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• Incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy Comes Second in French Presidential Election First...

  

  As far-right candidate Marine Le Pen surges and Francois Hollande tops the polls, can Sarkozy keep the presidency? Read more

  Posted on 23 April 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Why I Wouldn’t Buy My Man a ‘mengagement’ Ring

  

  Though I'd eat a Haribo ring in minutes, it would be better than a "mengagement" ring. Photo credit: Miranda Kaufmann I contemplated proposing to my boyfriend... Read more

  Posted on 23 April 2012 LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS

• Five Things You Need to Know from the Barclays Premier League This Weekend

  

  QPR's number 7 and talisman Adel Taarabt. Photo credit: Wonker Manchester United cede the iniative to Manchester City in the title race. Read more

  Posted on 23 April 2012 CURRENT, SOCCER, SOCIETY, SPORTS

• Anders Behring Breivik, in His Own Words, and the Freedom to Speak

  

  Anders Breivik, July 25, 2011. Photo credit: Globovision There has been much angst during the week over the decision to allow Anders Behring Breivik, the man wh... Read more

  Posted on 20 April 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Salmon Fishing in the Yemen: Top Five Books with Equally Long and Annoying Titles

  

  The culprit. Salmon Fishing in the Yemen is hitting our cinema screens this week. But before it was a film, it was a book – by Paul Torday. And a bestselling... Read more

  Posted on 20 April 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Salmon Fishing in the Yemen is a Bit Like Drinking Lemonade, Say Critics

  

  Ewan McGregor and the sheikh. Salmon fishing. Salmon Fishing in the Yemen is a romantic comedy starring Ewan McGregor, Emily Blunt and Kristin Scott Thomas,... Read more

  Posted on 20 April 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Facebook and the Loneliness Question: Is the Social Network Bringing Us Closer O...

  

  Facebook. Photo credit: Dave Rutt http://flic.kr/p/4kNMVu In the cover story from the May issue of The Atlantic, writer Stephen Marche makes the case that... Read more

  Posted on 20 April 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Look at These F•cking Schweffes: A Blog for Looking at Silly Posh People

  

  Some f*cking schweffes. http://fuckingschweffes.tumblr.com/ Did you enjoy Look At My F*cking Red Trousers? Oh good. So did we. Read more

  Posted on 20 April 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• France Elections: Who Are the Candidates, in a Nutshell?

  

  A tricolour, France. http://www.flickr.com/photos/ell-r-brown/3730582654/sizes/z/in/photostream/ As the French Presidential campaign hots up before voting this... Read more

  Posted on 20 April 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• France to Hold Presidential Elections: Sarkozy and Hollande Neck and Neck

  

  Nicolas Sarkozy, the current French President The French elections are due to take place this weekend. The candidates’ campaigns are coming to a head. Read more

  Posted on 20 April 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Racism and the Metropolitan Police: Firefighter Edric Kennedy-Macfoy in Racism...

  

  Metropolitan police. Photocredit: http://www.CGPGrey.com/ Racism in the Metropolitan Police force in London is under scrutiny: there are currently 12 cases of... Read more

  Posted on 20 April 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Sex and the Secret Service: Agency Reputation Tarnished in Prostitution Ring...

  

  American Secret Service officers protecting Obama. photo: Pablo 2008-09 The American Secret Service, the agency tasked with protecting the President and the... Read more

  Posted on 19 April 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Cats in Space: Finally, Felines Boldy Go Where No Feline Has Gone Before

  

  Cats in Space! Me-ow! The wonders of green screen technology and the Dastoli Brothers bring you: Cats in Space. Because, as Robert Dastoli accurately points out... Read more

  Posted on 19 April 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• The Universe is Truly a Remarkable Thing: See How a Buckyball Relates to a Boeing

  

  A still from the animation. Have you ever wondered just where we fit in the grand scheme of things? Or how you scale up against a blue whale, a buckyball, a... Read more

  Posted on 19 April 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Pulitzer: Everyone’s a Winner… Or No One? Pulitzer Prize for Fiction Not...

  

  David Foster Wallace was nominated, post-humously, for a Pulitzer for his novel The Pale King. Photo credit: Steve Rhodes It was announced on Tuesday that the... Read more

  Posted on 19 April 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Deportation of Abu Qatada Becomes a Farce; Theresa May Summoned to Parliament

  

  Abu Qatada's lawyers have lodged an appeal against his deportation to Jordan with the ECHR. Home Secretary Theresa May says it's too late. What's going on? Read more

  Posted on 19 April 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• US Troops in Afghanistan: The Bad Behaviour of Soldiers

  

  US soldiers patrolling in Afghanistan. Photo Credit: US Department of Defense This week, 2 year old photographs of US troops posing in Afghanistan with the limb... Read more

  Posted on 19 April 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• US Troops in Afghanistan Pose with Dead Body Parts

  

  US troops in Afghanistan. Photocredit: The US Army http://www.flickr.com/photos/soldiersmediacenter/768971192/sizes/m/in/photostream/ A new incident of... Read more

  Posted on 19 April 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• George Soro’s New Thinktank at Oxford Martin School and the IMF: How the Eurozon...

  

  George Soros at the World Economic Forum, Davos. photo: World Economic Forum The name George Soros, in a news report, tends to attract attention, but it wasn’t... Read more

  Posted on 18 April 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Are There More Anders Behring Breiviks out There? Or is the Oslo Mass Murderer...

  

  Anders Behring Breivik. Photo credit: oslo politidistrikt Soon after Anders Behring Breivik was arrested for the mass murder of 77 people on 22 July 2011 he... Read more

  Posted on 18 April 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY