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A few months into his second term at the White House and we should probably be accustomed by now to Donald Trump’s response whenever anything goes wrong in his administration. Because there has been no shortage of examples, obviously. And yet it still manages to make our jaw drop when the Trump playbook comes into […]

Never let it be said that Donald Trump’s government is not an administration of the biggest brains, the very biggest brains. Why, take his national security advisor Michael Waltz here, who appears to have taken responsibility – well, up to a degree – for the security cock-up that saw a Signal chat group containing highly […]

Our morning routine is pretty basic – waking, eating, dressing, working followed by an evening routine which is pretty much the same but in reverse order – right after the ‘drinking’ bit. But not for this guy’s morning routine which was shared by @tipsformenx (which, starting at 3:52am, might be more appropriately called a ‘getting-up-at-arse-o’clock-for-no-bloody-reason […]

In an age where we spend less and less time out socialising, it can be tricky to meet people to date. And even if you do manage to find someone you’d like to ask out, knowing how to approach them is even harder. However, one plucky chap took to the AskUK subreddit to ask for […]

As no-one anywhere needs reminding anymore, the only story in town today is the extraordinary White House security failure in which a journalist became part of a group chat about impending US military action. There were 18 senior members of Trump’s administration in the discussion around secret military plans for recent US attacks on the […]

Even if you’re an incredibly confident person with a lot of expertise in your field, there’s no denying that job interviews are incredibly stressful. But it turns out they can be stressful for the interviewer as well, because sometimes the applicant does or says something utterly bizarre. Over on the AskUK subreddit, user PokeMyLoveless asked: […]

Much of the focus on that most unfortunate White House security balls-up was naturally on how on earth it happened, who was responsible, and how they’ll make sure it doesn’t happen again. But let’s not lose sight of what we actually learned from the exchanges between senior White House types including defence secretary Pete Hegseth […]

As you can’t possibly have failed to be aware of by now, everyone’s talking about the White House security breach in which a top level White House group chat somehow ended up with a journalist among the people taking part. If that Atlantic’s editor in chief Jeffrey Goldberg hadn’t flagged his presence to all concerned, […]

There is so much doom and gloom in the news at the moment that it can be hard to remain hopeful. From pandemics to a failing NHS to the cossie livs, there’s no doubt things in the UK have been very difficult lately. However, it’s important to remember that it’s not all bad. Reddit user […]