There are a few of these doing the rounds on the internet and in someways it’s a bit unfair because, as we all know, there are only seven stories in the first place… however… Can’t see the picture? Come to http://shootingpeople.org/blog/category/bensblog

Tanya Seghatchian is Queen of the UKFC. I don’t think anyone guessed that was going to happen. No one at all. Anywhere. Still, surprises are overrated and I for one am well chuffed. Long live the Queen.

Nelson Mandela was released from 27 years in prison twenty years ago tomorrow – February 11th 1990. I just read his extraordinary autobiography Long Walk to Freedom and have been thinking about Mandela and South Africa a great deal recently so I’m really pleased to be moderating a discussion after the screening of Mandela: Son of Africa, Father of a Nation at Union Docs on Friday, February 19th. Here’s a description of the film: A captivating view of the indomitable…