Had enough of tennis? I mentioned last week the excitement of living somewhere that becomes the centre of the world for two weeks a year. Well, I've been reminded of more of the drawbacks in the last few days.
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Rhodri Marsden: Pay attention: this stuff could be the future of comedy
Tuesday 21 May 2013
Life on Marsden
Jump rabbit, jump rabbit, jump jump jump: Showjumping bunnies star at London Pet Show
Monday 13 May 2013
No, your eyes are not deceiving you. The accompanying picture is indeed a showjumping rabbit, taking part in an agility test at the London Pet Show, which took place at the weekend.
Theatre review: Cannibals, Royal Exchange Manchester
Tuesday 09 April 2013
Cannibals is Rory Mullarkey’s first full-length professional play. Hard, uncompromising and in its literal sense visceral, there are some truly unappetising moments in this brutal and bloody drama. Yet it is far from being a relentless gore-fest.
No reservations, no celebrity chefs: greasy spoon outshines Michelin-starred restaurants
Wednesday 20 March 2013
The Regency Café has been named as one of the UK's best places to dine out
Carrot juice tins hide £8m of drugs
Wednesday 23 January 2013
One of the biggest ever seizures of liquid cocaine has been made after the drug was detected in juice tins at Gatwick Airport, the UK Border Agency said today.
£8m of cocaine hidden in 'carrot juice' tins
Wednesday 23 January 2013
One of the biggest ever seizures of liquid cocaine has been made after the drug was detected in juice tins at Gatwick Airport, the UK Border Agency said today.
Tom Hodgkinson: The boys seem happiest surrounded by screens
Sunday 13 January 2013
What's wrong with children? However much you attempt to instill an anti-consumerist philosophy into them, they still hurl themselves unthinkingly at the latest fads, costing you an arm and a leg in the process.
Overweight benefit claimants could have their money docked if they refuse to exercise
Thursday 03 January 2013
Overweight benefit claimants could have their money docked if they refuse exercise regimes prescribed by doctors under pioneering council plans.
Ten reasons why I hate Santa
Saturday 22 December 2012
1. He gave me an illuminated globe for Christmas when I was 11. Who gives an 11-year-old boy an illuminated globe? Why did I get that while Adam - who was a really nasty piece of work - got Reebok trainers and a Sega Mega Drive?
'If your IQ is somewhere around 60 then you are probably a carrot' - leading member of Mensa apologises after controversial comment on BBC Breakfast
Friday 21 December 2012
A number of viewers contacted the programme to voice concerns over the remarks, which they said insulted people with learning difficulties
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Is the Muslim call to prayer really such a menace?
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Channel 4 to 'provoke' viewers who associate Islam with terrorism with live call to prayer during Ramadan
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US army doctor returns arm to Vietnamese soldier fifty years after he took it as a souvenir
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Police seize possessions of rough sleepers in crackdown on homelessness
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Demand for food banks has nothing to do with benefits squeeze, says Work minister Lord Freud
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