The SpaceX and Tesla billionaire Elon Musk and his rap-star girlfriend Grimes’ attempt to name their new baby boy X Æ A-12 has had a little hiccup. Because of a problem with Californian law, they had to change this from an Arabic to Roman numeral style X Æ A-Xii after...
“We are all in this together,” is the politicians refrain with respect to the Coronavirus crisis. Well maybe not. While the stewards’ inquiry has already started about what nations should have done better…one thing is becoming clear: while...
Among all the doom and gloom of the coronavirus pandemic there have been some amusing moments…even if they have been of the darker ‘gallows’ humour kind. But at least these made us laugh…albeit nervously. Tips for home workers (and shirkers) Working from...
The comedy actor/director/writer Terry Jones has died at the age of 77 after suffering from a form of dementia. He was famously one of the Monty Python comedy team which gave rise to a seminal comedy television series and film series. Having co-directed the earlier...
While SpaceX is working to make its satellites less visible in space lest they upset Earth’s astronomers, the new US Space Force has been showing off its own camouflaged uniform…to the derision of commentators. The new military uniform – at least the battle dress...
While the comedian-interviewer Graham Norton is famous for inviting an eclectic and interesting collection of guests onto his BBC TV show, no-one expected that Lady Anne Glenconnor – former Lady in Waiting to Princess Margaret – would prove to be such a...
