Tired of Modern Life
Welcome to the Age of Exhaustion. Relentless consumption, spiralling debt, information overload. Is modern life making you ill? William Leith discovers the hidden problems with living in a 24-hour world On a Sunday morning in early June, Kate, a 36-year-old counsellor, was sitting on a sofa, drinking a cup of tea, and saying she didn’t [...]
The appeal of golf
Lyn Truss on The Open 2009 The exceptional attraction of golf, I always say, is that it’s a competitive game that turns on the unforced errors of the individual players. In other sports, you see, a player has to contend with other players tackling them and taking the ball off their feet, bowling tricky balls [...]
Saving Private Remi
Hilarious comedy video. French man recreates the D Day Landings on his own in front of bemused sunbathers. Tweet This Post
British Troops Die Due to Budget Squeeze
British troops in Afghanistan are dying because of a squeeze on defence spending British troops are dying in Afghanistan because of a lack of money. Whatever ministers might say about their commitment to make sure the army has the best possible equipment, that’s the reality. War on the cheap Tweet This Post
Africa’s Computer Graveyard
Ever wondered what happens to your old computers ? Computers pile up in Ghana dump By Will Ross BBC West Africa correspondent Have you ever wondered where old computers end up? China and India have been popular destinations, but in Ghana the piles of old computers are increasing [...]
Freaky Science: Military LSD Experiments
Watch these mad scientist experiments as soldiers in the US and the UK, and a cat, are subjected to LSD and Mescaline. Brit Soldiers on LSD US Soldiers on LSD A Cat on Mescaline Tweet This Post
