Talking Points August 7

Hi folks, We have a plethora of blog moderators tonight. In my haste I ask several of you to steer the ship overnight – and you pretty much all accepted. So thanks Brett, Steven, Will and Mike. Perhaps you could take it in turns guys.

On air: Should women stay at home after all?

Tom is our presenter today, and has written this:

Yup, it’s a man who is writing this. But before you say, hah typical, read this.

Cuckoo in the nest

Mark writes:

It was Beijing’s twitterers who broke the news of the Tibet protests at the Bird’s Nest this morning. There’s some Qik video here but the headlines this will get won’t impress the Olympic organisers here in Beijing very much.