The Only Ones: Another Girl, Another Planet

Here's a single from 1978 that everyone knows, yet it was not a hit at the time. It has has a long afterlife through being used in comme...

Say it ain't so, Jo

Tom Mangold writes about his attempts to investigate Jeremy Thorpe for the BBC: I had been on the story for less than two weeks when I got ...

The French for French-bashing is le French bashing

Jonathan Meades wins Opening Sentence of the Day.

Six of the Best 478

"Like so many others who had been stretched and inspired by his English teaching, I wrestled with my practical conscience. It was clea...

Elf stands upside down with a bucket on his head in Plymouth

The Plymouth Herald wins headline of the Day - and it has a photograph of the elf. Thanks to Polar Pilchard on Twitter.

Christmas Past and Presents - Day Thriteen

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Absurd Astonishing Animated Antics

For fans of games like Scrabble or  Boggle mixing and matching letters to create words is not only a challenge but fun.  At the mere mention...

Lemon-Lime Snowball Truffles

Christmas recipe alert! It's been a while since the last time, as per usual. But hey, no sad faces. Christmas is just around the corner ...

Homophobic monk arrested in Cambridge

Pink News reports that: 53-year-old Damon Jonah Kelly from Corby, Northamptonshire was arrested on 8 December on suspicion of a Section 5 p...