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• Holidaying Aliens May Have Visited Earth, Suggest MoD Files

  

  Why would aliens want to visit our planet? Photo credit: Steve Jurvetson The background Alien tourists may have paid flying visits to the UK as part of a holida... Read more

  Posted on 12 July 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Viral Video: Shark Attacks Fisher’s Bait at Myrtle Beach, South Carolina

  

  Great white shark off of South Africa. Photo Credit: Hermanous Hostel American fisher Sarah Brame went fishing with some friends at Myrtle Beach, South Carolina... Read more

  Posted on 12 July 2012 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, HUMOR, VIRAL

• The Yips by Nicola Barker is Difficult, Weird but Charming, Say Critics

  

  Nicola Barker’s The Yips is darkly comic. Publicity photo. The background Booker shorlisted Nicola Barker’s new novel, The Yips, is set in Luton. Read more

  Posted on 12 July 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE, CURRENT

• The Rolling Stones at 50 – They’e Come a Long Way Since Their First Gig at The...

  

  Mick Jagger in 1965. Photocredit: thinhippo The background Happy birthday Rolling Stones! Well, it’s the fiftieth anniversary of the Rolling Stones’ first gig,... Read more

  Posted on 12 July 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• It’s 50 Years Since The Rolling Stones’ First Gig

  

  Mick Jagger in 1965. Photocredit: thinhippo The background Happy birthday Rolling Stones! Well, it’s the fiftieth anniversary of the Rolling Stones’ first gig,... Read more

  Posted on 12 July 2012 CURRENT, ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Hip-hop Star Frank Ocean Comes Outs as Bisexual, His Debut Album Channel Orange...

  

  Hip-hop star Frank Ocean came out as bisexual this week and released Channel Orange, his debut major album release, to rave reviews. Read more

  Posted on 12 July 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Eva Rausing’s Death: The Curse of Inherited Wealth

  

  Eva Rausing. Photo: http://youtu.be/ZT_bf-l6rVM The background After the sad death of Eva Rausing at her London home, the cause of death is still unknown, but... Read more

  Posted on 12 July 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• McDonald’s Bans All Other Types of Chips from Olympic Games Site in Chipgate...

  

  Some chips. Banned from the Olympics, unless McDonald’s. Photo:EvelynGiggles The background Corporate giant and Olympic sponsor McDonald’s is flexing its titani... Read more

  Posted on 12 July 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• London 2012: McDonald’s Has Deal in Place to Ban Other Retailers from Selling...

  

  Some chips. Banned from the Olympics, unless McDonald’s. Photo:EvelynGiggles The background Corporate giant and London 2012 Olympic Games sponsor McDonald’s is... Read more

  Posted on 12 July 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Treasury Plans to Tax Five-a-side Football Are an Own Goal, Say Critics

  

  Soccer balls in a goal. Photo credit: Stevendepolo http://flic.kr/p/6Hc3VN The background Britain’s Coalition Government has come up with controversial plans... Read more

  Posted on 11 July 2012 SOCCER, SOCIETY, SPORTS

• Save Lennox Campaign Fails, Belfast Death Row Dog Euthanised; Twitter Reacts

  

  Lennox is dead The background Lennox, the pit bull-type dog at the heart of the battle between animal rights campaigners and Belfast City Council has been... Read more

  Posted on 11 July 2012 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, CURRENT, PETS, SOCIETY

• Fifty Shades of Grey Film Hires Producers; Who Will Play the Leads?

  

  A shirtless Ryan Gosling is Cosmo’s favorite to play Christian Grey The background Fifty Shades of Grey by E L James, the phenomenally selling book about... Read more

  Posted on 11 July 2012 CURRENT, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Film Adaptation of Fifty Shades of Grey is On

  

  A shirtless Ryan Gosling is Cosmo’s favorite to play Christian Grey The background Fifty Shades of Grey by E L James, the phenomenally selling book about... Read more

  Posted on 11 July 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Campaign to Save Belfast Death Row Dog Lennox Gathers Heat, Belfast City...

  

  Belfast dog Lennox is on death row The background Lennox, a pit bull-type dog (but not actually a pit bull), has been taken from his disabled owner by Belfast... Read more

  Posted on 11 July 2012 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• A Conversation in Kathmandu

  

  Dominik von Bohlen experiences a dialogue with a farmer's wife in Kathmandu. Read more

  Posted on 11 July 2012 PHILOSOPHY, SPIRITUALITY

• What I’ll Miss: Novelist Meg Rosoff in Homage to Nora Ephron

  

  The moon. Photo credit: penguin bush When screenwriter and all-round New York top citizen Nora Ephron died last month, everyone reprinted the “What I’ll Miss”... Read more

  Posted on 11 July 2012 CURRENT, ENTERTAINMENT

• Eva Rausing, Wife of Hans Rausing Found Dead in Home

  

  Eva Rausing found dead at home. Photo: http://youtu.be/ZT_bf-l6rVM The background Eva Rausing (48), the wife of Hans Rausing (49), one of Britain’s richest... Read more

  Posted on 11 July 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Climate Change (probably) Affected by Mankind, Says Study; Freak Weather to...

  

  Floods are likely to continue. Photocredit: hera The background What’s going on? Our winters are hot; our summers are wet. And freak weather is likely to... Read more

  Posted on 11 July 2012 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY, WEATHER

• What the Lords Reform Rebellion Means for the Coalition

  

  MPs rebel on House of Lords reform. The background Is it time up for the coalition? Nick Clegg’s plans to turn the House of Lords into a mostly elected chamber... Read more

  Posted on 11 July 2012 CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• City of the Sharp-Nosed Fish: Greek Lives in Roman Egypt: Review

  

  The site of Oxyrhyncus in 1981. From City of the Sharp-Nosed Fish. A while ago I reported the problem of “book lag”, something which everyone whose... Read more

  Posted on 10 July 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE, HISTORY