Some stuff from the papers

I bought a paper today. This is a very rare occurence, infact I bought two!!

The most important story, yes more so than the Darrell Hair farce is that spring is arriving earlier every year.

Trees are coming into leaf 10 days earlier (14 in Spain). Migratory birds are arriving 3.7 days earlier, with nesting taking place 8 days earlier. Apparently there are now report of over wintering Martins and Swallows.

The excellent British Wildlife (ok not a paper but the story is news and will interest many of my readers) reports that the near extinction of Hedgehogs in the countryside could be associated with an incease in Badgers. The research is by Richard Young of the Central Science Laboratory. It suggests that Hedgehogs have been eliminated in areas with the highest density of Badgers and that as sett density increased the liklihood of Hedgehogs and there abundance decreased.

There is a BIG advert in the Guardian for the all-new Bill Bryson. It's a memoir or childhood in 1950s America, The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid. Interview and extracts next Saturday.

But lets leave you with something funny!

You really need to watch your emails folks. Lucy Gao (a trainee at Citigroup) sent an email to guests at her 21st birthday party.

The email detailed instructions on how friends should present themselves at her 21st birthday party.

The email included a script to adhere to “When asked, how can I help you Sir/Madam, you reply, I am here for Lucy’s birthday party at the Rivoli Bar.”

How to dress “the more upper-class you dress, the less likely you shall be denied entry”.

Specific times on when each of the 39 guests were to arrive.

Queries should be directed to her Personal Assistant "between 8:30pm to 10pm"

and she added "I will be accepting cards and small gifts between 9pm to 11pm - wink wink, he he he"

Hey Luce, could have been worse. In 2000 Claire Swire's email went round the world describing Oral Sex!