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‘Chris is Risen’: Jesus is rebranded in York
Let us pray for Acomb Parish Church, in York, where “Chris is Risen”.
Says Assistant Curate Ned Lunn: “The pastor at the Baptist Church is actually called Chris. He’s got to get up for a … (read more)
Posted: 27th, March 2016 | In: Reviews, Strange But True | 0 Comments
Jeremy Corbyn gets negative ‘boost’ in satisfaction ratings but Farage wins
Posted: 26th, March 2016 | In: Politicians, Reviews | 0 Comments
Weapon grade lunacy: Swedish women wear hijabs to show support for Islam
File under: when cultural appropriation is right-on, sister. … (read more)
Survey news: porn users more egalitarian than porn banners
Porn. It’s a cancer, right? Well, news is that it might be useful:
According to radical feminist theory, pornography serves to further the subordination of women by training its users, males and … (read more)
Posted: 26th, March 2016 | In: Reviews | 0 Comments
Emory University students panic after someone writes the word “Trump” on a sidewalk
Posted: 26th, March 2016 | In: Politicians, Reviews | 1 Comment
Dear Jamie Oliver, please help us ban apples and pears
Posted: 26th, March 2016 | In: Reviews | 0 Comments
Johan Cruyff: the newspapers’ tributes always beat the web
Posted: 25th, March 2016 | In: Back pages | 0 Comments
Matthew Doye: locked away in the Met’s trawl for Islamophobia
This week the Metropolitan Police arrested Matthew Doyle for tweeting: “I confronted a Muslim woman yesterday in Croydon. I asked her to explain Brussels. She said ‘Nothing to do with me’. A … (read more)
Dave Brubeck’s “Take 5” Performed On Sitar Is Glorious
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Posted: 24th, March 2016 | In: Music | 0 Comments
Transfer balls: Spurs lose Pochettino to Manchester United in cut-price deal
Posted: 23rd, March 2016 | In: Back pages, Sports, Spurs | 0 Comments
Transfer Balls: Manchester City lust for Messi who ‘fancies’ them
Posted: 23rd, March 2016 | In: Back pages, Manchester City, Sports | 0 Comments
Women have higher IQs than men, even the dyed blondes
Posted: 23rd, March 2016 | In: Reviews, Tabloids | 0 Comments
Daily Star replaces ‘banned’ Easter eggs with chocolate balls
Posted: 23rd, March 2016 | In: Reviews, Tabloids | 0 Comments
YouTube closes down for the night
A video created by@EddieRobson and Mal Franks. … (read more)
Posted: 22nd, March 2016 | In: TV & Radio | 0 Comments
Rob Ford: I couldn’t remember taking drugs because I was drunk
Rob Ford, the former mayor of Toronto, has died. He was just 46. In his obituary, CBC includes this:
Ford staunchly denied that he smoked crack and questioned the existence of … (read more)
Posted: 22nd, March 2016 | In: Politicians, Reviews | 0 Comments
PJS and YMA gag tabloids over ‘open relationship’
Posted: 22nd, March 2016 | In: Celebrities, Reviews, Tabloids | 1 Comment
Gawker get body slammed by Hogan sex tape judgement
Terry Bollea, the retired pro wrestler known as Hulk Hogan, was awarded a total of $25m in punitive damages on Monday, in his invasion of privacy … (read more)
Posted: 22nd, March 2016 | In: Money, Reviews | 0 Comments
Transfer balls: Arsenal buy Higuain twice, want Pogba and get Manchester United’s Toni Kroos
Posted: 22nd, March 2016 | In: Arsenal, Back pages, Sports | 0 Comments
Jeremy Corbyn’s aide calls for an army of tea-drinking surrender monkeys
As the Tories row over Brexit and disability payments, the Labour party obliterates casus belli, picks up the one working gun in the British Army and aims at its feet.
Britain would be safer … (read more)
Posted: 21st, March 2016 | In: Politicians, Reviews | 1 Comment
Manchester United and Liverpool deliver the most ridiculous excuses for losing a football match
Posted: 21st, March 2016 | In: Sports | 0 Comments
Novak Djokovic v Serena Williams fight in battle of the sexes tennis pentahlon
Would women tennis players earn the same as men if there were two tours separated by gender? Would you pay more to see the men or the women? Should men … (read more)
Posted: 21st, March 2016 | In: Back pages, Sports | 0 Comments
February was the warmest month ever, so they say
Big news in the Guardian: “February was the warmest month in recorded history, climate experts say.”
Brr! It was cold in the northern hemisphere. And can you balance things out so easily?
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Posted: 21st, March 2016 | In: Reviews | 0 Comments
Transfer balls: Liverpool prepare for Henderson exit as Spurs flash the cash
Posted: 20th, March 2016 | In: Back pages, Liverpool, Sports | 1 Comment