Yesterday, the BBC reported that a bunch of Iranian youths had been arrested for making a Pharrell Williams tribute video. When did I become less trendy t
Nonsense
If the pointy hat fits…
Rebekah Brooks prosecution compared to medieval witch-hunt.
The pedant's revolt
London Review of Books commits tautological gaff shock!
Tufnils
MAJOR SCOOP: I have unearthed rare footage of Nigel Tufnel from out of Spinal Tap playing drums for Nils Lofgren from out of Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band!
Compare and contrast
‘Cookmaid with Still Life of Vegetables and Fruit’ c.1620-5, by Sir Nathaniel Bacon.
British Summer Time
What precisely is ‘time’? Philomena Cunk, the thinking man's Brian Cox, visits the world-famous Greenwich Clock Museum to find out.
Open letter to Chris Martin
Dear Chris Martin...
Great news for those in search of really big bananas…
Fyffes and Chiquita to create biggest banana firm.
HELP!
One of our neighbours has lost a biscuit.
Only second?
Evan Davis: Birmingham and Manchester are usually mentioned when the subject of Britain's second city comes up. But is Hebden Bridge—population 4,200—the rightful owner of the title?