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This weekend The Guardian interviewed Lynndie England, the woman in those photographs of prisoner abuse at Abu Ghraib.
Having served her 521 days in prison, she's back in her West Virginian hometown, unemployed and living with her parents.
She says, "Thinking back ... I don't want to say I matured more, but I realised that I was so naive and trusting. But what happens in war, happens. It just happened to be photographed and come out."
I'm sorry, what?
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Dollymix News
Bit of a Dollymix special for Christmas Eve-Eve.
This post comes to you from two Dollymix guest editors; me (hi, I'm Robyn, nice to meet you), and Laura Kidd (musician, digital videomaker, photographer, dog-lover, vegan, geek).
You see, both Laura and I lost our NaNoWriMo virginity this year.
Yes, despite having incredibly busy lives and almost no free time, we each took that long running jump off a cliff that is attempting to write a 50,000 word novel in 30 days in November.
And how did we do? How did we cope? Did we do any laundry during November?
Follow us over the jump where we engage in a bit of luvvie backslapping compare NaNoWriMo war stories.....
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Interviews
This week's Daddy or Chips interviewee is the wonderful Laurie Smithwick, co-founder of Kirtsy and owner of LEAP Design graphic design agency. I was guest editor on Kirtsy a few weeks' ago, so it's only right that I return the favour by asking Laurie lots of British questions that she can't hope to answer!
If you'd like to be interviewed (or have any ideas for who you'd like to see being grilled with these tough questions) let me know on editor@dollymix.tv
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Interviews
Last week's Daddy or Chips interviewee person was Elizabeth "Lovely Things" Varley, and this week we bring you someone equally plugged into that there webosphere - Diane Shipley, one time editor of Trashionista, freelance writer, occasional Dollymix columnist, and marketing consultant for e-publishing site YUDU.
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Interviews
It's what you've all been waiting for! Yes, it's a new Tuesday afternoon interview feature! Named after the Daddy or Chips advert (topical reference!... if this was the 90s), we're asking web celebs to make some tough choices. This week: Elizabeth Varley, editor and founder of the excellent Lovely Things blog (Tagline "gorgeous things for your home").
Keep reading to find out if she prefers Crocs to Uggs, Macs to PCs and Samantha to Charlotte...
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Celebrities
The people of Kazakhstan may soon be enjoying their very own version of female-led Brit-com The Vicar of Dibley. The show's executive producer Jon Plowman said: ‘This is brilliant. I have always felt that the people of Kazakhstan were the ideal audience for the vicar.'
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Women Who Blog
You asked for more interviews, and you must have whatever your heart desires. Ladies, meet Annie Mole - brilliant writer, famous blogger, fan of tube mice and expert on the underground. Annie writes an addictive blog about life on the underground, and her well-known goingunderground.net continues to be a great resource for all things tube. We waited for her to surface, then clubbed her with questions.
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Interviews
We love Britain's Missing Top Model here at Dollymix, and jumped at the chance to get an exclusive interview with ballsy American beauty Jenny, the latest hopeful to depart the show.
Come over the page to hear Jenny's views on fame, food, the other girls, and what she really thinks of Britain...
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Interviews
I've been hooked on Sarah since I saw her live at a techy arts event recently. She's made a doll that plays the theremin, she's experimenting with music that makes you feel uncomfortable, and she's been rigging up teddy transporting devices since she was eight years old. Oh, and she's really funny. Ladies, I give you our woman of the week... Sarah Angliss.
(She's playing the 'waterphone' in this pic, since you asked.)
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Interviews
Em Barnes and her friend Rob Jones began Snowbooks in 2004, and in the last four years the company has earned a reputation as one of the most smart, innovative and just damn cool small publishers around. We talked to Em about leaps of faith, awards, and pregnancy.
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