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• Vivienne Westwood Brands UK Style ‘ugly’ as London Fashion Week 2012 Gets...

  

  It's fashion, darling: Vivienne Westwood shoes. Photo credit: Hectorthebat, http://flic.kr/p/5qLoz5 People in the UK have “never looked so ugly”, according to... Read more

  Posted on 21 February 2012 CURRENT, FASHION, LIFESTYLE, SOCIETY

• Coalition for Marriage Starts Petition to Campaign Against Gay Marriage; Will...

  

  Christian campaigners launch petition to prevent gay marriage law Read more

  Posted on 21 February 2012 CURRENT, LGBTQ, LOVE & SEX, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Viral Video: Finnish President’s Husband Busted Blatantly Ogling Danish...

  

  Danish princess Mary and her admirer, Finnish president's husband Pentti Arajarvi. Photo credit: YouTube As anyone who has watched Danish TV series Borgen will... Read more

  Posted on 21 February 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Greece Gets a Second Bailout

  

  Private creditors get a haircut and Germany gets tough Read more

  Posted on 21 February 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Viral Video: Disneyland Brawler Won’t Stay Down Despite Being Repeatedly Pepper...

  

  A young boy climbs out of a bumper car at Disney's California Adventure Park. Photo credit: crumb Disney theme parks are supposedly some of the most family... Read more

  Posted on 21 February 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY, VIRAL

• Napoli Versus Chelsea: Should Blues’ Manager Andre Villas-Boas Be Sacked Or Give...

  

  Chelsea manager Andre Villas-Boas seems convinced his job is safe despite his worsening relationships with senior players. The sports commentariat (and the... Read more

  Posted on 20 February 2012 CURRENT, SOCCER, SPORTS

• Does It Matter That Richard Dawkins’ Great-great-great-great-great Grandfather...

  

  Richard Dawkins. Photo credit: Lewishamdreamer Richard Dawkins, evolutionary biologist and prominent and outspoken atheist, is no stranger to stinging... Read more

  Posted on 20 February 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Onionlike: Life Imitates Satirical Newspaper

  

  The Onion. Photo credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/agillphotography/6480289475 Life has a weird, sometimes sad way of imitating comedy. Read more

  Posted on 20 February 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• David Cameron Slammed for ‘shutting Out’ Critics of NHS Reform Bill During...

  

  The NHS: Targeted for reform UK Prime Minister David Cameron’s emergency summit was supposed to heal rifts over planned NHS reform. Read more

  Posted on 20 February 2012 CURRENT, HEALTH, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• British Boxers Dereck Chisora and David Haye Brawl, Sport’s Reputation Left...

  

  David Haye. Photo credit: Atilthehun British boxers Dereck “Del Boy” Chisora and David “Hayemaker” Haye could both face lifetime boxing bans after brawling at... Read more

  Posted on 20 February 2012 CURRENT, OTHER SPORTS, SOCIETY, SPORTS

• New Blur Song ‘Under the Westway’ Unveiled Ahead of Brit Awards – and Banner Yea...

  

  Blur at Hyde Park, July 2009. Photo credit: Martin Pettit, http://www.flickr.com/photos/mdpettitt/3699300756 Blur, veterans of the 1990s Britpop scene, are... Read more

  Posted on 20 February 2012 CURRENT, ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• The Simpsons Marks 500th Episode with Guest Appearance from Wikileaks Founder...

  

  Twenty-two years of guest stars, couch sequences and d'oh! Read more

  Posted on 20 February 2012 CURRENT, ENTERTAINMENT, TV & VIDEO

• Father Shoots Daughter’s Laptop After Rude Facebook Post, Video Goes Viral: Toug...

  

  The fallen laptop. After his 15-year-old daughter posted a letter to her parents on Facebook – one that she evidently didn’t want them to see – complaining abou... Read more

  Posted on 20 February 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY, VIRAL

• The Sun on Sunday: Another Rupert Murdoch Masterstroke Or His Last Throw of the...

  

  The Sun on Sunday is to launch on February 26. Will it be like The News of the World? Will it have Page 3? No-one really knows yet but lots are happily... Read more

  Posted on 20 February 2012 CURRENT, MEDIA, SOCIETY

• Bailed-out Bank Lloyds to Claw Back £2 Million from Executives

  

  Lloyds TSB. Photo credit: Elliott Brown via flickr Lloyds Bank is set to become the first bank to strip executives of part of their bonuses as a penalty for... Read more

  Posted on 20 February 2012 BUSINESS, CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Ahead of Funeral Service, Bobby Brown Remembers Whitney Houston… by Calling...

  

  Whitney Houston. Photo credit: asterix611, http://flic.kr/p/6UPq2t Whitney Houston, the soulful-voiced singer whose death on February 11 came after years of... Read more

  Posted on 17 February 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Anthony Shadid, Pulitzer Prize-winning Foreign Correspondent, Dies in Syria Afte...

  

  Anthony Shadid. Photo credit: Terissa Schor, http://www.flickr.com/photos/terissaschor/410814835/ Anthony Shadid, a two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning foreign... Read more

  Posted on 17 February 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Greece Nears Bailout Package, but Default Threat Still Lingers as Germany Demand...

  

  Sign in Syntagma Square, Athens, on February 12. Photo credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/odysseasgr/6868962575/ Greek officials claim that they have met the... Read more

  Posted on 17 February 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Psychological Drama Homeland is Set to Rivet Britain

  

  Claire Danes and Damian Lewis in Homeland. Publicity still. Homeland is a US television series (based on an Israeli production, Hatufim) that makes its British... Read more

  Posted on 17 February 2012 CURRENT, ENTERTAINMENT, TV & VIDEO

• David Cameron’s Speech in Defence of the Union – Including Scotland – Was a...

  

  David Cameron and Alex Salmond meet. Photocredit: The Prime Minister's Office http://www.flickr.com/photos/number10gov/4607637596/sizes/z/in/photostream/ David... Read more

  Posted on 17 February 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY