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A Little Dab'll Do Yer by Clint Wayne 19 April 2008 'Brylcreem', that white creamy 'gunk' that I remember my Dad unwrapping every birthday, celebrates its own birthday having been created in Birmingham by County Chemicals at their Chemico Works 80 years ago this week. (5 comments) | Belgian Report by Euro Reporter 19 April 2008 Throughout the galaxy, Belgium is the most unspeakably rude word there is... Euro Reporter heads there. (1 comment) | Democratic Debate -- Consolidate? by Christopher Wilkinson 18 April 2008 I watched Clinton and Obama debate on TV. Each had to prove better than the other -- while both had to avoid giving the Republicans too much fodder for the run off. (2 comments) | How many? by Thanos Kalamidas 18 April 2008 Nowadays it is tens or dozens without specifying how many tens or dozens and they are always innocent and it is people, women and many, too many, kids. I'm talking about the victims in Iraq. (2 comments) | An Appointment with Death by The Finn-Brit Players 18 April 2008 First, there's a play reading of Tom Stoppard's 'Arcadia' this Friday at 7pm and, second, our good friends at Thespians Anonymous are putting on a show soon: Agatha Christie's 'An Appointment with Death', performances at Narri starting April 26th. (Add a comment) | Lift Spirits #01 by Thanos K & Asa B 18 April 2008 Lift doors slide open, you enter, press the button and then face that awkward proximity to a stranger... perhaps this will lift your spirit. (2 comments) | The Heavenly Stone by Valerie Sartor 17 April 2008 "Why are the Chinese putting jade onto the Olympic medals?" I asked my colleague as we sat in a weekly planning meeting. She gaped at me in surprise. "Haven't you ever heard the Chinese saying, 'Gold is valuable but jade is priceless'?" (1 comment) | Borgnine's brilliant butcher by Asa Butcher 17 April 2008 I am now ready to fulfil my original plan of reviewing 'Marty', the sleeper hit of 1955 that gave Ernest Borgnine his first and only Academy Award. (4 comments) | Descentralizacao para o nivel local e sub -regional by Luis Alves 17 April 2008 A desconcentracao e apenas um processo administrativo que facilitara a distribuicao de competencias por regioes administrativas, se a regionalizacao for aprovada. (1 comment) | Austrian report by Euro Reporter 17 April 2008 A busy policeman, the Olympic spirit in the Chinese embassy in Vienna and a dirty vicar are in the latest report from Austria. (1 comment) | Disabling the disabled by Asa Butcher 16 April 2008 Breaking point was reached this week after another bloody mobility scooter whizzed across my path. (4 comments) | Italy: the North rules again by Newropeans-Magazine 16 April 2008 Berlusconi is back at Government, as all foreign media already noticed and underlined, with some not-really-hidden sarcasm about that political figure and the country's destiny: but that's not the point. (7 comments) | "Credit" by Jan Sand 16 April 2008 "The worst fate of a poet is to be admired without being understood." - Jean Cocteau (2 comments) | How bizarre! by Thanos Kalamidas 16 April 2008 Browsing the news daily we often miss these little bits of news at the bottom of the page. They are often funny, sometimes weird, and they give us a new perspective on life, so here's the first of a new column series: How Bizarre! (1 comment) | | newer 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 older |
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