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UK needs politically astute monarch
Oped, Matt Qvortrup, Published on 17/09/2022
» You would look in vain for any controversial statements made by Queen Elizabeth II during her lifetime. Sure, in the internet age, she, too, acquiesced to having a Twitter account, and a team of press people would post things on Instagram in her name. But they were all bland, uncontroversial -- and, frankly, dull.
Becoming Long John Silver just for a day
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 19/09/2021
» Important news. Today is International Talk Like a Pirate Day, on which everyone is encouraged to speak in the manner of a buccaneer, sea dog, corsair, picaroon or whatever you wish to call them. If you are desperate Captain Jack Sparrow impersonations will suffice.
An 'old man in a chair' pulling rabbits from his bag of 'truths'
News, Oliver Fennell, Published on 27/06/2020
» An old man in a chair sits, legs crossed, next to a dark-wood bookcase stocked with hardbacks. He speaks of "the truth" about coronavirus and repeats many of the conspiracy theories we've heard elsewhere, but he does so calmly, reading from prepared notes, peering over half-moon spectacles.
Black 'lynching' radio ad illustrates racial overtones
News, Maria Caspani, Published on 23/10/2018
» Many political ads in this year's US elections pack an unusually harsh and personal punch -- some with racial overtones.
Shame on Koh Tao
News, Postbag, Published on 08/09/2018
» According to media reports, a young British woman claimed she was drugged and raped on Koh Tao. After a preliminary investigation which presumably did not include forensic analysis by a rape expert, the police concluded no crime took place because -- wait for it -- the tide was too high.
No debt to society
News, Postbag, Published on 20/07/2018
» Re: "Boys owe a debt," (PostBag, July 19).