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Writing tagged: ‘compare and contrast’

Compare and contrast

‘Cookmaid with Still Life of Vegetables and Fruit’ c.1620-5, by Sir Nathaniel Bacon.

Published 20-Apr-2014
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: art, compare and contrast

Shit-coin

UKIP's Farage v. alleged Japanese-American inventor of Bitcoin.

Published 07-Mar-2014
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: compare and contrast, finance, politics

Sausage artistry part deux

Long-term readers of Gruts might remember that my mate Bill is something of a sausage artist.

Published 24-Feb-2014
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: art, bill, compare and contrast, sausages

Compare and contrast

Hodgson v Titchmarsh.

Published 07-Dec-2013
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: compare and contrast

Namesakes

Not for the first time, life imitates Spinal Tap.

Published 05-Nov-2013
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: compare and contrast, music, spinal tap

Compare and contrast

Does anyone else think Emperor Napoleon bore an uncanny resemblance to the suspiciously French-sounding James Bond villain Le Chiffre, as portrayed by Danish actor Mads Mikkelsen in the movie Casino Royale?

Published 30-Sep-2013
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: compare and contrast, conspiracy theories, denmark, films, france, movies

Surround-sound

In which the latest episode of ‘Dr Who’ blurs the boundaries of TV sci-fi and reality in my own living room.

Published 15-Apr-2013
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: bats, compare and contrast, das boot, mice, science fiction, tv

Brooce-sayer

Springsteen predicts hurricane.

Published 30-Oct-2012
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: compare and contrast, predictions, springsteen, weather

Putting the Olympics into perspective

Comparing the 2012 London Olympics medals haul of four countries.

Published 13-Aug-2012
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: australia, compare and contrast, olympics, sport, statistics

GINGER MOP-TOP JOURNO (43) IN SECRET OZZY ROMP

George Osborne's secret meeting with Rebekah Brooks at country estate

Published 13-May-2012
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: compare and contrast, ginners, murdoch, newspapers, politics, press, simpsons

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