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Save our plastic toys: smug parents trigger Waitrose magazine ban

Waitrose will no longer sell magazines with disposable plastic toys stuck to the front. This is a huge deal for the publishing industry because those plastic toys are useful when … (read more)

Posted: 23rd, March 2021 | In: Key Posts, News, The Consumer | Comment

How I got scammed by the Royal Mail postage fee scammers

“I mentioned yesterday that I’d been scammed out of every penny I had,” tweets Emmeline Hartley. “Thought I’d post what happened in case it helps anyone avoid being in the … (read more)

Posted: 22nd, March 2021 | In: Key Posts, Money, News | Comment

New Age Hell found in the Guatamalian mountains – watch a tiktok for the age of narcism

By a “sacred lake” in the Guatamalian [sic] mountains, a “conscious community” is doing things “together”. They are on laptops – together. They are ordering food – together. They are … (read more)

Posted: 22nd, March 2021 | In: News, The Consumer | Comment

Portable Radio – ‘Portable Radio’ (Crimson Crow Records, 2011)

Portable Radio have been chugging along nicely with a handful of releases, kicking off with the baroque pop double-header ‘Seven Hills’/’Parades’ and a pair of releases in the form of … (read more)

Posted: 22nd, March 2021 | In: Music | Comment

Teen Vogue remove Alexi McCammond and her tweet-shaped moral stain

Teenagers says such dumb things. Alexi McCammond was appointed editor of Teen Vogue, a magazine that binds the vapid weltschmerz of teenage experience into a corporate-clad glossy guide to help … (read more)

Posted: 19th, March 2021 | In: News | Comment

Specialist in failure Jose Mourinho bleeds Spurs dry

Spurs were abject in their defeat to Dinamo Zagreb in the Europa League. But do not blame the coach Jose Mourinho. He is after all (it says here) a born … (read more)

Posted: 19th, March 2021 | In: Sports, Spurs | Comment

How many died when EU politicised the safe AstraZeneca vaccine?

Is it safe to assume that people did not benefit for the EU’s crass and political decision to ban the AstraZeneca vaccine, the wonks and bureaucrats leaving 7m does of … (read more)

Posted: 18th, March 2021 | In: Key Posts, News | Comment

Jimmy Savile all over an underage Coleen Nolan in 1979

Former Nolan Sister singer Coleen Nolan says paedophile BBC DJ and TV ‘personality’ Jimmy Savile invited her to his hotel when she was 14. The Nolans had been on BBC … (read more)

Posted: 18th, March 2021 | In: Celebrities, Key Posts, Music, News, TV & Radio | Comment

Video : Through Cricklewood on a London Trolleybus in the 1950s

This fabulous video was taken from the top of the 660 trolleybus from Hammersmith to North Finchley in 1957. We start at the junction of Cricklewood Lane and Edgeware Road … (read more)

Posted: 18th, March 2021 | In: Key Posts, Technology | Comment

Was Piers Corbyn at the Sarah Everard vigil – and other ‘scandals’?

Shami Chakrabarti has a question, which is most likely rhetorical but might not be: “After the Sarah Everard vigil scandal, who still thinks the police need extra powers?” Guardian readers, … (read more)

Posted: 17th, March 2021 | In: Key Posts, News | Comment

AstraZeneca vaccine banned as Precautionary Principle costs EU lives

At the time of twisting, 11 European countries have temporarily suspended use of the Oxford-AstraZeneca (AZ) vaccine, including Germany, The Netherlands, France, the Irish Republic, Denmark, Norway, Bulgaria, Italy and … (read more)

Posted: 16th, March 2021 | In: Key Posts, News | Comment

Aphex Twin sells Virtual art for virtual fortune

Electronic musician Aphex Twin, aka Richard James, has sold an NFT (non-fungible token) for $127,000 in Ether. The genuine digital artwork called “/Afx/weirdcore,” features an animated version of the artist’s … (read more)

Posted: 16th, March 2021 | In: Money, Music, News, The Consumer | Comment

Arsenal balls: Sanchez, Spurs and penalty to Robana

Arsenal beat Spurs 2-1 in the Premier League, the visitor’s goal coming from a lush piece of skill by Eric Lemala. In the blink of an eye, he received the … (read more)

