“How can you not have insurance?”
“Because I spent my money on the Clapco D29, the most impenetrable lock on the market today. It has only one design flaw, the door must be closed!”
It’s back to work for eager Tiger Woods »
Timesonline World No1 plans to defend his title at the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship following reconstructive knee surgery
Cheer up, our economy will boom again soon »
The Telegraph The worst recession for 100 years! Well… Ed Balls might be right, but he’s much more likely to be wrong. Few of us were there in the Twenties, but the history books tell us it was pretty grim, and will be tough to beat.
Light Graffiti from Michael Bosanko »
South Wales based photographer Michael Bosanko is the creator of these photos of light graffiti. He uses a long exposure setting on his camera (anything from 10 seconds to an hour) and then paints on his light-sensitive canvas with coloured light torches to give the pictures their magical quality. For more images visit michaelbosanko.com [...]
Scientists find bugs that eat waste and excrete petrol »
The Times Silicon Valley is experimenting with bacteria that have been genetically altered to provide ‘renewable petroleum’
Jobs boost with £7.5bn train order »
Yahoo News More than 12,500 jobs are to be created or safeguarded through a multi-billion-pound order for new trains.
Global Warming or Hot Air? »
Global warming, or more accurately man-made global warming is the single biggest moral and political issue of our age. The western governments have bought into the notion that carbon dioxide produced by man’s industrial activities is causing a rise in the temperature of the planet, that this temperature rise must be stopped to avoid global [...]
The Joy of Confidence »
Surveys show that women in their 40s are having the best sex of their lives, says Joanna Moorhead. But is this down to self-esteem, hormones – or affairs? Joanna Moorhead – The Guardian – Wednesday 4th February Joy of sex Photograph: Corbis/Corbis At 48, Philippa is vivacious, attractive and is having the best sex of [...]
London’s day of innocence »
Stuart Jeffries - The Guardian, Tuesday 3 February 2009 On the canal bridge just behind Kings Cross, a policeman took a huge snowball full in the face and – I couldn’t quite believe this was happening – giggled delightedly (it must have really hurt). His three colleagues gathered snowballs and pelted the mob of school [...]
London is a winter wonderland »
Londoners awoke this morning to a scene which they haven’t seen here for quite a while. Overnight, parts of London and the South East received up to 6in of snow, the best dump of snow recorded for 18 years. Even grittier parts of London looked pretty under the blanket of fresh white powder. Understandably, transport [...]
