David Emery reflects on the resemblance of "Skins" to real life, and the ways that the Internet has changed gig organization.

Surprisingly lengthy interview with Russell about Doctor Who, Sarah Jane Adventures, Torchwood, and the like.

I love any serious news story that has "Area Man" in the lede.

Privacy/identity protection service, currently UK only

One new UK publishing house, Self Made Hero, is offering "Manga Shakespeare" - cut-down versions of some of the plays, in a Japanese cartoon style.

Stephen Fry on accents, typecasting, and Hollywood.

It's the oldest jibe in the book: 'Americans just don't get irony.' But they do, argues comedian Simon Pegg - our national senses of humour have more in common than we like to think.

Shorter Suw: "40,000 terabytes of useless, illegal communications traffic surveillance data, paid for by you, the surveilled."

Discussion of Flickr and moblogs in the wake of 7/7.

As someone who unintentionally does this, the thread gave me a good giggle.

British television torrents