IMF admits disastrous love affair with the euro, apologises for the immolation of Greece
The IMF’s chief Christine Lagarde is presiding over an organisation that is almost out of control Ambrose Evans-Pritchard Telegraph 28 JULY 2016 The International Monetary Fund’s top staff misled their … Continue reading
‘Sexual depravity’ of penguins that Antarctic scientist dared not reveal
Landmark polar research about the Adélie penguin’s sex life by Captain Scott’s expedition, deemed too shocking for the public 100 years ago, is unearthed at the Natural History Museum Dr … Continue reading
Necrophilia among ducks ruffles research feathers
The strange case of the homosexual necrophiliac duck pushed out the boundaries of knowledge in a rather improbable way when it was recorded by Dutch researcher Kees Moeliker. It may … Continue reading
The Secret Agent: a timely BBC adaptation of Joseph Conrad’s novel
As Conrad’s 1907 novel screens, Mark Lawson hails a prescient masterpiece that has shaped depictions of terrorism and espionage Toby Jones as Verloc in the new BBC1 adaptation of The … Continue reading
Lost strip clubs — No.2 The Flying Scotsman strip pub, King’s Cross (closed October 2015, now The Scottish Stores craft beer pub)
Lost strip clubs — No.1 Boulevard Strip, Soho (aka the French Pussycat Club, closed December 2013)
London Strip News — Woolpack Hayes now has an online rota. And website
In the best news in the strip pub scene since the Flying Scotsman closed, the Woolpack in Hayes (just outside London admittedly) now publishes the names of their florid & … Continue reading
German MPs back stricter rape laws after Cologne attacks
Legislation tightens rules on consent, makes groping a sex crime and enables prosecution of entire groups A sign at a protest over the Cologne sex attacks in January. Photograph: Sascha … Continue reading
Sterling slide is painful but what we need in a global deflation crisis
AMBROSE EVANS-PRITCHARD Telegraph 6 JULY 2016 The pound has had a spectacular fall but it is not such a bad thing in a deflationary world of currency wars Britain … Continue reading
Ignore the prophets of doom. Brexit will be good for Britain
Simon Jenkins A stale leadership class is on the way out and the property bubble will burst. I can’t see the bad news Illustration by Eva Bee The Guardian, Wednesday … Continue reading
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