Saturday 27 April
Rebecca Tyrrel: 'By 2020, the hope is that Britain will have a politician named Street Downing'
Who knew that there is a member of the US House of Representatives by the name of David Camp who .....
Saturday 20 April
Rebecca Tyrrel: Geoffrey Boycott’s nickname, Thatch, arose from an unfortunate hair transplant
Who knew that Theresa May's guiding light is not Mrs Thatcher, or even her near namesake porn sta.....
Saturday 13 April
Rebecca Tyrrel: Sir Alan Sugar will climb into his Rolls Royce shouting, 'You're fired!' at the lot of them
Who knew that Sir Alan Sugar is not the only BBC1 prime-time star in his family? His niece, Rita .....
Saturday 6 April
Rebecca Tyrrel: Laurence Olivier nobly taught Julie Goodyear how to stage-vomit
Who knew that Julie Goodyear, aka Bet Lynch, that foghorn-voiced diva of the Rover's Return, is a.....
Saturday 30 March
Rebecca Tyrrel: Had Marie Osmond been the seventh child, she could have called herself 007
Who knew that Marie Osmond's given name is Olive? Why in the world did she change it? There are t.....
Sunday 24 March
Let's build our houses for the way we live now
George Osborne's attempts to solve our housing crisis are heading in the same direction as Parlia.....
Sunday 24 March
You can call me Your Excellency, and save a life
My family are finally proud of me. After years of putting up with me dressing as a squirrel and t.....
Saturday 23 March
Letter from the Editor: The press controls are flawed, but where is the alternative?
Has there ever been a more cack-handed attempt at creating a new regulatory framework? What does .....
Saturday 23 March
Rebecca Tyrrel: Who knew that the only wicket Sir Arthur Conan Doyle took as a first-class cricketer was the legendary Dr WG Grace?
Who knew that the only wicket Sir Arthur Conan Doyle took as a first-class cricketer was the lege.....
Saturday 16 March
Rebecca Tyrrel: 'Uma Thurman got off lightly. Her brothers are called Ganden, Dechen and Mipam'
Who knew that Uma Thurman's father was the first Westerner ever to become a Buddhist monk? He pop.....
Saturday 2 March
Rebecca Tyrrel: Iain Duncan Smith's one novel was such a calamity, it never made it to a paperback edition
Who knew that Iain Duncan Smith is not only one-eighth Japanese, but also a distant cousin of Geo.....
Saturday 23 February
Rebecca Tyrrel: Lady Gaga says that she went trouser-less to help her gran make her out on TV
Who knew that Lady Gaga is mad for darts? The singer, songwriter, producer, dancer, actress, huma.....
Saturday 16 February
Rebecca Tyrrel: JD Wetherspoon is named after a teetotal geography teacher from New Zealand
Who knew that one of George Orwell's legacies to British culture is the JD Wetherspoon pub chain?.....
Saturday 9 February
Rebecca Tyrrel: Anyone tempted to ride in the Holy Heli should be aware of the Pope’s medical history
Who knew that the Pope has a private pilot's licence, and that he likes to fly the papal helicopt.....
Saturday 2 February
Rebecca Tyrrel: Any hopes Jim Davidson has of reviving his career look illogical (captain)
Who knew that when Trekkie Jim Davidson learnt of Patrick Stewart's support for the Labour Party,.....
Sunday 27 January
Poverty is exploited by food giants
I have sinned. The other night I ate a mackerel. A nice juicy specimen, purchased from Carricks f.....
Sunday 27 January
Three funerals and a beheading
Was someone trying to tell me something? I laughed half-heartedly but it was freaking me out
Saturday 26 January
Rebecca Tyrrel: Shirley MacLaine's poems should whet the appetite of any Hallmark talent scouts
Who knew that Shirley MacLaine has insured herself, to the tune of $25 million, against being abd.....
Friday 18 January
Rebecca Tyrrel: Who knew the dark-haired one from Abba has had quite a life? Her boyfriend is WH Smith...
Who knew that if the dark-haired one from Abba ever married her boyfriend, WH Smith, also known a.....
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