BEYOND NORTHERN IRAQ: STUHUGHESIRAQ@MAIL.COM: "Were he alive today, Aesop would doubtlessly have appreciated the moral undertones in the news story that Princess Anne's dog has bitten and killed the Queen's beloved corgi, Pharos.

The Royal Family has begun devouring itself.

Princess Anne's English bull terrier, Dotty, is turning into something of a recidivist."

and Stuart Hughes has just earned himself a place in my odd blogs side bar in HUGH's BLOOG