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Don't look down! Nik Wallenda crosses the Grand Canyon on just two inches of steel rope
Monday 24 June 2013
He is already considering his next death-defying feat in New York
Oldest man in recorded history Jiroemon Kimura dies in Japan aged 116
Wednesday 12 June 2013
Title of world's oldest person now goes to 115-year-old Japanese woman Misao Okawa
Invisible Ink: No 173 - Robert M Pirsig
Saturday 18 May 2013
In the roll-call of student summer reading certain volumes stand out, including Desmond Morris's body language phenomenon The Naked Ape and Richard Bach's Jonathan Livingston Seagull. To those can be added a volume by Robert M Pirsig that snuggled its way into every hitchhiker's hand-crocheted body satchel. Unlike Bach, whose books were like being hit with a wiffle bat full of pot-pourri, Pirsig is the real deal. Born in 1928, this precocious university student was eventually expelled for studying too hard, after growing bewildered by the choice of multiple hypotheses in his chosen field, biochemistry. Overwhelmed by the limitations of science, he tackled Eastern philosophy instead, spending time in India before returning to a US college.
Everest climber aims to reach his peak at 80
Friday 17 May 2013
An 80-year-old Japanese mountaineer has begun his attempt to scale Mount Everest, in an effort to reclaim his title as the oldest man to reach the summit.
Adam Crozier boosts ITV's appeal to American investors with acquisition of US TV production company
Monday 13 May 2013
If chief executive Adam Crozier wants to make ITV more appealing to American investors, he looks to be going about it the right way.
Indian stuntman Sailendra Nath Roy dies trying to cross a river on a zip wire using his ponytail
Monday 29 April 2013
Sailendra Nath Roy was famous for stunts using his hair
Nepalese man sets record for longest broadcast with 62-hour television marathon
Sunday 14 April 2013
A Nepalese man has set a world record for the longest broadcast by a television presenter after remaining on air for 62 hours and 12 minutes.
Miranda's Mad March in jeopardy after Call The Midwife actress twists ankle in high heels
Monday 11 March 2013
TV star Miranda Hart has thrown Red Nose Day plans into chaos after suffering an ankle injury - by stumbling in her high heels.
Tony Hadley and Kim Wilde perform gig at 43,000 feet for Comic Relief
Monday 11 March 2013
Eighties stars Tony Hadley and Kim Wilde sang their way into the record books today after performing the highest ever concert together on a jumbo jet.
Graham Norton raised £1 million for Comic Relief with chat show marathon
Friday 08 March 2013
Presenter Graham Norton has set a new world record with his BBC chat show marathon - and raised more than £1 million for charity.
Nepalese woman mountaineer recognised for climbing Everest twice in same season
Monday 25 February 2013
A Nepalese woman mountaineer has been recognised by Guinness World Records for climbing Mount Everest twice in the same climbing season.
Spandau Ballet's Tony Hadley to take flight to sing 'I'll Fly For You' at 43,000ft
Monday 18 February 2013
Eighties chart stars including Tony Hadley and Kim Wilde are to try to set a new world record for the world's highest gig.
Tim Minchin speaks of 'humiliation' after voice is enhanced on Jesus Christ Superstar DVD
Friday 01 February 2013
The comic who plays Judas Iscariot says auto-tuning his voice is 'f***ing rude' and 'insulting'
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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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