I'm absolutely stunned. The speaker on Prayer for the Day this Saturday and next week, quite honestly, is talking the greatest amount of sense I have ever heard from a religious minister speaking in their professional capacity.

Seriously. Credit where it's deserved, not just blame.

(PFTD is transmitted at an unholy hour of the morning, but you can hear it and read recent scripts on the page linked above.)

For those who want to skip straight to the baby rhino, here you go. Oh yes, I know what you like.

Terracotta warriors!

(I have a secret regard for Shanxi province, for entirely silly reasons.)

Swanslaught photos ahoy.

Divers mysteries in the Highlands...

Meanwhile, in my hometown! An 18-year-old vandal was caught because he wrote his name on a wall at the scene.

Oi! Kitsch off the grave by Saturday!

"We weren't trying to get through presidential security — they waved us inside!" Somehow, I believe them. It goes to show how easy it is to bypass a suit's critical thinking if you're in a shiny convoy.

Over 80% think the UK is in 'moral decline'. 62% think religion has a positive role to play! This is a publicity release for a new programme, but even so, interesting.

More than two-thirds of people polled by Newsnight would not want their loved ones to join the army.

People behaving themselves. How surprisingly pleasant.

Native American (Navajo and Pueblo) black-and-white photographs.

Tutu praises 'unifying' barbecues. I have nothing to add to this headline.

Seems like wall-to-wall dog attack stories today.

In this one the dog wasn't the aggressor, at least... poor little bastard. Imagine someone doing that to a human person!

*solicits more member opinions*

(Incidentally, Pro has an RSS feed - as has Twine. Not sure if everyone knew that.)