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• Foxgate: Rumours Swirl Over Liam Fox’s Relationship with Adam Werritty

  

  The Defence Secretary is facing allegations of professional impropriety as well as innuendo about his personal life. Read more

  Posted on 11 October 2011 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Real Steel Review

  

  Hugh Jackman and massive robots. Photo Credit: Dreamworks Boxing robots, Hugh Jackman, a troubled father-son relationship, and that girl off Lost. What more... Read more

  Posted on 10 October 2011 CURRENT, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Text Neck: Scourge of the iPhone Generation

  

  Blissfully unaware of the danger he is in. Photo credit: Shockingly Tasty... Read more

  Posted on 10 October 2011 CURRENT, HEALTH, SOCIETY, TECH

• British People Are Not as Rude as They Think, According to New Research

  

  The stereotype is true: a new report has found that British people are polite. Read more

  Posted on 10 October 2011 CULTURE, CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Foxgate: Will Liam Fox’s Werritty Links Prove His Downfall?

  

  Secretary of State for Defence Liam Fox. Photo credit: Steve PunterUK Defence Secretary Liam Fox is under fire over his relationship with close friend Adam... Read more

  Posted on 10 October 2011 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Liam Fox Apologises Over Werritty Links

  

  Secretary of State for Defence Liam Fox. Photo credit: Steve PunterUK Defence Secretary Liam Fox is under fire over his relationship with close friend Adam... Read more

  Posted on 10 October 2011 CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Another Freezing Cold Winter Forecast, Sun’s Ultraviolet Activity to Blame

  

  Don your thermals and ready your sledges: new research has found a link between ultraviolet solar activity and the cold winters we’ve been experiencing, and it... Read more

  Posted on 10 October 2011 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY, WEATHER

• Eurozone Crisis: Secret Plans, Bailouts and Big Bazookas

  

  Germany's Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy have come up with a plan for the eurozone crisis. But they won't tell us what it is. Read more

  Posted on 10 October 2011 CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Steve Jobs Biopic in the Pipeline as Sony Acquire Film Rights to Upcoming...

  

  Is the world ready for Steve Jobs: The Movie. Sony Pictures think so. Read more

  Posted on 10 October 2011 CURRENT, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, SOCIETY

• The X Factor Live Shows: What You Need to Know

  

  Gary Barlow. Photo credit: vagueonthehow, http://flic.kr/p/9P83FsIt’s time. To face. The music. Or at least, a panel of judges, a baying audience and an... Read more

  Posted on 10 October 2011 CURRENT, ENTERTAINMENT, SOCIETY, TV & VIDEO

• Drummond Money-Coutts’ Magic Tricks Are a Riot

  

  Hackney, London, August 9, 2011. Photo credit: Alexander Tsangarides The recent English riots, which saw widespread looting, violence and arson break out on... Read more

  Posted on 10 October 2011 CULTURE

• In Search of the World’s Finest Kebab

  

  How a mini chicken kebab from a Santorini beach bar changed my life forever. Read more

  Posted on 10 October 2011 FOOD & DRINK, TRAVEL

• New James Bond Film to Be Called Skyfall. What Else Do We Know?

  

  November 2012 will see the return of James Bond to our cinemas after a troubled hiatus. The excitement infecting the internet is immense; we run through the... Read more

  Posted on 07 October 2011 CURRENT, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, SOCIETY

• Apple iPhone 4S’s Siri ‘Personal Assistant’

  

  Artificial Intelligence: is Siri too smart? Photo Credit: MGM As consumers and reviewers try to get over their disappointment that Tuesday’s big Apple... Read more

  Posted on 07 October 2011 CURRENT, SOCIETY, TECH

• Apple’s Steve Jobs: Not a God

  

  Steve Jobs tribute picture on Apple websiteAs tributes to Apple co-founder Steve Jobs continue to pour in, a few hard-headed commentators have begun to... Read more

  Posted on 07 October 2011 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• 5 Things We Know About the Duchess of Alba, the Octogenarian Aristocrat Who...

  

  The Duchess of Alba and her husband on their wedding day (Photo... Read more

  Posted on 07 October 2011 CELEB, CURRENT, ENTERTAINMENT, SOCIETY

• Steve Jobs: Geek Chic Fashion Icon? Black Turtleneck Sales Surging

  

  Sales of black mock turtlenecks, as worn by Steve Jobs at product launches, have gone through the roof. Has the death of the Apple co-founder prompted a surge i... Read more

  Posted on 07 October 2011 CURRENT, FASHION, LIFESTYLE, SOCIETY

• Moody’s Downgrades UK Banks; Economy Shrugs

  

  Credit ratings agency Moody's has downgraded British banks, including Lloyds TSB and the Royal Bank of Scotland. What is the effect of this dropping of notches? Read more

  Posted on 07 October 2011 BUSINESS, CURRENT, ECONOMICS, FINANCE, SOCIETY

• BBC Cuts: Swingeing Or Super? Delivering Quality First, Er, Delivers Its Results

  

  The BBC headquarters in Wood Lane. Photocredit: GeographEveryone’s favorite Auntie will have to cut back on the finer things in life: Delivering Quality First,... Read more

  Posted on 07 October 2011 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Steve Jobs Biography: 5 Things We Know

  

  Steve Jobs' new biography, on iBooks, on an iPad, taken with an iPhone. Photocredit: PAW It was a sad day for Apple, and a sad day for the world on Wednesday, a... Read more

  Posted on 07 October 2011 CURRENT, SOCIETY