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Truss splits the infinitive: grammar Nazi makes rap debut A duet between between British rapper MC Tunes and grammar tsar Lynne Truss is one of the many bizarre collaborations on an album designed make higher education more "street"...(more)

Rogue bowel movement derails Trooping the Colour. Regiments at the annual military ceremony struggle to manoeuvre around a stray dog turd left by one of Her Majesty's beloved corgis... (m ore)

Scatting Laine insane in the brain

2011-09-08 11:27

She has delighted audiences around the world for over five decades and is credited with introducing generations of music fans to modern jazz singing. But in a touching interview with the fig, Cleo Laine's family reveal for the first time that the...

Dawkins' grandchildren boycott pre-school nativity concert.

2011-09-01 15:11

The Grandchildren of Richard Dawkins, the evolutionary biologist, outspoken atheist, secular humanist and popular science writer, are refusing to appear in their playgroup's nativity play. Dawkins and his...

David Ginola in surprise pork scratching endorsement

2011-09-09 16:22

Mark Grayson, Marketing Director of Red Mill Snacks, has revealed the new face of 'Mr Porky' Pork Scratchings: former Premiership footballer and French pin-up David Ginola. Mr Porky: un scratching nommé...

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