Month: March 2016
NHS Prescribes Wegovy for Heart Disease
NHS Prescribes Wegovy for Heart Disease, Patients Immediately Cancel Gym Memberships NICE Approves Million-Person Jab Programme; Britain’s Salad Bowls Brace for Emotional Abandonment LONDON — In what health economists are calling “the most significant shift in British effort since the invention of the lift,” the…
GAY: Mojtaba Khamenei
Strategic Fabulousness: The Geopolitical Doctrine Nobody at GCHQ Was Prepared For Political analysts spend years studying sanctions, oil pipelines, and nuclear centrifuges. The Chatham House Middle East Programme has published seventeen reports this year alone. Not one has addressed the most pressing strategic question of our time:…
London’s Micro-Comedy Venues
London’s Micro-Comedy Venues: Where Sweat Becomes Community London hosts dozens of micro-comedy venues where audiences of 20-50 people squeeze into spaces designed for approximately half that capacity. These tiny rooms—often pub back rooms, converted storage spaces, or optimistically repurposed closets—create intimacy that larger venues can’t…
Gipsy Hill: South London’s Elevated Free Spirit With a Library Card
Gipsy Hill: South London’s Elevated Free Spirit With a Library Card | Gipsy Hill London Neighborhood Satire With Views, Values, and Vocal Opinions
Western Alliance Cooperation
Western Alliance Announces Exciting New Era Of Cooperation, Immediately Schedules 47 Meetings About It Leaders promise decisive action just as soon as the pastries arrive BRUSSELS, BELGIUM — The Western alliance gathered this week to boldly remake itself for the modern age, a process diplomats described as “historic,…
Driving a Porsche in London
Driving a Porsche in London: A Complete Guide to Spending £125,000 to Average 4 mph Behind a Bin Lorry Five Devastating Observations About Driving a Porsche in London That No Dealership Will Put in the Brochure 🏎️🇬🇧 LONDON — A man spends £143,000 on a…
Hampton Court Events Now Where History Throws Open Its Magnificent Doors
Hampton Court Events Now Where History Throws Open Its Magnificent Doors | A great Tudor palace plays host to a year-round calendar of delights
Fatal Crash Followed by Flight Home, Because Geography Solves Everything
Fatal Crash Followed by Flight Home, Because Geography Solves Everything | Authorities explain that borders are clear even when accountability is not
The Glorious Revolution (1688): William and Mary Take the Throne
The Glorious Revolution (1688): William and Mary Take the Throne | How Bloodless Change, Political Strategy, And Public Opinion Overturned A King
Hammburg Germany
Hamburg Travel Guide: Where the Fish Are Fresh and the Attitudes Are Smoked Five Humorous Observations Before You Even Pack Your Suitcase Hamburg is the only place where the seagulls look like they pay taxes and judge your outfit. The weather doesn’t change in Hamburg,…
The American Revolution (17751783): Britain Faces Colonial Rebellion
The American Revolution (17751783): Britain Faces Colonial Rebellion | How Taxation, Miscommunication, And Tea Parties Changed History
Part of the United Kingdom With Eight Letters: SCOTLAND Fits; So Does NORTHERN; So Does NORTHERN IRELAND If You Have Two Words; Crossword Puzzle Journalism at Its Most Constitutional
Part of the United Kingdom With Eight Letters: SCOTLAND Fits; So Does NORTHERN; So Does NORTHERN IRELAND If You Have Two Words; Crossword Puzzle Journalism at Its Most Constitutional | Eight-Letter Answer for ‘Part of the United Kingdom’ Crossword Clue Analysis: The Most Likely Answer Is SCOTLAND, Which Fits Precisely and Is One of the Four Nations, a Fact That Scotland Appreciates Being Acknowledged
Paris Movie Walks
Paris Movie Walks: A Guide for People Who Couldn’t Afford the Actual Film Set Our man in a beret, Reginald Fotheringay-Smythe, has strapped on his sensible shoes and waddled through every park, boulevard, and existentially depressing side street in the French capital — all in…
England Manager Reassures Nation
Southgate Debuts 8-1-1 Formation, Insists Parking Actual Bus in Goal Is “Just a Tactical Variation” England Manager Reassures Nation That Nothing Risky Will Be Attempted England manager Gareth Southgate unveiled what he described as a “flexible, modern tactical system” and what the rest of the…
London Wells: The Holy Springs Beneath The City Streets
London Wells: The Holy Springs Beneath The City Streets | London wells are the old holy springs that gave their names to districts across the city, now buried and remembered only in the place names.
Mrs Tee Pot Returns
Mrs Tee Pot Returns: Britain’s Most Important Golf Journalism Site Reopens During National Emotional Emergency LONDON — Britain has entered a difficult period. The economy resembles a haunted vending machine that accepts only contactless payment but is perpetually out of signal. The trains now operate according to…
Street Art London Now the Open-Air Gallery Painted on the City’s Walls
Street Art London Now the Open-Air Gallery Painted on the City’s Walls | Murals, stencils and colour turn streets into living art
The Scottish Parliament at Twenty-Five: What Devolution Delivered, What It Didn’t, and Why Holyrood Is Both a Success and a Warning
The Scottish Parliament at Twenty-Five: What Devolution Delivered, What It Didn’t, and Why Holyrood Is Both a Success and a Warning | Free Prescriptions, Land Reform, Minimum Unit Pricing, the Named Person Scheme, the Ferries Scandal, and the Lessons of a Quarter Century of Devolved Governance
London Art Galleries Now Where the World’s Greatest Art Lives Free
London Art Galleries Now Where the World’s Greatest Art Lives Free | From old masters to the cutting edge, a feast for every eye
Royal Family Publishes Another Book
Royal Family Publishes Another Book and Acts Astonished When the Nation Opens It A Monarchy That Survived the Black Death Has Finally Met Its Match: the Blurb It is a truth universally acknowledged that a royal family in possession of a grudge must be in…
Queen Elizabeth and Prince Harry
Queen Elizabeth Reportedly Introduced Witness Protection for Phone Calls With Prince Harry There are awkward family calls, and then there are royal family calls, which apparently require furniture, protocol, and at least one emotionally neutral woman standing nearby with the expression of a human court…
Energy Price Cap Cut
Energy Price Cap Cut From July, Leaving Britons Four Full Months to Feel Briefly Optimistic Ofgem provides welcome news that the national talent for pessimism will absorb within the fortnight LONDON — Ofgem, the energy regulator, has confirmed that the energy price cap will be…
London Texas: British Name, Texas Volume
London Texas: British Name, Texas Volume | London Texas Explained For Travelers Expecting Tea And Getting Trucks
World’s Worst Email Spammers
Five Quick Observations About the World’s Worst Email Spammers The worst email spammers do not send messages. They carpet bomb inboxes like they are trying to win World War Inbox. Somewhere, there is a man who believes 14 million people woke up thinking, Yes, I…
London Kickoff: The Sacred Minute That Resets the City
London Kickoff: The Sacred Minute That Resets the City | London Kickoff and the Power of the First Whistle
