A disabled man in Manchester has been beaten to death by a group of ‘vigilantes’ who wrongly thought he was a paedophile. The police are now working against local bigotry that seems unconcerned by the pleas of innocence. Perhaps it’s enough to be accused of being a paedophile nowadays to expect to have your head […]

The editors of a new anthology of women’s writing have criticised the general lack of ambition shown by female authors. They have accused them of being ‘disappointingly domestic, the opposite of risk-taking’. Female authors have countered, pointing out that Tolstoy’s novels were domestic and that defining domestic as dull is wrong. We understand what they’re […]

English people seeking asylum from the high house prices in the UK are selling up and flocking to Northern France. Many French locals aren’t happy, especially as it is inflating the cost of houses in areas popular with the roast-beef scoffers from across La Manche. In a small area in Brittany house prices have risen […]

A black creature likened to a panther is stalking the streets of London. It has been given the name ‘The Beast of Sydenham’. A crack team of armed police with rifles and Taser stun guns have been dispatched to the area. A copper who claims to have seen this menacing creature described it as being […]

Today, in his series on comedy on Radio 4, Miles Kington looked to the past to see what we were laughing at in the days of yore. Far, far back into the depths of time… to those good humoured Danes in comedy helmets, even back before Bob Monkhouse. He found a 700 year old joke. […]

The latest opinion poll puts Labour eight points ahead of the tories with only 44 days to the expected May 5th election day. Despite the various anti-Blair campaigns, the poll finds that 67% of Labour supporters say they prefer Blair to Howard, while only 47% of tory supporters say the opposite. That means that Blair […]

This week on Blind Date three middle aged men are competing for the affections of the gay man.
Contestant number one says that he has many gay ministers underneath his cabinet. He’d previously had some inside his cabinet apparently. Surely a better hiding place would have been the wardrobe. Has he never seen a Brian Rix […]

Today we are launching the first in our series of Blighty Guides. Throughout the series we will be focusing on British towns and cities. Being rather orderly types we will start with the letter A and work through the alphabet. Therefore, today’s featured town is Alnwick.
The first thing to know about Alnwick is that it […]

If you were planning a spring break in the North East of England this May, Blighty would suggest that you get your B&B booked pronto! It is going to be rather crowded in the Sedgefield area during the coming election campaign. After reporting yesterday on David Shayler’s intention to run against Tony Blair in his […]

One time MI5 spy and ex-convict David Shayler plans to stand against the Prime Minister in his seat of Sedgefield in the coming election. Shayler is to be ‘the man in the white suite’ opposition. This refers to journalist Martin Bell’s campaign against Christine Hamilton’s husband at Tatton in 1997. Then, Bell dashed about the […]