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Too young to advise ? With a budget deficit of British Pound 170.8 billion, British Chancellor of Exchequer, George Osborne is a very worried man. Many people are giving him many suggestions. That includes 7 years old Oscar Selby of Epsom ( Surrey ), who advises:  Cut taxpayer funding to the banks  Get banks to pay back cash they have borrowed  Spend more on care for the elderly & on natural disasters  Make some more places to go to work. Just any jobs. Jobs the country needs. Britain’s 2.4 million unemployed would heartily endorse the last suggestion. Most of them are more worried about the future of…

hemen parekh, 2010-09-02 on Highlight differences

Thanks Lyds, I’ll check it out.…

Adrian Cooke, 2010-08-14 on The top ten podcasts

Sending this to Steve. (Because I'm incapable of doing anything other than listening, spellbound, to podcasts, I've never really gotten into them.) Also, a suggestion (that he found, of course): "Stuff You Should Know."…

lydiat, 2010-08-14 on The top ten podcasts

i cooked it it was fabbbbb:) gutted you lot u ovs cant cook.!…

lewis, 2010-06-07 on Jamie Oliver’s fantastic roasted chicken

keef thanks for the recommendations. I added them to the contenders list and I gave you Love Serenade. I’ll concede that Felafel is on shaky ground, but it didn’t scar me quite as much as it did you. Hang in there, Tiger.…

Adrian Cooke, 2010-04-26 on Best Australian films since 1991

Thanks KC, she always wants to play. So when are you coming back?!…

Adrian Cooke, 2010-04-26 on On the Mattabesset trail with Genie

Don’t let him throw it out! Too many reasons to keep that one.…

Adrian Cooke, 2010-04-26 on Perfect Café

Hey Kris, are you saying that it’s only when the information source has voice that you get the sense of audience? That’s an interesting idea. I wonder what else reinforces that sense, and whether it depends on the medium.…

Adrian Cooke, 2010-04-26 on The oracle

Stunning photographs Adri, and there's nothing like a dog to get you out on the exercise trail hey! I would dearly love to see M'town in the winter again.…

Karen Cooke, 2010-04-19 on On the Mattabesset trail with Genie

you're right boyo, we did, and I still have the 'burnt orange' coffee pot dad gave me for my 21st. It came with coffee cups and saucers. Several times dad's gone to throw it out but nostalgia grips me and I wrest it back off him. He was only 18 at the time and I belonged to another :)…

Karen Cooke, 2010-04-19 on Perfect Café


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