We're really excited because Google Earth suddenly has high-resolution images of the Varosha district of Famagusta. This is where Linda lived with her family between the ages of around 14 and 16 until they were evacuated during the troubles of 1974. The advancing Turkish army weren't quite sure what to do with Varosha so they sealed it off and it's been like that ever since. If you go to...
35º 06' 20.44" N
33º 57' 22.18" E
...you find the Church of Stavros, and they lived somewhere near there, apparently. More information when I have it. You can actually see the difference between the roads that aren't used and the ones that are used by regular Turkish army patrols.

The picture below is a recent one of the Salamis Tower hotel, which I *think* can be seen at...
35° 7'5.77"N
33°57'27.08"E
...(if it's not that one then it's definitely the one just opposite.)

In the 1980s the Palm Beach Hotel (formerly the Constantia) caused a diplomatic incident by "annexing" an extra few hundred yards of beach. You can currently walk as far as...
35º 06' 58.79" N
33º 57' 31.88" E
... before you get to the guard house and barbed wire. Having said that, further down the beach you'll see some buildings in good condition and umbrellas laid out on the beach with military precision. This is, we have been told, and area reserved for Turkish army hofficers.

This is how Paxman should have interviewed Ann Coulter.

If you want to know just how barmy the world has become, and just how distorted mainstream views and the accepted "truth" can be, try a quick Google for "truth about Mother Teresa". Aroup Chaterjee's stuff is particularly heartfelt and well-researched, but you'll also find an item by investigative journalist Donal MacIntyre. The following is an extract from an item in the German STERN magazine:

"England is one of the few countries where the sisters allow the authorities at least a quick glance at their accounts. Here the order took in DM5.3 million in 1991. And expenses (including charitable expenses)? -- around DM360,000 or less than 7%. Whatever happened to the rest of the money? Sister Teresina, the head for England, defensively states, "Sorry we can't tell you that." Every year, according to the returns filed with the British authorities, a portion of the fortune is sent to accounts of the order in other countries. How much to which countries is not declared. One of the recipients is however, always Rome. The fortune of this famous charitable organistaion is controlled from Rome, -- from an account at the Vatican bank. And what happens with monies at the Vatican Bank is so secret that even God is not allowed to know about it. One thing is sure however -- Mother's outlets in poor countries do not benefit from largesse of the rich countries. The official biographer of Mother Teresa, Kathryn Spink, writes, "As soon as the sisters became established in a certain country, Mother normally withdrew all financial support." Branches in very needy countries therefore only receive start-up assistance. Most of the money remains in the Vatican Bank."

This guy is Reza Moradi. He is a refugee from Iran, where the priests hold all the power and use it brutally. He came to London, attended a Freedom of Expression Rally, and promptly got arrested for blaspheming against Islam. (Is it me?)

Twelve weeks later he is still waiting to see if he is to be charged. So am I, and so are lots of other people.