The Daily Telegraph Year" in 2004 for its coverage of the Iraq War. The paper also won "Columnist of the Year" three years' running from 2002 to 2004: Zoë Heller (2002), Robert Harris (2003) and Boris Johnson (2004). In 1979, following a letter in "The Daily Telegraph" and a Government report highlighting the shortfall in care available for premature babies, Bliss, the special care baby charity, was founded. In 2009, as part of the Bliss 30th birthday celebrations, the charity was chosen as one of four beneficiaries of the newspaper's Christmas Charity Appeal. In February 2010 a cheque was presented to Bliss for
American Babies a batch of songs that fell into this genre. Enlisting drummer Joe Russo, keyboardist Aron Magner, and a few other friends, these songs turned into American Babies' self-titled release that came out in 2008 on SCI Fidelity Records. Touring behind this record was sparse but featured showcases at Newport Folk Festival, Langerado Music Festival, and music industry events CMJ and SxSW. By 2010 Hamilton's creative focus switched from Brothers Past to American Babies. He moved back to his home town of Philadelphia, PA and started to write new material. With the help of producer Bill Moriarty, American Babies' second LP,