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Charity case
I’m hoping that my pension lies in the Neighbours’ theme tune sheet music - complete with a photograph of the original cast - I picked up in a charity shop last year.
Air travel: the good, the bag and the ugly
Ryanair and Gatwick airport have served me well over the last six months. But airport-related frustration on my latest trip made me even more grateful that the Irish boyfriend has decided to relocate.
Campaign video creating a buzz
A while ago we wrote about Haagan Dazs’ campaign on the decline of the bees that help make some of their favourite flavours.
As in the bees pollinate the plants from which ingredient fruits are harvested, they don’t don white coats and operate churning machinery. Or perhaps they do.
Enter the Bee-Boy Dance Crew. Part of the [...]
The pedigree problem
No one would encourage a grandfather to mate with his granddaughter. But inbreeding among dogs is common practice within pedigree circles, often with disastrous consequences.
Neither fish nor Phelps
Michael Phelps, or ‘freaky Phelps’, as some of the tabloids have so kindly named him, is everyone’s new favourite sporting hero.
Flowers in the dark
My last flat had a garden, my new flat has dungeons. What can one grow in dungeons?
My monkey’s business
One of the best presents I’ve ever received was my very own, real life monkey.
Treehugger on green driving
Michael Graham Richard, cars and transportation editor at Treehugger.com, gives his advice on how to cut your driving emissions.
Relationships on the line
Ringing abroad, as I’ve found out since bagging myself an Irish boyfriend, does not come cheap.
The AA on green driving
In the first of a new series, the AA’s Luke Bosdet offers his top tips on green driving.
