WEBSITES OF THE WEEK

Websites can be produced for a specific event. This site, which isn't linked to any commercial organisation, contains plenty of little nuggets including an advent calendar, travel information and a facility to send Christmas cards to friends via the Internet.

www.xmas98.net

www.nas.org/philosophy/stuff/badwri3.htm

If you want bad writing, the Internet has it. If you want to avoid doing the research yourself, then try the Third Annual Bad Writing Contest Winners. Unsurprisingly, perhaps, the winners are inevitably academics. First prize goes to the scholar Fredric Jameson. Find out why.

www.autotrivia.com

How much do you know about cars? The autotrivia page lets you test out your knowledge on the subject, choosing from the Fifties, the Sixties and the Seventies. It's strictly for engine-heads but is very slickly put together with plenty of pictures for real aficianados to drool over.