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Nigel Nelson warns MPs to watch their mouths: ‘The wrong words in the wrong place can cost lives’
When I was a young and reckless foreign correspondent I had a sweary encounter with a prime minister which could have gone horribly wrong. It taught me to take care with language. The Caribbean island of Grenada had just been taken over by communist rebels in a Cuban-backed military coup.Continue Reading
Essex pub dispute: do people really still think golliwogs are ok? I conducted a snap survey
CCTV footage shows officers seizing the dolls. Youtube/SWNS The landlady of a pub in Essex has been expressing bemusement about the complaints of “snowflakes” after her display of golliwog dolls attracted the attention of the county’s police – only for them to be told, reportedly by the home secretary SuellaContinue Reading
The most weird and wonderful wedding traditions around the world
From gifting whale teeth to flogging the groom’s feet, matrimonial ceremonies vary around the worldContinue Reading
Cost of living: why decreased access to swimming is harming children and young people
YanLev/Shutterstock Swimming is a unique activity. Not only is it an Olympic sport but it’s also a form of exercise and a life-saving endeavour. How many other physical activities can boast such a claim? So, it is no surprise that swimming holds such appeal in the UK, where there isContinue Reading
Great Mysteries of Physics: do we really need a theory of everything?
Particle physics has failed to find some of the evidence physicists were hoping for. D-Visions/Shutterstock Finding a theory of everything – explaining all the forces and particles in the universe – is arguably the holy grail of physics. While each of its main theories works extraordinarily well, they clash alsoContinue Reading
Evan Gershkovich: Wall Street Journal reporter latest in long line of journalists punished for doing their job
For the first time since the cold war, Moscow has accused a US journalist of espionage. Evan Gershkovich, a reporter with the Wall Street Journal, was arrested in Yekaterinburg on March 29 by Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB). The reporter, a Russia specialist, insists he was there to report onContinue Reading
Criminal defendant Trump takes a tumble in the polls.
If this polling has it right then just a quarter of American adults now a favourable view of Donald Trump and this really puts into question whether he has any chance at all of making a comeback. The images that have been widely circulated of his court appearance before EasterContinue Reading
Four myths about the financial side of divorce
News headlines tell you little about the realities of divorce for most couples Prostock-studio/Shutterstock It’s no wonder many people think divorce involves going to court, huge legal fees and decades of spousal payments, considering these are the cases that dominate our headlines. However, the kinds of divorce cases reported inContinue Reading
First estate-authorised biography of Tupac Shakur to be published in October
T he first biography of Tupac Shakur, authorised by the late US rapper’s estate, is due to be published later this year. Written by author and screenwriter Staci Robinson, who knew Shakur as a young man, the book will explore his life and powerful legacy. Widely considered as one ofContinue Reading
KSI and the P-word: how the YouTuber’s use of the slur slots into a long history of anti-Asian discrimination in the UK
Alan Denney/Flickr, CC BY-NC-SA As slurs go, the word “Paki” has a long, dark history in the UK. A video has emerged of the YouTuber, KSI, using the term frivolously – followed by a burst of raucous laughter by his peers. KSI has subsequently apologised. However, this has brought backContinue Reading