Posted: 15th, March 2021 | In: Arsenal, Sports, Spurs | Comment

Musician identifies the classical music played in famous cartoons

Vincent Alexander (@NonsenseIsland on Twitter) writes that many of us were introduced to classical music from watching old cartoons. “I’m going to identify the pieces that frequently popped up,” he … (read more)

Posted: 11th, March 2021 | In: Key Posts, Music, News, TV & Radio | Comment

The best 20 seconds of cricket in 2121

If they can score a few less, this lot might yet make it into the current England team. Cricket really is the best team sport every invented.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwUNdIyjtuU

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Posted: 11th, March 2021 | In: Sports | Comment

Joe Biden Forgets…

Type ‘Joe Biden forgets’ into Google and you get a slew of results. Many of us forget things, especially when under pressure. But when you’re leader of the free world, … (read more)

Posted: 10th, March 2021 | In: News, Politicians | Comment

Harry Dunn : Anne Sacoolas makes us puke

Good news is that Anne Sacoolas says she is willing to make a “contribution” to society with a bout of “community service”. Anne Sacoolas will make up for leaving a … (read more)

Posted: 9th, March 2021 | In: Key Posts, News | Comment

Meghan and Harry want a messy divorce

By now you’ll be wondering what Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have been getting up to since leaving the UK. Well, after the separation, they’ve being going gung-ho to secure … (read more)

Posted: 9th, March 2021 | In: Celebrities, Key Posts, News, Royal Family | Comment

Craigslist ad: Looking for white Fiat Uno in Santa Barbara

On Craigslist, an advertiser in the Santa Monica area of California – where Harry Windsor and Meghan live – is “looking for a white Fiat Uno”.

Previously:

A sick advert, surely. … (read more)

Posted: 8th, March 2021 | In: Key Posts, Royal Family | Comment

Prince Harry cut off financially by his family – he’s 36!

Prince Harry tells Oprah Winfrey that at age just 36 he was cut his family “literally cut me off financially”. Prince Harry is literally 36 years old.

And that wasn’t all. … (read more)

Posted: 8th, March 2021 | In: Royal Family | Comment

Celebrate International Woman’s Day with Meghan and Kate’s Royal Rumble

Let’s celebrate International Women’s Day with a fight between Meghan Markle, aka Meghan Windsor, and Kate Middleton, aka Kate Windsor. Megs told Oprah Winfrey in a TV interview that on … (read more)

Posted: 8th, March 2021 | In: Key Posts, News, Tabloids | Comment

‘I deserve a £500 ASOS gift voucher because’ – you bought TopShop and I lost my job

https://twitter.com/ASOS/status/1367097879064694788

Complete this legend and win: “I deserve a £500 ASOS gift voucher because…

mel at @midnightpinkish delivers: “”u bought topshop n now i’m unemployed during a pandemic.”

She adds: “just for the … (read more)

Posted: 6th, March 2021 | In: Money, News | Comment

Covid-19 lockdown is an assault on the young – 4 in 10 oldies break the rules

The house parties busted. The raves smashed. The kids turfed out of school. The young abused and attacked as criminals for getting on with their lives, drinking coffee whilst walking … (read more)

Posted: 5th, March 2021 | In: News | Comment

Prints by Marius Rossillon – O’Galop, the artist who gave us Bibendum

Bibendum, aka The Michelin Man, was created by Marius Rossillon, aka O’Galop (1867-1946).

O’Galop began his career around 1893, drawing cartoons for magazines. He created his first advertisement Michelin in … (read more)

Posted: 5th, March 2021 | In: Key Posts, The Consumer | Comment

Guide to the Cults – 1979

Youth tribes featured in the Daily Mirror’s ‘Guide to Cults’ in 1979. There were Skinheads, who loved reggae and “enjoy fighting”. One of those parts is correct. Skinheads embraced … (read more)

Posted: 5th, March 2021 | In: Fashion, Music, Tabloids | Comment

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