriend; which actually isn't very loving at all.
Director: Eric Hawthorn Producer: Karen Rona

Wednesday March 27th, 03.00, C4 Victorians Uncovered
Haha. Much better title that one. If you're up late enough, watch this intriguing programme about William Stead who exposed the London trade in under-age prostitution in his paper and was imprisoned as a result, in what became one of the major scandals of the age.

social issues documentaries
Sunday March 24th, 20.05, C4 Boys and Girls
Watching a ten year old balance school with a violent home life.
Director: Paddy Wivvell Producer: Jo Abel

Monday March 25th, 19.30, BBC2 Life Etc
Case study on euthanasia.
Director: Belinda Cherrington

real life documentaries/'docusoaps'.
None this week

crime dramas/serials
Saturday March 23rd, 12.00, C4 The Fugitive

Saturday March 23rd, 21.00, BBC1 Murder in Mind

Saturday March 23rd, 21.00, C5 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
[Repeated Monday 25th, 23.10]
Related website: www.cbs.com/primetime/csi

Saturday March 23rd, 21.55, C5 Law and Order
[Repeated Sunday 24th, 23.40]
Related website: www.studiosusa.com/laworder

Sunday March 24th, 03.40, C4 Codename Eternity

Sunday March 24th, 19.05, C5 Martial Law

Weekdays (except Friday), 14.40, BBC1 Diagnosis Murder

Weekdays, 11.00, C5 TJ Hooker

Monday March 25th, 20.30, BBC1 The Many Lives of Albert Walker
Crime thriller based on truth.
Director: Harry Hook Producer: Sophie Gardiner

Tuesday March 26th, 21.00, BBC1 Sinners
Dark drama about a young, unmarried pregnant girl sent to an Irish convent in
the 1960s.

Wednesday March 27th, 00.45, C5 La Femme Nikita

Wednesday March 27th, 23.35, C4 Ally McBeal
Thursday March 28th, 20.00, ITV The Bill
Related website: www.thebill.com

Thursday March 28th, 21.00, ITV Bad Girls
The net is closing on Virginia's killers (still). Don't forget to check out the corresponding factsheets written by Centre for Crime and Justice Studies, at the end of each week's synopsis.
Director: David Holroyd Producer: Claire Phillips
Related website: www.badgirls.co.uk

Friday March 29th (Good Friday), 20.30, ITV
Inspector Morse
Director: Anthony Simmons Producer: Chris Burt

Other programmes of interest
Thursday March 28th, 1.20, C4 Montel
Identical twins tell of their violent hatred for each other.

Friday 29th April (Good Friday), 20.00, C4 Tales from the grave
Iron Age murder investigation.
Director: Sally Kenkinson

clare's personal choice of the week
Tuesday March 26th, 21.00, BBC2 When Louis Met Max Clifford
Watch as the king of PR gets the tables turned and tries to manage his own image to Theroux. Well, there's not a lot else on this week.
Producer: Alicia Kerr

criminal justice story lines in the main soaps during march/april
Brookside, as ever, has plenty of policeman on the beat and they are keeping an eye on Jimmy, who has lost the fight against manic depression, and Anthony, who finally snaps back at his bullies. Meanwhile, Ron is released from prison and must cope with the tumultuous events outside.
Eastenders, on the other hand, never have any policeman round when they might need them and the cast continue their wild ways with abandon; especially nasty old Janine whose drugs and prostitute storyline continues. Meanwhile, Phil and Sonia are both seeking legal advice in the hope of getting their respective children back.
In Coronation Street, Curly is arrested by his wife at a crèche sit-in - never a help to dinner table conversation.
Emmerdale continues to cover Marc's spell in a young offenders' jail and the community punishment for the rest of the areas' youth; while Scott gets involved in some illegal business.

