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# Feel like you have nuthin to read on Saturdays? Feel like you're in limbo til the Sunday papers come out? The Guardian Review is posted on Saturdays ahead of most American weekend material. And there's usually something over there that's at least readable.

I found this feature article about a young English writer I hadn't heard of before: Nicola Barker. Now that I've read something about her, I think I'd like to know more. [guard]

# Simon Jenkins reviews (auto-biog)
THE ISLAMIST by Ed Husain. [uktimes]

# Richard Littlejohn at The Mail on
the UK Government Nanny Squads:

*Any excuse to ban something will do... No aspect of human activity is considered safe unless it has been subjected to rigorous risk assessment, regulation and enforcement... There's an entire puritanical, purselipped industry dedicated to finding out what people like to do and stopping them.*

# CAIRO SPRING ECLIPSED: Egyptian Blogger "Sandmonkey" is hanging up his keyboard. He has growing concerns about his safety. We understand and sympathize, but it's a sad day. ["done"]

Happy Trails to you,
Sandmonkey! And stay safe!

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