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You wouldn’t think that somebody who was educated at two of the world’s most prestigious universities (Yale and Oxford) would have much time for wild conspiracy theories, but US author and journalist Dr. Naomi Wolf has gone full tin-foil hat. She was previously banned from Twitter in 2021 for spreading misinformation about the COVID vaccines, […]

Award-winning journalist, broadcaster and editor Tom Hourigan had an all-too-common experience for commuters, back in 2023, when his Southern train was delayed. The rest of his experience was a little more unusual. On a delayed Southern train yet to leave London Bridge and like a radio presenter skilfully teasing a song before the commercial break, […]

There are signs all over the place telling us not to do things: no ball games, keep off the grass, do not enter, and many more. These are all rather generic, but sometimes we come across a warning sign that is so incredibly specific, it is very obvious that someone has done the thing now […]

For many years, Cilla Black was the face of Saturday night in the UK, with Blind Date and Surprise, Surprise – and even earlier, her own show – Cilla. The singing star wasn’t afraid to really get into character for her musical interludes …unfortunately – link the time she covered Survivor’s Rocky theme hit, The […]

Since humans first spotted the stars, they’ve been fascinated by what they are. While our cave-dwelling ancestors may have invented gods to explain the heavenly bodies, but scientists through the centuries have discovered what they really are. Over on r/AskReddit, guywithouteyes wanted people’s obscure space facts. “What lesser known fact about space sounds fake but […]

If you’ve never heard about the distinction between old money and new money, there’s a great scene where Rose explains to Jack the differences between people who inherited their wealth and the people who acquired it, and how one group looks down on the other. And despite the fact that the film was set 113 […]

For those of us of an age who can still remember all the words to ‘What’s Up?’ by 4 Non Blondes, but can’t remember what we walked into a room for, then the ‘90s were very possibly a time spent doing a lot of drinking, clubbing and partying. Nights out in the ‘90s were quite […]

The Black Sox. Pete Rose. Shohei Ohtani’s interpreter. As long as there has been baseball, there have been baseball betting scandals. But never has it unfolded so far out wide in the open. Cleveland Guardians pitcher Luis Ortiz is taking an unexpected break from the mound after MLB launched a gambling investigation into suspicious bets […]

As freedom and democracy continue to get bulldozed into a pile of rubble, America needs a new source of patriotic pride. And thusly, we head to the kitchen (and probably pretty shortly afterwards, the bathroom.) Reddit user RavenRead put forth a very simple query: ‘What’s a traditional American dish?’ So many answers, so many dishes, […]