Regardless of the rights and wrongs of seemingly perpetual military intervention in Afghanistan by the forces of foreign powers, a debate without end except for the unfortunate victims on all sides, there is currently an offensive taking place against the Taliban. The Denver Post, everyone’s favourite read, has published a plog (photo blog) containing a collection of 48 amazingly stunning …
Due care and attention
It’s probably everyone’s dream to find a lost masterpiece in the attic, but it doesn’t always work out as expected. In 1993, a painting came to light during a house clearance and the owners took the canvas to Christie’s in London for a valuation. They were told that the painting was probably from the ‘school of Titian’ but unlikely to …
It’s a banker’s life
Banks are in the news again in the UK as the taxpayer-owned Royal Bank of Scotland posted losses of £3.6 billion. This was just hours after announcing it would hand out staff bonuses of £1.3 billion. This has caused a few eyebrows to furrow or rise in consternation, but it does have a sound basis in logic. RBS were expected to …
Possible dilemma
The controversial body scanners are now in widespread use in the USA and limited use in the UK, although implementation in the two countries is vastly different, but the latest developments could throw up an interesting dilemma for the UK authorities.
Extracting the Michael
The good news is that the MP’s expenses scandal in the UK seems to be spawning a new growth industry. The bad news is that it is going to cost the taxpayer a fortune and appears to be another case of jobs for the boys.
Unique anatomy
Ashok Shivnani, a 64 year old Indian man living in Mumbai, is thought by doctors to be unique in the world. In hospital for the removal of a tumour on his kidney, doctors discovered that his internal organs and many of his blood vessels are on the wrong side of his body.
Selling England by the pound
The gold has been sold (probably the silverware, too), power companies are now foreign owned, as are major airports, so what’s left for NuLiebour to sell off to try and make a small dent in the huge debts it has accumulated as a result of its appalling mismanagement of the UK economy?
To dress, or not to dress, that is the question
Tesco’s in Cardiff, a school and some resorts along the Costa del Sol do seem to have something in common, and that is a concern about the modern trend of ‘anything goes’ when it comes to dressing for the occasion.
Google Books
Google Books continues to run into problems as the US Department of Justice says that it is still not satisfied with a deal that would allow search giant to build a huge digital library, arguing that the plan fails to address antitrust and copyright concerns.
Quiche and tell
Cashiers at Tesco in Cannons Park, Coventry, refused to sell a slice of quiche to a 24 year old woman until she produced some sort if identification to prove that she was over 21 years old. What on earth do they put in quiche these days? Or was the crust so sharp it counted as an illegal weapon? But it’s …