There is a Facebook campaign by music fans of the higher calibre for John Cage’s orchestral composition that consists of four minutes and thirty three seconds of silence to be No 1 in the charts this Christmas in order to prevent this year’s as yet unknown and undecided X Factor winner from reaching the No 1 spot.
Cheryl Cole has bounced from her deathbed straight back into the studio disregarding the wishes of doctors and music lovers alike.
X Factor winner, Joe McElderry has come out as gay after hackers hacked into his Twitter account. The hackers posted a spoof coming out for Joe which led to him actually revealing his true sexual orientation.
So much for the ‘New Man’ concept or the so called ‘metrosexual’, it seems that women are still turned on by a real man.
A study published in the journal Psychology of Men and Masculinity …read more
Shuffling money about costs money. The more it is shuffled about the more it costs. And the costs of course are skimmed off the top of the money being shuffled about. …read more
Central bankers can be an odd bunch. There has been something of a trend, over the past decade, for the senior jobs at what are, essentially, national cash managers to go to academics, rather than experienced bankers or market professionals – probably no bad thing, some would say, …read more
According to the Population Reference Bureau (PRB), a US pressure group, the UK will become the European country with the highest population by about 2050.
Britain will experience a surge in population from its current level of 62.2 million to a huge, some say unsustainable, 77 million. This will then eclipse Germany’s projected …read more
A report by the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has compiled a report based on ten key indicators that shows the earth is warming.
The report “2009 State of the Climate” draws together the work of over 100 scientists …read more
On looking through some of the press today about the UK’s sick pay claimants one would be forgiven for thinking they were reading about two different countries. …read more
The National Institute for Economic and Social Research (NIESR) has said that “The probability of seeing a contraction of output in 2011 as compared to 2010 has risen from 14 per cent to 19 per cent”.
The NIESR is also of the opinion that any growth we have experienced this year that …read more
Personal pensions, or any pension for that matter, are about as exciting as getting a DVD extended version of a Halifax advert for Christmas.
That said, pensions are one of the biggest investments we will ever make, …read more
Law breaking windbreak
Thursday, July 29th, 2010The officer grimly surveyed the rough and open terrain carefully through his field glasses watching for those dangerous tell-tale signs. Suddenly he froze, his binoculars fixed on the far distance.
“Jonesey! Quick!” he gasped to his comrade as he offered over the binoculars, “Look!” …read more
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