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Sunday Round-up

My round-up of news, events and stuff and nonsense from the last seven days – if it’s news to me, it must be news to you! Jonah of the Week: 73-year-old former SAS trooper, Tom McLean, is planning to...

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Sunday Round-up

My round-up of news, events and stuff and nonsense from the last seven days – if it’s news to me, it must be news to you! PC outrage of the week: The Clean for the Queen campaign was accused of racism...

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Sunday Round-up

My round-up of news, events and stuff and nonsense from the last seven days – if it’s news to me, it must be news to you! Pizza the action: Hampshire-based Tom Gozney has designed the Roccbox, a...

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Sunday Round-up

My round-up of news, events and stuff and nonsense from the last seven days – if it’s news to me, it must be news to you! Easter trivia: The tradition of egg-rolling at Easter was once illegal at the...

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Sunday Round-up

My round-up of news, events and stuff and nonsense from the last seven days – if it’s news to me, it must be news to you! Oy vey the noo: Jewish people in Scotland (or anywhere else for that matter)...

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Sunday Round-up

My round-up of news, events and stuff and nonsense from the last seven days – if it’s news to me, it must be news to you! Euphemism of the week: Ever wondered what a ‘mass animal deposition event’ is?...

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My round-up of news, events and stuff and nonsense from the last seven days – if it’s news to me, it must be news to you! Frecklist of the week: Match.com ran into a spot of bother when it described...

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Sunday Round-up

My round-up of news, events and stuff and nonsense from the last seven days – if it’s news to me, it must be news to you! Materialism of the week: Forget diamonds and works of art, the most expensive...

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Sunday Round-up

My round-up of news, events and stuff and nonsense from the last seven days – if it’s news to me, it must be news to you! Things I didn’t know last week: Los Angeles County Coroner’s Office and morgue...

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Sunday Round-up

My round-up of news, events and stuff and nonsense from the last seven days – if it’s news to me, it must be news to you! Time traveller of the week: When Boris Johnson isn’t campaigning for Brexit,...

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Sunday Round-up

My round-up of news, events and stuff and nonsense from the last seven days – if it’s news to me, it must be news to you! Smell of the week: For the librarian in your life, perfumier Christopher...

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Sunday Round-up

My round-up of news, events and stuff and nonsense from the last seven days – if it’s news to me, it must be news to you! Baby Boom: You see a lot of posh prams about these days, but if you really...

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Sunday Round-up

My round-up of news, events and stuff and nonsense from the last seven days – if it’s news to me, it must be news to you! The last trump: He has helped our understanding of space and time, but even...

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Man and Superman

I haven’t added much to the universal outpouring of sadness at the death of Muhammad Ali, apart from a short mention in my Sunday Round-up, mainly because others can do him justice better than I can,...

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Sunday Round-up

My round-up of news, events and stuff and nonsense from the last seven days – if it’s news to me, it must be news to you! Performance of the week: Meryl Streep took on her most challenging role when...

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Sunday Round-up

My round-up of news, events and stuff and nonsense from the last seven days – if it’s news to me, it must be news to you! A rose by any other name: These posters have been appearing all over the...

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Jo Cox

Yorkie chided me for not mentioning Jo Cox in the brief lives section of my Sunday Round-up. He’s probably right, although my own view was that her death – her murder – didn’t quite sit right with the...

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Sunday Round-up

My round-up of news, events and stuff and nonsense from the last seven days – if it’s news to me, it must be news to you! Cristiano’s dad? Who’s the daddy: Cliff Richard may have been cleared of...

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Sunday Round-up

My round-up of news, events and stuff and nonsense from the last seven days – if it’s news to me, it must be news to you! Naked ambition: Workers in Belarus took their president quite literally when...

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My round-up of news, events and stuff and nonsense from the last seven days – if it’s news to me, it must be news to you! Hit the paws button: The University of Central Lancashire has designed a tv...

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