Related websites:
www.bbc.co.uk/eastenders
www.corrie.net
www.brookside.com
www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/archers

radio programmes
must hear radio
Friday's Law in Action (below) may be worth looking out for.

criminal justice programmes
Sunday March 24th, 20.30, and Friday 29th, 16.00, Radio 4 Law in Action
This week looking at problems for courts related to the internet and on Friday. issues surrounding punishment, protection, victim support and compensation.
Producer: Simon Coates

social issues documentaries
None this week.

crime dramas/serials
None this week

other programmes of interest
Saturday March 23rd, 10.30, BBCR4 In the Footsteps of St Paul
Thorny issues of Christianity, authority and rebellion revolving around St Paul, who was frequently imprisoned for sedition.
Producer: Paul Pegum

Thursday March 28th, 20.30, Radio 4 Analysis
A potentially useful look at the government's new Communications Bill which will have effects throughout media reporting.

Friday March 29th, 16.30, Radio 4 The Message
Jenni Murray and guests engage in conversation about current media trends.
Related website: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/themessage.
Producer: Kevin Mousley

crime writing in the TV guides
Trevor Grove writes about jury decisions in The Radio Times.

daily listings
NB As schedules may be subject to change, it's worth checking a daily paper or www.radiotimes.com for up-to-date listings.

saturday march 23rd
10.30 BBCR4 In the Footsteps of St Paul
12.00 C4 The Fugitive
21.00 BBC1 Murder in Mind
21.00 C5 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
21.55 C5 Law and Order

sunday march 24th
03.40 C4 Codename Eternity
07.30 BBC2 Lab Detectives
19.05 C5 Martial Law
20.05 C4 Boys and Girls
20.30 BBCR4 Law in Action
23.10 C5 Arrest and Trial
23.40 C5 Law and Order

monday march 25th
11.00 C5 TJ Hooker
14.40 BBC1 Diagnosis Murder
19.30 BBC2 Life Etc
20.30 BBC1 The Many Lives of Albert Walker
23.10 C5 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
tuesday march 26th
11.00 C5 TJ Hooker
14.40 BBC1 Diagnosis Murder
20.00 C5 Love You to Death
21.00 BBC1 Sinners
21.00 BBC2 When Louis Met Max Clifford

wednesday march 27h
00.45 C5 La Femme Nikita
03.00 C4 Victorians Uncovered
11.00 C5 TJ Hooker
14.40 BBC1 Diagnosis Murder
23.35 C4 Ally McBeal

thursday march 28th
11.00 C5 TJ Hooker
13.20 C4 Montel
14.40 BBC1 Diagnosis Murder
19.30 BBC2 Southern Eye
20.00 ITV The Bill
20.30 BBCR4 Analysis
21.00 ITV Bad Girls
21.00 BBC1 Crimewatch UK
22.35 BBC1 Crimewatch UK Update

friday march 29th (good friday)
11.00 C5 TJ Hooker
16.00 BBCR4 Law in Action
16.30 BBCR4 The Message
19.30 C4 Unreported Britain
20.00 C4 Tales from the Grave
20.30 ITV Inspector Morse


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As you can probably see the dissertation is coming along a little. It's being blogged here not actually for your amusement but because the Lair-master works on a bizarre array of computers of very, very different standards. Get this, the paragraph below was done on Wordpad. Haha.

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Chapter three: The trials of Daniel Isaac Eaton
This chapter will focus on four of Eaton's trials. The first three were all for seditious libel while the fourth was for blasphemous libel. His first was in June 1793 for printing Paine's 'Rights of Man'. The second was a month later for printing Paine's 'A Letter to the Addressers'. The third was in February 1794, following some weeks in custody, for one of the pamphlets 'Politics for the People, or Hog's Wash'. He was acquitted at all of these trials. Finally we jump ahead to 1812 and the trial for printing the third part of Paine's 'Age of Reason', for which he was convicted and sentenced to eighteen months in Newgate.


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Not too sure if Netscape hasn't messed things up; as is its want.
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How is Frank?

Very cute, as you can see -



And how cool does a picture look here?!! Yay!

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51% of Britons are against war with Iraq, according to the Guardian. Even 48% of Conservatives are.
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Huzah. The House of Commons have voted to ban fox-hunting in the UK. More

Much as you have to feel bad for those losing jobs in the countryside, which has few enough; it's no reason to justify chasing "the unedible" for hours round trees. Leave them alone, and start using call-centres instead - then there'll be jobs for everyone.

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How is Frank?

Coo. Frank has a spa. Some cats have all the luck (or some of it at least, guess world-wide fame and a spa probably doesn't make up for a shattered leg).

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