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<title><![CDATA[Who&#8217;s afraid of a synthetic human?]]></title>
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Sat, 17 May 2008 00:00:00 BST
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<![CDATA[In the future there will be no more human beings. This is not something we should worry about.]]>	
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<title><![CDATA[Chelsea Flower Show has lost the plot]]></title>
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Fri, 16 May 2008 00:00:58 BST
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<![CDATA[Manolo Blahnik&amp;#44; the Sex in the City cobbler&amp;#44; and a Hollywood handbag maker are among a clutch of Vogue&#45;favoured designers who will be prancing around the Floral Design Marquee at the Chelsea Flower Show next week&amp;#46; Jane Packer and other celebrity floral designers &amp;#40;flower arrangers no longer exist&amp;#44; apparently&amp;#41; will make displays to set off swanky handbags&amp;#44; silk scarves and stilettos&amp;#46; Suddenly&amp;#44; the flower show has turned into an extension of the Kings Road&amp;#46;]]>	
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<title><![CDATA[Coming soon: the old geezer show]]></title>
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Thu, 15 May 2008 00:00:51 BST
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<![CDATA[Disconcerting news for Last of the Summer Wine fans&amp;#44; whoever they might be&amp;#46; So anxious are BBC producers about the frailty of their octagenarian actors that one&amp;#44; Frank Thornton&amp;#44; 87&amp;#44; has been banned from filming outdoor scenes for the new series&amp;#46; For insurance purposes he must be filmed in the safety of a studio&amp;#44; presumably with a paramedic&amp;#44; a wet flannel and some Werther&amp;#39;s Originals to hand&amp;#46;]]>	
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<title><![CDATA[Watch out, the Gestapo are about]]></title>
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Thu, 15 May 2008 00:00:44 BST
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<![CDATA[The blades of the helicopter beat as it hovers over a city of computer components&amp;#46; A police siren sounds&amp;#44; changing pitch as it speeds to some crime scene&amp;#46; We hear a big dog barking&amp;#46; Then comes the authorities&amp;#39; message&amp;#58; &#8220;Your town&amp;#44; your street&amp;#44; your home&amp;#46; It&amp;#39;s all in our database&amp;#46;&#8221; The official voice is calm and patronising&amp;#58; &#8220;It&amp;#39;s impossible to hide&amp;#44;&#8221; we are reminded&amp;#46; There is a knock on the door&amp;#46; Our palms sweat&amp;#46; Everything fades to black&amp;#46;]]>	
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<title><![CDATA[Top marks for Alistair Darling]]></title>
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Wed, 14 May 2008 00:00:51 BST
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<![CDATA[I never thought I&amp;#39;d live long enough to say this&amp;#44; but well done Alistair Darling&amp;#46; His announcement yesterday of a &#163;600 rise in the basic income tax allowance is to be welcomed in three senses&amp;#46;]]>	
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