Guardian Unlimited | The Guardian | Line drawn at pencil cases

We all know that the world is a horrible dangerous place, but this school in Denton Manchester as just fixed all that by, wait for it… banning pencil cases. Yep, that well known holdall of evil!

BBC NEWS | World | Asia-Pacific | Kyoto rewards kimono wearers

Great story… dust down your Kimono and go for a holiday!

BBC NEWS | Technology | Fanning strikes Sony Snocap deal

Well, if you can’t beat them join them… So long in the shadows for creating the illegal file sharing software Napster, its creator fanning is now supplying software to those who would have happily had him stuck in the matrix.

BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Arts | The name’s Bond – Junior Bond

Charlie Higson writing stories about James Bond before he was a spy… Spy Kids anyone? I’m not sure about this as an idea for a prequel but I’m sure the book, which was release yesterday, will sell bucket loads.

BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Hobbit was ‘not a diseased human’

So was JRR Tolkien correct? Did we once really share the “middle earth” with hobbits?