February 2011
1 post
“We are raised, the theory runs, in one of two cultures. In Ask culture, people...”
– This column will change your life: Are you an Asker or a Guesser? | Life and style | The Guardian
December 2010
2 posts
“What is the best font for a cover letter?”
– Answers.com
“The final two days at Adelaide, we were assured, was when we would find out what...”
– The Ashes? Forget it - this side would be lucky to beat Bangladesh
November 2010
1 post
“Of the Boschian hurdy-gurdy, Lamb says: “The design seems to be...”
– Shocking news from Oxford: you can’t play a flute with your bottom | Music | The Guardian
October 2010
12 posts
“The authoritative Oxford Companion to Food notes that the word “coriander” is...”
– The Curious Cook - Why Cilantro Tastes Like Soap, for Some - NYTimes.com
“A Queensland man faces criminal charges after allegedly tattooing a 40cm-long...”
– Unwanted penis tattooed on man’s back
“one dark night, usually in September or October, usually after rain and when the...”
– The decline of the eel | Environment | The Guardian
“America has perhaps hung on to its aitchless herb because it has less class...”
– BBC News - ‘Haitch’ or ‘aitch’? How do you pronounce ‘H’?
“Quite why some words change is unknown. Because, while many are importations...”
– BBC News - ‘Haitch’ or ‘aitch’? How do you pronounce ‘H’?
“Can’t you see that Oregon Trail is a microcosm of life? I’m sure...”
– Timothy McSweeney’s Internet Tendency: Short Imagined Monologues
“As for the lions, you can call them any name provided you shout when talking to...”
– ‘I am the only son of late King Arawi’ | Technology | The Guardian
“They may find themselves slightly alarmed, therefore, by a sequence of striking...”
– Steven Johnson: ‘Eureka moments are very, very rare’ | Science | The Guardian
“Connare later explained why it worked so well: “‘Because it’s...”
– BBC News - What’s so wrong with Comic Sans?
“There is a “subtle art of dealing with a hangover that goes far beyond the...”
– Your hungover cookbook | Life and style | The Guardian
mental_floss Blog » Nature’s Creepiest Metaphor:... →
“Jonathan Franzen’s eventful UK visit for his rapturously received new...”
– Jonathan Franzen’s glasses held to ransom | Books | guardian.co.uk
September 2010
3 posts
“North Manchester is full of hard livers with hard livers”
– Manchester Photography.: I’m a 50 year old man and I like it…I’m a 50 year old man what you going to do about it?
“Chaplin admits Crocs are “polarising” but dismisses the...”
– Crocs steps back from the brink of business oblivion | Business | The Guardian
August 2010
5 posts
“Aumbry is not the kind of place you’d expect to find in Prestwich, the...”
– Restaurant: Aumbry, Prestwich, Greater Manchester | Life and style | The Guardian
“The remaining explanation involves independent retention of clicks, possibly for...”
– African click language ‘holds key to origins of earliest human speech’ - Science, News - The Independent
“Malia is the latest and currently most notorious in a long list of European...”
– Some Britons Too Unruly for Resorts in Europe - NYTimes.com
“The bloomin’ onion Apparently a gift to the US from the good people of...”
– God bless deep fried America | Life and style | guardian.co.uk
“At the time, an enthusiastic set of Bees supporters had managed to obtain an...”
– Who has won lots with their country yet nothing with their clubs? | Football | guardian.co.uk
July 2010
6 posts
“The story behind the Luther Burger is murky. But the general consensus is that...”
– 50 Fattiest Foods in the States - Health.com
“Extreme topspin is the hallmark of today’s power-baseline game. This is...”
– Roger Federer as Religious Experience - Tennis - New York Times
“Familiarly, the key to Montaigne is his scepticism. It is the scepticism of...”
– A man for all seasons – Montaigne « Prospect Magazine
“The biggest headache is mobile phones. For spycatchers, these are ideal bugging...”
– Spycraft: A tide turns | The Economist
“Helvetica = cheap But for Bruno Maag, managing creative director of typeface...”
– BBC News - Do typefaces really matter?
“As time has shown, Kramer was wrong and Szarkowski – not for the first time –...”
– Was John Szarkowski the most influential person in 20th-century photography? | Sean O’Hagan | Art and design | guardian.co.uk
June 2010
2 posts
“Professor Hugh Pennington, an expert in bacteriology, said the advice to add...”
– BBC News - Windscreen water infection risk
“my theory as to why it works is that Mozart managed to transpose universal laws...”
– Sewage plant plays Mozart to stimulate microbes | World news | The Guardian
May 2010
4 posts
“The correct way to pronounce it is ‘Mo’wett’. Moët is indeed French champagne...”
– Lucire Living: How to pronounce ‘Moët’ - Carolyn Enting solves the champagne pronunciation riddle - The global fashion magazine
“Ever since I was seduced by it, I’ve been as much of an evangelist as any...”
– How I fell out of love with opera | Music | The Guardian
“The first owner Vladimir Grashnov – the former CEO of Bulgarian mobile phone...”
– Mobile phone number suspended after three users die in 10 years - Telegraph
“Vicsek found that an overwhelming number of waves went only in one direction. In...”
– Nature’s own Mexican wave | Science | The Guardian
March 2010
2 posts
“BUTCHER Greg Hull is fit and healthy again — after his life was saved by a pig.”
– Butcher is saved by a pig
“According to the 1933 obituaries in both Time Magazine and the New York Times,...”
– Bodyshock: The Amazing Story behind the 256 Year-Old Man | Environmental Graffiti
February 2010
4 posts
“Chai” literally meaning tea in Hindi, along much of the other languages in South...”
– Insani-TEA Blog: Try the Chai!
“Obscure country saw of the month: “Allus tightfisted, Widow ‘awkins....”
– Nancy Banks-Smith on The Archers | Television & radio | The Guardian
“The holograms you find on credit cards and banknotes are etched on...”
– Our world may be a giant hologram - space - 15 January 2009 - New Scientist
“Think of Nick Alkemade, an RAF tailgunner who jumped from his flaming turret...”
– The Free Fall Research Page: Unplanned Freefall? Some Survival Tips by David Carkeet
January 2010
14 posts
“When you talk of choice, use “alternative”. Huge grants have not stopped the...”
– The difference between “alternate” and “alternative”
“The demise of some of China’s ruling dynasties may have been linked to...”
– BBC NEWS | Science & Environment | Monsoon link to fall of dynasties
“According to a top scientist parts of the brain are wired up to be devoted to...”
– Professor reveals the ‘Jennifer Aniston neuron’
“Baughman and his colleagues have produced a formulation that’s stronger than...”
– Carbon Nanotube Muscles Strong as Diamond, Flexible as Rubber | Wired Science | Wired.com
“crab-eating macaques (Macaca fasicularis) prefer cartoon macaques to CGI...”
– Art + Culture
“What if all the Large Hadron Collider’s recent woes are more than bad luck...”
– Is The Large Hadron Collider Being Sabotaged from the Future?
“Atsushi Tero at Hokkaido University in Japan and his colleagues wondered if...”
– Railways and slime moulds: A life of slime | The Economist