Stephen John Bates

@RE_DailyMail @davidjmcclure Just picked this up Rebecca! You shld have been sent one. I'll chase up...sorry. Steve

@James_Meikle I can remember that too!

@TimesCrime @StephenBatesEsq Thanks Sean - hope you enjoy it. Brian's in the final chapter....

.@StephenBatesEsq tells us about his favourite true crime books: welovethisbook.com/features/steph…

@christoskelton @SJBatesEsq Yes, very much, thank you Christo!

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@nicholasfrost Thanks Nick: too late for tonight now alas - will happily use tomorrow! All best...

Nick is your Edwina tale true, or just a joke? Cld make tomorrow's Guardian diary if true.....@nicholasfrost

I finally made it to the Pink 'Un #axzz28S6Sf47G" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">ft.com/cms/s/0/828a48…

Pleb hardly sounds sort of word a PC would make up if it wasn't said. Not exactly common parlance, except poss among rich boys.

Romney doesn't like 2 state solution Israel/Palestine either...same dinner. Contradicts GOP policy...motherjones.com/politics/2012/…

Romney: the candidate who keeps on giving...to the Democrats. Whoever paid for a place at this dinner got money's worth motherjones.com/politics/2012/…

The Gdn's sage Mike White on the cabinet runners and riders guardian.co.uk/politics/blog/…

Tennessee in vanguard of evolution once again. online.wsj.com/article/SB1000…. I've been to Dayton x2: science teachers there all Creationists already

Excellent Easter offering from Andrew Brown on state of the CofE: guardian.co.uk/world/2012/apr…

US spends sixth of economy on healthcare but doesn't cover third of population: extraordinary. Good piece by M.Kettle guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/…

Is Trayvon victim of old slavery law mentality in Florida? Good piece in today's NYT: opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/03/27/fug…

Last day formally employed by The Guardian. From Monday: hello book writing/freelance career. Life begins at 58, possibly. No more commuting

Where's white church in Trayvon case? religion.blogs.cnn.com/2012/03/22/my-… My friend Mark Pinsky's take on this. He's ex Orlando Sentinel and knows area

From now on I shall think of Rowan Williams as Truly Umtu... archbishop.anglicanchurchsa.org/2012/03/archbi…