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• Archbishop of York Dr John Sentamu’s Remarks in Opposition to Gay Marriage...

  

  Archbishop of York Dr John Sentamu. Photo credit: Scottgunn Archbishop of York Dr John Sentamu, the second most senior cleric in the Church of England, has... Read more

  Posted on 30 January 2012 CURRENT, LGBTQ, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Is This the Happiest Monday of the Year?

  

  Shaun Ryder! Vajazzles! Octogenarian sex! Who wouldn't be cheerful? Read more

  Posted on 30 January 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Birdsong: Critics Divided Over Second Half of BBC’s Adaptation of Sebastian...

  

  Eddie Redmayne in Birdsong. Photo credit: BBC The first part of BBC drama Birdsong was a hit with the critics. Andrew Billen described the long-awaited... Read more

  Posted on 30 January 2012 CURRENT, ENTERTAINMENT, TV & VIDEO

• Women Better at Car Parking Than Men, Says Study

  

  Parked cars. Photo credit: IceBone Women are better at parking than men. That’s according to a cliché-exploding study carried out by National Car Parks (NCP),... Read more

  Posted on 30 January 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Labour MP David Lammy Says Parents Should Be Allowed to Smack Their Children

  

  England riots: Lack of smacking partly to blame? Photo credit: Nico Hogg, http://www.flickr.com/photos/nicohogg/6018692165/ The debate on smacking children has... Read more

  Posted on 30 January 2012 CURRENT, FAMILY, PARENTING, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Wall Trampolining: The Latest Extreme Sport to Blow up the Web

  

  Wall trampolining is gravity-defying, dangerous and extreme. No wonder videos of the blossoming new craze coming out of Quebec, Canada, are electrifying the... Read more

  Posted on 30 January 2012 OTHER SPORTS, SPORTS

• RBS Boss Stephen Hester Turns Down Bonus, Labour Leader Ed Miliband Praises...

  

  Row over 'fat cat pay' heats up after Stephen Hester rejects Royal Bank of Scotland bonus. Read more

  Posted on 30 January 2012 BUSINESS, CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Australian Open Final 2012: Djokovic Defeats Rafael Nadal

  

  Serbian upsets Spaniard in tennis’s greatest ever final Read more

  Posted on 30 January 2012 CURRENT, SPORTS, TENNIS

• Vice President Joe Biden’s ‘Indian Accent’ Strikes Again

  

  Vice President Joe Biden. Photo credit: Center for American Progress Action Fund US Vice President Joe Biden appeared to slip into an Indian accent during a... Read more

  Posted on 27 January 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Snoring Dormouse Is the Cutest Recent Viral Video

  

  A much more awake dormouse. Photo credit: Kleinsaeguer.at, http://www.flickr.com/photos/64478539@N07/6537089893/ It’s the sweetest, tiniest case of sleep apnea... Read more

  Posted on 27 January 2012 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY, VIRAL

• Toy Protest in Russia: Fun and Games End After Police Crackdown

  

  No opposition protest escapes the attention of the Russian authorities, no matter how small. Read more

  Posted on 27 January 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Philosopher Alain De Botton Wants to Build a Temple to Atheism. Is He Mad Or...

  

  Should atheists be allowed to have their own temples? Alain de Botton wants to build one. Read more

  Posted on 27 January 2012 CURRENT, RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Is Sasha Laxton, the Boy Brought up ‘gender-neutral’, a Social Experiment Gone...

  

  Sasha Laxton, the boy brought up "gender neutral." Photo from http://uk.lifestyle.yahoo.com/five-year-old-raised-gender-neutral.html Is gender important? Read more

  Posted on 27 January 2012 CURRENT, DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Whip-its: What Are They and Why is Demi Moore Doing Them?

  

  Booze-infused whip-its? Parents, hide your children! Photo credit: Travis S, http://www.flickr.com/photos/baggis On Monday, actress Demi Moore was hospitalized... Read more

  Posted on 27 January 2012 CELEB, CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Mitt Romney Clobbers Newt Gingrich in Florida GOP Debate: Nominations on a...

  

  The gloves are off once more as Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich square up to each other in the Florida GOP debate. Read more

  Posted on 27 January 2012 CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Being There: Stop Checking Your Phone All the Time

  

  Why is constantly checking one's mobile device a tolerated rudeness? Read more

  Posted on 26 January 2012 CURRENT, GADGETS, LIFE COACH, SOCIETY, TECH

• Google Faces Outrage Over New Privacy Policy – but is It Actually Anything New?

  

  Concern mounts over Google's "new" privacy policy, but is it simply ignorance? Or is Google being, well, evil? Read more

  Posted on 26 January 2012 CURRENT, SOCIAL MEDIA, SOCIETY, TECH

• The Joy of Shoes… and Handbags… and Earrings

  

  Shoes. Shoes. I am really, truly not the sort of girl who is that bothered about shoes. I know everyone says that, but you can tell I’m not lying because I’m no... Read more

  Posted on 26 January 2012 FASHION, LIFESTYLE

• France’s Frontrunner Challenger to Sarkozy, François Hollande, Quotes Shakespear...

  

  Hollande. Photo credit: Alain Delpy, http://www.flickr.com/photos/idf-fotos/1312785663/ François Hollande, leftist challenger to French President Nicolas... Read more

  Posted on 26 January 2012 CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Who Snubbed the Queen’s Honours? Cabinet Office Forced to Reveal List of...

  

  The Queen. Roald Dahl, Francis Bacon and Lucien Freud all turned down the Queen, according to records released by the Cabinet Office on Wednesday – the... Read more

  Posted on 26 January 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY