Absolutely not in imitation of anyone else at all, I am holding a Very Prestigious Blog Awards with a silly nickname. Do please come and nominate your favourites - anonymous comments are enabled, so you don’t even have to log in!

The Hugo Awards’s winners have been announced. Congrats to the winners and commiserations to the losers.

Douglas Johnson points out that the left didn’t abandon Blair in disgust because of who he was - they abandoned him because he consistently failed to cater to their demands (on Scribo Ergo Sum).

Amused Cynicism is keeping up his coverage of the Georgia situation admirably. I agree with Pickwick’s rather pithy WTF, Russia?

Jonny Wright considers the possibility of a British Bill of Rights.

Junkfood Science reports that The Fat Police are becoming a reality.

Feminist SF has a very long and detailed dissection of Orson Scott Card’s religiously-informed views on Same Sex Marriage.

Hullfire is at the Edinburgh Festival. Her first review is interesting, if sweary, and doubtless the others will follow in the same pattern.

And finally, if you’re hungry for more links, there’s a goldmine in the International Blog Against Racism Week Blog. Keep it in your diary for next year.

Late Addition: Caroline Lucas interviewed in the Indy with regard to goings-on at Kingsnorth