Ode to easyJet
Once again in the sky to my country of birth, where the air is so stale and the seats have no girth. The easyJet method of rush and let’s go,
Low speed chase
A GROUP of boys who stole a golf buggy from a resort near the north Australian city of Darwin sparked a low-speed highway chase down a major highway when two
Hungry mob
IRAN FAILED to register what it said would be the world’s largest sandwich in the Guinness Book of World Records on October 17, after people rushed forward and began eating
Idle son
A FATHER in Nigeria took his 20-year old son to an Islamic court – for idleness, asking that he be sent to prison for refusing to engage in productive activities.
Dirty northerners
ACCORDING TO a study carried out by the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, the further north people live, the less likely they are to wash their hands after
BLiP success
This week we publish another selection of photographs of BLiP 2008 and a few letters from exhibitors sent to the organisers of the event Exiberia. Just to say a big
Rabbit invasion
AN INVASION of rabbits has led to the famous Robben Island museum in South Africa closing while the fluffy trespassers are culled. The site, where Nelson Mandela was famously jailed,
A smashing time
FED UP with the financial crisis? Sick of your job? Frustrated in your relationship? A new enterprise in San Diego, US, has reported a boom in business as clients look
Man vs. machine
WHAT SHOULD be the stuff of science fiction is actually becoming more of a reality as computers trick people into thinking they are chatting with a human and not a
Blondes have more fun
A JUDGE in Connecticut, US, has dismissed the case of a blonde woman who had been attempting to sue L’Oreal for ruining her social life after she accidently dyed her