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• A Level Results Show Drop in A Grades for First Time; Pass Rate, However, Goes up

  

  Students in west London receive their exam results Photo credit: Hammersmith and Fulham The background All over England, Wales and Northern Ireland, 335,000... Read more

  Posted on 16 August 2012 CURRENT, SCHOOLING, SOCIETY

• Meg Rosoff on Fifty Shades of Grey: Too Many Shades of Grey…

  

  Award winning novelist Meg Rosoff takes a sideways look at Fifty Shades of Grey. Read more

  Posted on 16 August 2012 BOOKS, CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Will Self’s Umbrella is Baffling and Brilliant, Say Critics

  

  Will Self’s new novel is brilliant. Photocredit: englishpen The background Will Self’s new novel, Umbrella, has been longlisted for the Man Booker Prize. Read more

  Posted on 16 August 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE, CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Bill Gates Wants to Reinvent the Toilet

  

  Bill Gates wants to reinvent the lav. Photocredit: NarongJo at Shutterstock. The background Sanitation is about to be revolutionised: zillionaire computer-guy... Read more

  Posted on 16 August 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY, TECH

• Twitter, Piers Morgan and Kevin Pietersen: United in Solipsism

  

  Piers Morgan Piers Morgan is an England cricket fan. We know that, because he tells us so. Even though he lives and works in New York, he likes to remind us –... Read more

  Posted on 15 August 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Critics Hopeful About Hope Springs, New Meryl Streep and Tommy Lee Jones Film...

  

  Tommy Lee Jones and Meryl Streep in Hope Springs. Photo: Sony Pictures The background In an attempt to rekindle her 30-year-old and stagnating marriage, Kay... Read more

  Posted on 15 August 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Critics Hopeful About Hope Springs, New Meryl Streep and Tommy Lee Jones Film...

  

  Tommy Lee Jones and Meryl Streep in Hope Springs. Photo: Sony Pictures The background In an attempt to rekindle her 30-year-old and stagnating marriage, Kay... Read more

  Posted on 15 August 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• The Worst Penalty Miss You Have Ever Seen (and Will Ever See)

  

  Soccer balls in a goal. Photo credit: Stevendepolo http://flic.kr/p/6Hc3VN The 2012 European Championships were lit up by a series of ice-cool panenka-style... Read more

  Posted on 15 August 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• No Sex Between Neanderthals and Humans, Says Study

  

  Did primitive homo sapiens sleep with Neanderthals? Photocredit: Marcio Jose Bastos Silva at Shutterstock. The background Two scientists from Cambridge... Read more

  Posted on 15 August 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• London Slips Down Liveability List; Melbourne Best Place to Live

  

  Melbourne, Australia, viewed over the Yarra River at dusk. Photocredit: Robyn Mackenzie at Shutterstock The background The Economist Intelligence Unit, in its... Read more

  Posted on 15 August 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• What is the True Legacy of the Olympic Games in Great Britain?

  

  The London 2012 logo. Photo credit: Ben Sutherland, http://flic.kr/p/9wtYrg The background The Olympic Games have finished, leaving Great Britain in a mixture o... Read more

  Posted on 15 August 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Mo Farah Running Away From Things Tumblr Strikes Gold

  

  Mo Farah, the internet’s new meme hero The background Long-distance runner Mo Farah was one of Team GB’s biggest stars at London 2012. Read more

  Posted on 15 August 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY, SPORTS

• Sexting in the Man Cave: Merriam-Webster Adds New Words to Dictionary

  

  Man cave – one of the new phrases in the dictionary The background American collegiate dictionary Merriam-Webster’s new edition will contain a hundred new... Read more

  Posted on 15 August 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• There Really is a DJs for Obama Campaign Ad

  

  A DJ’s decks. Photo credit: Rod Senna http://flic.kr/p/4ZzpB The 2012 US Presidential election is widely forecast to go right down to the wire. Read more

  Posted on 15 August 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Hollywood Suffers from a Creativity Stalemate

  

  Batman, comic-book and big-screen hero. Photo credit: miripi photos, http://www.flickr.com/photos/miripi/5771570300/ For a few years now I’ve been wondering... Read more

  Posted on 15 August 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Will Ferrell Election Comedy The Campaign Not a Vote-winner with the Critics

  

  Will Ferrell. Photo credit: Eva Rinaldi http://flic.kr/p/cKQzvy The background In the tense run-up to the fiercely contested 2012 US Presidential election, a... Read more

  Posted on 14 August 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Helen Gurley Brown, Creator of Cosmo Girl, Dies at 90

  

  A Cosmopolitan front cover from the 1970s. Photo credit: SWANclothing http://flic.kr/p/6hiwUF The background Helen Gurley Brown, the author and journalist... Read more

  Posted on 14 August 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Is Posh-bashing out of Control? Benedict Cumberbatch Think So

  

  Benedict Cumberbatch. Photo credit: Honeyfitz The background 36-year-old British actor Benedict Cumberbatch, who is best known for his turn as Sir Arthur Conan... Read more

  Posted on 14 August 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• One Thing Leads to Another at the (recession-hit) Dentist, Warns Celia Walden

  

  A dentist at work. Photo credit: Ivan Lian http://flic.kr/p/48qSgA The background In these straightened economic times, it seems that pretty much every even hal... Read more

  Posted on 14 August 2012 HEALTH, MEDICINE

• Don’t Stop Me Now Music Video Celebrates Team GB’s Olympics Success

  

  Jessica Ennis is the nation’s and this little boy’s Olympics hero. The background Life not the same without your daily fix of watching Jessica Ennis, Mo Farah... Read more

  Posted on 14 August 2012 CURRENT, HUMOR, SOCIETY, VIRAL