On April 10th, 2008, James Karl Buck and his translator were arrested by the Egyptian police while covering an anti-government protest. James, a grad student from Berkeley, was able to tweet one word while being taken away by Egyptian authorities: Arrested. This one update sparked his friends and followers into Continue Reading

Campaigners have renewed calls for a £3 billion investment to end child poverty as research put Britain near the bottom of a league table of European youngsters’ well-being. High numbers of youngsters in workless families, poor local environments and the low numbers in education or training helped leave the UK Continue Reading

Well I’ve finally succumbed to the "Twitter" craze and am loving the experience it’s so nice to be able to idly chat with others – so very much like just sending text messages (which is also an option for me on this site or on twitter). Any one who’s not Continue Reading