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by Angus Shaw · 4 April 2025

New twists

Nowadays few will remember the dance craze made popular by Chubby Checker based on moves likened to drying one’s back...

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If some behaviour at the just-ended UN General Assembly was theatre of the absurd ... make no mistake, it's not...

To escape from woeful international news there's been the week's World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan. It throws up this...

This old saying saves people like me trying to explain it and getting dragged into a snake pit of debate....

It was a clever plan. The warring sides could meet for peace talks on a train straddling the border. The...

"I would rather be cold under one blanket than warm under 10 blankets owned by the Anglo American Corporation."...

It's just days away on Saturday Aug 2. Get your diary out and make a plan. It'll be worth it....

Two of them were betting on the Wimbledon final. The one whose barks and yelps favoured Jannik Sinner won...

Money doesn't grow on trees but there's plenty of it to be found beneath and beyond. There are risks in...