Here at Blighty Towers the radio is the audio backdrop to the day. Not music radio, but the talky stuff. Sometimes it is listened to intently, sometimes not. Even the Archers has been known make it to the end before anyone realised it was on, though that bloody awful music is usually enough to forewarn […]

Parents who live in fear of child abduction, or forty year old men called Zyghort who hang out in chatrooms, should be looking elsewhere for potential dangers to their children. According to the Guardian, melting pyjamas are the real threat. Being attacked by an aligator can’t be ruled out either. Neither can centipede bites.
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That ‘organ’ of sober reflection, The Sun, is as yet undecided as to who to support in the coming election. They have looked at the issues and observed that Howard, like them, doesn’t like Johnny Foreigner very much, that Howard, like them, thinks Britain should close its borders (unless Rupert deigns to spend some time […]

Having a bad Sunday? Feeling worthless? A failure? That life has passed you by? Why not pick up a copy of the Sunday Times and read about the smuggest moneybags in Britain?
Yes it’s time for the Sunday Times Rich List again. This curious event is an annual occurrence. The Sunday Times obviously think that their […]

Can you tell the difference between a genuine smile of joy and a counterfeit crease plastered across the chops? That’s the challenge offered up by an experiment at the Edinburgh Science Festival. They are decorating the place with an equal number of genuine beams and grinning contrivances. The public have to distinguish between the two.
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Britain’s wealthy and influential send their children to Cambridge to finish off their education. The only alternative for any self-respecting toff being Oxford. Of course, not all rich kids attain a place at these two celebrated seats of learning. The really dim ones end up at Durham instead.
As well as the renowned finishing school, Cambridge […]