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Unless you’re a hermit living in a cave with no internet access (in which case how are you even reading this?), you’re probably aware that the beat combo Oasis have reformed and are, by all accounts, making a decent fist of their reunion tour. They’re known primarily for three things – their anthemic tunes, fighting […]

People who are into speculating about things with no proof to back it up tend to be labelled ‘conspiracy theorists’ and treated as a bit strange. However, who amongst us hasn’t come up with a random idea that we have passionately believed to be true without a shred of evidence? They’ve been talking about this […]

Just because you look good doesn’t mean you feel good. At least that’s the lesson we learned from a recent Reddit post after u/Gothtopthick made a simple query. ‘What is the downside of being attractive?’ It’s easy to roll your eyes at good looking people complaining about the struggle, but the deeper you dive into […]

New York City has a thriving stand-up comedy scene. And yet this latest clip doesn’t take place in one of its iconic clubs, it takes place at a variety of lecterns around the five boroughs. For those not familiar with New York City mayor Eric Adams, he’s never been afraid to speak his mind on […]

During a very serious discussion of the availability of electricity to rural communities, some of the names of villages caused a complete breakdown of control in Ghana’s parliament. Here’s what happened. Viewer discretion advised. ‍♀️ pic.twitter.com/HnZwUnatyx — Veronica Commey (@VeronicaCommey) July 27, 2018 Perhaps more accurately – Hearer discretion advised — Kuuku_Arthur (@SallySiabi) July 27, 2018 […]

Gregg Wallace won’t be coming back to MasterChef or indeed anywhere else on the BBC after corporation bosses concluded they had no confidence in his ability to change his behaviour. Wallace was dropped from MasterChef following multiple complaints about his behaviour, and the presenter has predictably come out fighting, claiming he has recently been diagnosed […]

Do you know anyone who calls the TV remote ‘the TV remote’? Probably not, it’s more likely to be the gizmo or the doofer or the zapper. And giving things silly names is not limited to the ‘the buttons’ either, as user franki-pinks found out when they posted the following on the AskUK subreddit: What’s […]

As you’ll already know by now Emmanuel Macron has been on a state visit to the UK where, among many other things, he sought to tackle channel crossings with Keir Starmer and announced the Bayeaux Tapestry would be coming to the UK. He also dropped a Brexit truth bomb in Downing Street and that’s the […]

Full disclosure, we hadn’t come across Nick O’Neill before but apparently the founder of something called @chooserich and describes himself as the ‘most entertaining source of crypto news’. He is also the number one fan of … Nick O’Neill. We know this because he took time out from trying to eat himself to post this […]

The White House took time out of their busy schedule to big up the boss on social media – the most surefire way of getting his attention at the following morning’s briefing (assuming he has one). And this time they really pushed the boat on – on every scale imaginable – by portraying the president […]