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The cheapest pint in London as a Tube Map

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Looking for a cheap pint in a new London manor, Adam Stead called the nearest pub to every London Underground Tube station and got their prices. All pubs … (read more)

Posted: 15th, October 2019 | In: The Consumer | Comment

Sir Peter J. Ratcliffe : The 1992 rejection letter from Nature, for the paper he submitted on his Nobel prize-winning work.

Professor Sir Peter J Ratcliffe, Director for the Target Discovery Institute within the Nuffield Department of Medicine at Oxford University and Director of Clinical Research at Francis Crick Institute, London, … (read more)

Posted: 13th, October 2019 | In: News | Comment

When Frederick Banting and Charles Best stopped death

‘In 1922 the scientists went to a hospital ward with diabetic children, most of them comatose and dying from diabetic keto-acidosis. This is known as one of medicine’s most incredible … (read more)

Posted: 10th, October 2019 | In: Key Posts, News | Comment

Manchester United: Solskjaer’s ‘Cultural reboot’ and other tosh

Don’t panic, Manchester United fans. News is that you’ll have Ole Gunnar Solskjaer at the wheel for some time to come. The Norwegian, once sacked by Cardiff City, has been … (read more)

Posted: 10th, October 2019 | In: Back pages, manchester united, Sports | Comment

Nasa’s hard shell space suits

From 1966 through the 1990s, NASA crested hard space suits for space travellers. These suits would offer greater mobility than soft suits. The leader in space fashioned was Hubert “Vic” … (read more)

Posted: 10th, October 2019 | In: Fashion, Key Posts, Technology | Comment

Liverpool balls: Philippe Coutinho and the missing millions

Anything to sully the mood around Liverpool FC? It could come in the compact form of the overrated Philippe Coutinho. In 2018, a desperate Barcelona signed the player for £142m. … (read more)

Posted: 8th, October 2019 | In: Liverpool, News, Sports, Tabloids | Comment

The life and times of Goldie Williams

This mugshot shows Goldie Williams, aka Mag Muphy, posing for her mugshot in Omaha. Nebraska. Its a cracking photo.

Arrested on January 29, 1898, the police notes tell us that … (read more)

Posted: 8th, October 2019 | In: News, Strange But True | Comment

‘Everyone’s favorite game: Cohen, Pacino or Hoffman?’

Play along to ‘Everyone’s Favorite Game – Leonard Cohen or Al Pacino or Dustin Hoffman?’ On Facebook one reader did ask : “Leonard who?” They’ve been banned and sent for … (read more)

Posted: 8th, October 2019 | In: Celebrities, Key Posts | Comment

How to understand Brexit through your morals

Remainer or Brexiteer? Right or Left? Straight or Kinked? Social psychologist Peter Ditto, of the University of California, Irvine, wanted to find out how our morals shape our politics. He … (read more)

Posted: 7th, October 2019 | In: Politicians | Comment

Harry Dunn: Anne Sacoolas faces a tormented life of being wrong

Anne Sacoolas is the middle-aged US diplomat’s wife whose Volvo XC90 car collided with a motorbike bike being ridden by Harry Dunn, 19, in Northamptonshire on 27 August 2019. He died. … (read more)

Posted: 7th, October 2019 | In: Key Posts, News | Comment

Ceramics by Sophie Woodrow

Bristol-based artist Sophie Woodrow makes the most beguiling ceramics of mythical creatures and otherworldly things – twists on the natural we think of as real.

