Every single “serious” newspaper in the UK led with Iran this morning. But The Daily Mail devoted its entire front page to an attack on Gordon Brown and the Iraq Inquiry, and The Express (alongside a photograph of a Euro Lotto..
Topics: History, Iran, Iraq, Newspapers, Politics

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I love tie-and-dye, and used to carry books around in tie-and-dye bags that my mum made for me. It was some time before I became aware (to my discomfort) that people in the west associated it with hippies. Here’s a BBC slideshow about makers of...
Topics: Africa, Family, Fashion, Photography

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The new “un-search engine” Wolfram Alpha beat Google in at least one of my tests:Here are some of its answers to other, harder, questions.
Topics: Engineering, Searches

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Chorlton Villa: 6 – Manchester International FC: 4
Topics: Football

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Tom Freeman doesn’t see the sense in The Times capitalizing the words “Left”, “Right”, and “Centre” when its writers use them to describe political leanings. I think the newspaper is right to do so.Language..
Topics: Language, Newspapers, Politics

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