Mere hours after Theresa May ate a three-tiered Brexit cake, made specially for the Prime Minister by some of her closest advisors and aides, she emerged from the bathroom looking several pounds lighter, her cheeks gently perspiring and rosily aglow. Alas the colour they had taken soon masked an embarrassment, for an untoward piece of tissue paper had fixed itself…
It was early last December, As near as I remember, I was walking down the street in tipsy pride; No one was I disturbing As I lay down by the curbing, And a pig came up and lay down by my side. As I lay there in the gutter Thinking thoughts I shall not utter, A lady passing by was…
One would think that with parliamentary sovereignty at stake, as the connotations of only the third nationwide referendum in British history make their way through the court system, all eyes at the current time would be on the Supreme Court as it prepares to confirm just who has the right to invoke Article 50. Article 50 when triggered will formally notify…
Everybody knows that cats like to knead and nuzzle, but the perpetual internet furore over their purported cuteness has often masked an uncomfortable truth: as a HuffPo article once dared to mention, ‘Cats Love Boobs And Here’s Proof’. Bobcats are twice as large as their domesticated cousins, and boy are they rough! With their pointed, black-tipped ears and ruffs of hair…
Ahhh, there’s nothing quite like a nice warm shower! Especially in winter, when after daring off cosy covers from the bedroom to the bathroom you’re forced to tread cold floors, and only stop shivering once your body’s under the water, or when you come home sodden and have to strip the clinging clothes from your hide, before the respite of…
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The English Patient received twelve nominations at the 69th Academy Awards, and came away with nine golden gongs, including the illustrious prizes for Best Director, Best Supporting Actress, and Best Picture. But twenty years later is this epic romance – framed in the shell of a monastery in the dying days of the Italian Campaign of World War II – still…
The King of China’s daughter, She never would love me Though I hung my cap and bells upon Her nutmeg tree. For oranges and lemons, The stars in bright blue air, (I stole them long ago, my dear) Were dangling there. The Moon did give me silver pence, The sun did give me gold, And both together softly blew And…
With Brexit set to cost Britain’s already struggling universities billions of pounds thanks to the inevitable drop in student numbers and loss of EU funding, it is worth remembering that even as Home Secretary Theresa May’s hard line, bullying, and bigoted stance on immigration often saw education as an expedient target. Adamant that foreign students should be counted as part of immigration…
The Supreme Court of India is well known for its vacations, taking respite from the weary work of law, appeals, and constitutions via numerous short breaks for public holidays and religious festivals, in addition to the month and a half it spends annually enjoying the early summer sun. But when the sun goes down, as the number of pending cases…
Aries (20 March – 19 April) Did you know that the wise men of the New Testament were probably astrologers? You might not find an infant in a manger wrapped in swaddling, but if you follow your personal star this month, in a grubby shack after the office party unto you a child will be born. * * * Taurus…
