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George Orwell fires a Sten gun

From George Orwell's diary, 09-Aug-1942.

Published 10-Aug-2012
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: stense, war

HOLY CRAP, IT WORKED!!!

Nasa's Curiosity rover successfully lands on Mars!

Published 06-Aug-2012
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: nasa, space

Defeatist

Olympics venues stuffed - Lord Coe.

Published 29-Jul-2012
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: britishness, olympics, sport

As a rule, I'm against unnecessary animal experimentation

…but, in the case of cats, I'm prepared to make an exception.

Published 22-Jul-2012
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: cartoons, cats

There can be only one winner

Murdoch steps down from NI boards.

Published 21-Jul-2012
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: murdoch

Woody

Video: Vigilante Man

Published 14-Jul-2012
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: music, videos

A River Runs Through It

Video of torrential rain in Hebden Bridge.

Published 09-Jul-2012
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: hebden bridge, house, videos, weather, yorkshire

Festival of sport

Are the rest of you as fed up as I am with the Olympics yet?

Published 07-Jul-2012
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: olympics, sport

You write ’em a check and you then add zeros…

Video of the Long Ryders' 'Looking for Lewis and Clark'.

Published 07-Jul-2012
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: music, videos

New-age nutter in Hippy Central

Prince of Wales to visit flood-hit businesses in Hebden Bridge

Published 06-Jul-2012
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: hebden bridge, royalty, yorkshire

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