Abigail Freemantle, one of the key figures in Stephen King’s ‘The Stand’ (a story all about a super-virulent strain of flu wiping out almost everyone on the planet) is Tweeting on Twitter.

A crazy blind MP has called for end to the UK ID card plans.

Hang on a minute, was it not his idea in the first place?

Everyone, calm down about Swine Flu.

Seriously, you’re more likely to die of Aids.

Watch Stephen Hendry obtain a 147 maximum break at the World Snooker championships in Sheffield.

The good old days are back for snooker.

Carousel (Director’s cut): Amazing Matrix-like video for Philips’ new Cinema TV.

Clive James on Susan Boyle, beautiful opera singers and the ugliness of Britain’s Got Talent.

On Tuesday, BBC News Scotland reported on bike stunt king Danny McAskill from Skye and his incredible antics on a street trials bike around the streets of Edinburgh.

As Jason Kottke said, it would be cool to see something like this in the next Bond movie – or possibly the next Bourne movie.