Via: Sophie Woodrow and Flashbak
… (read more)

Posted: 6th, October 2019 | In: The Consumer | Comment

US Ambassador’s cynical letter to Harry Dunn’s grieving parents

The police know her name. The authorities know where to find her. Sky News says they tried to call her. But the 40-something year-old wife of the American diplomat sought … (read more)

Posted: 5th, October 2019 | In: Key Posts, News | Comment

The first photo of the far side of the moon

On October 7 1959, human beings saw for the first time the far side of the moon. It was taken by the Soviets’ Luna 3:

The first image was taken … (read more)

Posted: 5th, October 2019 | In: Key Posts, News, Strange But True, Technology | Comment

Tabloids pit Prince Harry against Elton John

This pesky tabloids have upset Prince Harry. Not settling with suing the Mail on Sunday over its reports on his wife and her family, the Mirror and Sun. Gossip … (read more)

Posted: 5th, October 2019 | In: Celebrities, News, Tabloids | Comment

Third Person Watch: John Craven’s Newsround

John Craven of John Craven’s Newsround – putting him first for news, literally

It wasn’t called Newsround when John Craven first presented the BBC teatime news show for children in the … (read more)

Posted: 4th, October 2019 | In: Celebrities, News | Comment

Police arrest idiot with photographic memory

As you chitchat any the checkout, watch the cashier’s eyes. If they’re anything like 34-year-old Yusuke Taniguchi, they’re allegedly taking a detailed mental picture of your bank details.

Taniguchi, a cashier … (read more)

Posted: 3rd, October 2019 | In: Strange But True | Comment

Man uses dead pigeon as weapon in fight

“C’mon then!’’ barks one man (short; grey anorak – (not me, no)). “You’re a waste of my time,” says the other (tall; green-T-shirt; tracky pants; weighty). Mambo Number 5 is … (read more)

Posted: 3rd, October 2019 | In: Strange But True | Comment

Our Hobby is Depeche Mode

Mandatory Credit: Photo by Sunshine International/Shutterstock (8290086s)
Depeche Mode – Andrew Fletcher, Dave Gahan, Vince Clarke and Martin Gore
Depeche Mode

In 2007, artist Jeremy Deller and filmmaker Nicholas Abrahams accepted a commission … (read more)

Posted: 3rd, October 2019 | In: Celebrities, Film, Music | Comment

Jacob Rees-Mogg finds his Man Friday in the Times

To the Tory conference in the company of Times sketch writer Quentin Letts. He’s a-billin’ and a-cooin’ over Walter Softy-styled MP Jacob Rees-Mogg.

Jacob Rees-Mogg is catholic in his … (read more)

Posted: 2nd, October 2019 | In: News, Politicians | Comment

Tough Life: Harry and Meghan pick a fight with the tabloids they can only lose

Harry and Meghan : live cam – exclusive to all media

Is Prince Harry a celebrity, an activist or a royal? Right now he’s a litigant, suing the Mail on Sunday … (read more)

Posted: 2nd, October 2019 | In: Key Posts, News, Royal Family, Tabloids | Comment

The 2020 Sony World Photography Awards

Here are a few entries for the World Photography Organization.

Free to enter, the internationally acclaimed Sony World Photography Awards invites all levels of photographers from around the world the … (read more)

Posted: 2nd, October 2019 | In: The Consumer | Comment

Why dogs stick their head out of car windows

Why do dogs stick their heads out of car windows? Because they can and you rarely ride with a tiger or a ferret on the front passenger seat? Nah, Truth … (read more)

Posted: 1st, October 2019 | In: Strange But True | Comment

Human babies have lizard body parts

Hey, eyeball lickers. News is that babies in the womb are possessed of extra lizard-like muscles in their hands. “Most” babies lose the lizard part before they’re born. (Where do … (read more)

Posted: 1st, October 2019 | In: Key Posts, Strange But True | Comment

Jews missing from union’s tribute to Holocaust Memorial Day

You can remembers the Holocaust at the University and College Union. They are? “The University and College Union (UCU) represents over 120,000 academics, lecturers, trainers, instructors, researchers, managers, administrators, computer … (read more)

Posted: 1st, October 2019 | In: Key Posts, News | Comment

Artist Spenser Little makes great street sculptures from wire

I love these wire sculptures by Spenser Little.

Spenser Little is a self-taught artist who has been bending wire for the last 15 years… Some works contain moving components and multiple … (read more)

Posted: 1st, October 2019 | In: The Consumer | Comment

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