It's amazing to think that a single piece of amber with a single spider in it can open up a window into what was going on 20 million years ago,

It's amazing to think that a single piece of amber with a single spider in it can open up window into what was going on 20 million years ago. By analysing the position of the spider's body in relation to the droplets of blood in the amber we are able to determine how it died, which direction it was travelling in and even how fast it was moving,

I think that's the first hit she's had off Amber.

If you had better sense you’d have learned by now that nothing thrives so well as wickedness

I don't think there is a single member who thinks she deserves this nomination. And I don't think there is a single Republican who would be sorry if she were to withdraw.

[37th over: England 122-4 (Pietersen 34, Flintoff 4) Some customary looseness from Lee, whose radar deserts him as he sends down four byes. Meanwhile England are content to nibble and nurdle: more easy singles than Maguluf High Street keeps the score ticking over.] We have the cricket on TV at work, and I am currently being given tactics advice by a lady who was taught the rules yesterday by her boyfriend, ... Hold me back.