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• Encyclopaedia Britannica Calls It a Day on Its Print Version: Will You Miss It?

  

  Britannica left on the shelf? Photo credit: John Morrison: http://www.flickr.com/photos/localcelebrity/5416969277/ Print has been dealt yet another blow:... Read more

  Posted on 15 March 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Warner Brothers’ Harry Potter Studio Tour: Magical Money-spinner?

  

  Will secrets be revealed? Tickets for the Harry Potter Studio Tour. Photo credit: iamvisi http://www.flickr.com/photos/iamvisi/6265624155/ Roll up, muggles! Read more

  Posted on 15 March 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Review: In Darkness, a Film One Should See, Though Perhaps Not Enjoy

  

  In Darkness. The chilling statistics that loom over all examinations of the Holocaust also serve to deny the dead any sense of individuality. Read more

  Posted on 15 March 2012 CURRENT, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Horseracing Fatalities at Cheltenham: Should the Sport of Kings Be Banned?

  

  The Cheltenham Gold Cup, 2010. Photocredit: Charles Dyer http://www.flickr.com/photos/charliedees/4529340036/sizes/z/in/photostream/ The Cheltenham Gold Cup is... Read more

  Posted on 15 March 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Tesco UK Chief Richard Brasher Steps Down

  

  A branch of troubled giant Tesco. Photocredit: Geograph http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/862552 Tesco’s UK head, Richard Brasher, has stepped down from his role... Read more

  Posted on 15 March 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Syrian Uprising One Year On

  

  Violence continues, al-Assad’s wife buys chandeliers Read more

  Posted on 15 March 2012 CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Wolf-whistling: Harmless Flattery Or Street Harassment?

  

  Can you wolf-whistle? Do you? Should you? Photo credit: Myrmi http://www.flickr.com/photos/area/752565747/ British Prime Minister David Cameron has committed... Read more

  Posted on 14 March 2012 CURRENT, LEGAL, SOCIETY

• David Cameron Flies into Washington for Dinner, Basketball and International...

  

  US President Barack Obama and UK Prime Minister David Cameron. Photo credit: Foreign Commonwealth Office UK Prime Minister David Cameron has begun an... Read more

  Posted on 14 March 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Just How Bad for You is Red Meat? Heated Health Risk Row Sizzles on

  

  Red meat in all its glory. Photo credit: Sheilaz413 In more bad news for voracious carnivores, Harvard Medical School researchers have found that regularly... Read more

  Posted on 14 March 2012 CURRENT, FOOD & DRINK, HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING, SOCIETY

• Marketing Agency’s Scheme to Turn Homeless People into Mobile Wireless Hotspots...

  

  Is the BBH Labs project a step up from the Big Issue or simply demeaning? Read more

  Posted on 14 March 2012 BUSINESS, CURRENT, MARKETING & ADVERTISING, SOCIETY

• Goldman Sachs Exec Quits Via Open Letter in The New York Times

  

  Greg Smith brands investment bank 'toxic and destructive'. Read more

  Posted on 14 March 2012 BUSINESS, CURRENT, SOCIETY

• St Patrick’s Day: Guinness ’round up Your Mates’ Ad Goes Viral

  

  A pint of Guinness. Photo credit: marco83 For many Irish people, Saint Patrick’s Day (17 March) isn’t complete without a pint or two of the country’s famous... Read more

  Posted on 14 March 2012 BUSINESS, CURRENT, HUMOR, MARKETING & ADVERTISING, SOCIETY

• Santorum Sweeps Social Conservative States in South

  

  Few are surprised but what does it mean for Romney, Gingrich? Read more

  Posted on 14 March 2012 CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Hunger Games: After Harry Potter and Twilight, is This the Next Big Teen...

  

  The Hunger Games book is already a big hit with teenagers. Photo credit: michi003 With 400 fans queuing overnight for tickets at Monday night’s premiere in Los... Read more

  Posted on 13 March 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE, CURRENT, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, SOCIETY

• First Story: Sadness by Robert Marston

  

  First Story is a charity that promotes creativity in schools. Every week it posts a piece by one of its students. This is “Sadness”, a poem by Robert Marston. I... Read more

  Posted on 13 March 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Kauto Star, Ruby Walsh and Why Cheltenham Festival 2012 is So Damn Special

  

  Ruby Walsh celebrates winning the Cheltenham Gold Cup on Kauto Star. Photo credit: Charlesfred The Cheltenham Festival, the most eagerly anticipated and most... Read more

  Posted on 13 March 2012 CURRENT, SPORTS

• Harvard Study Finds Link Between High Red Meat Consumption and Increased...

  

  Burgers: Deadly? Photo credit: L.Richarz http://www.flickr.com/photos/lricharz/6105308202/ Cutting into a thick, juicy steak; the scent of bacon cooking in the... Read more

  Posted on 13 March 2012 CURRENT, HEALTH, SOCIETY

• Friends With Kids: Jon Hamm, Kristen Wiig and Bridesmaids Stars Light up...

  

  Friends With Kids is a star-studded romantic comedy about college pals who decide to have kids despite not being an item. Read more

  Posted on 13 March 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Barack Obama and David Cameron Expected to Agree Combat Withdrawal from...

  

  UK Prime Minister David Cameron in Afghanistan. Photo credit: isafmedia, http://flic.kr/p/8ZdTNv Britain and the US are set to withdraw from their combat role i... Read more

  Posted on 13 March 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Prince Harry Trip: Are Brits a Nation of Sycophants When It Comes to the Royal...

  

  Prince Harry. Photo credit: An Honorable German Harrymania continues, as the prince’s official 10 day tour to the Caribbean and South America comes to an end,... Read more

  Posted on 13 March 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY