Showing posts with label Food. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Food. Show all posts
Wednesday, October 14, 2026

The Joy of Six 1591

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"Conservatives have called Burnham’s intervention 'dangerous and divisive', which could be interpreted as a denial that interfe...
Tuesday, September 01, 2026

The Joy of Six 1570

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"This is a staggering death rate of 130 per 100,000 care leavers, a figure at least three times higher than the general population. It ...
Thursday, July 23, 2026

The Joy of Six 1552

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Alice McCool investigates the web of culture-war connections – from the US Christian right to Viktor Orbán's influence network – that ...
Wednesday, July 22, 2026

Michelin-starred restaurateur faces jail for using ants as dessert garnish

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BBC News wins our Headline of the Day Award for this story from Korea. The judges decided to have the trifle.
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Saturday, July 04, 2026

Violent drunk banned from booze after throwing flapjack at police officer's genitals having missed with Pot Noodle

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It wasn't a long judges' meeting: the Manchester Evening News  has won our Headline of the Day Award. Incidentally, when I worked at...
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Thursday, June 11, 2026

The Joy of Six 1531

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A network of Russian far-right extremists steeped in neo-Nazi antisemitism – created under the umbrella of a sanctioned oligarch close to Vl...
Wednesday, March 25, 2026

The Joy of Six 1494

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"After months of rhetoric from Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves blaming newts and bats for supposedly blocking growth, it’s good to see t...
Monday, March 16, 2026

The Joy of Six 1489

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Searchlight has the measure of Reform UK's leader: "It’s a script Nigel Farage knows well. Candidates or causes closely linked to ...
Monday, March 02, 2026

Dame Mary Berry "frightened" after being arrested at US border

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The judges were heard grumbling about "clickbait; nevertheless, yahoo news! wins our Headline of the Day Award.
Tuesday, January 27, 2026

Derbyshire bakery recruiting volunteer taste tester after pork pie furore

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This just in... At a meeting this evening, the judges have awarded Headline of the Day to the Derbyshire Times . Lord Bonkers suggests the b...
Thursday, January 15, 2026

The Joy of Six 1461

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"The government continues to frame the cost-of-living crisis as a problem that can be solved largely through domestic policy choices. A...
Saturday, January 03, 2026

Asparagus used to predict 2026 political "carnage"

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I'm afraid the judges have some bad news for you. This story from BBC News has won our Headline of the Day Award. They also have a new ...
Friday, January 02, 2026

The Grassy Shires: Farming in Leicestershire during WWII

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Thrill to footage of Nevill Holt Hall (now widely accepted to be the chief model for Bonkers Hall) from 1:13 and of Market Harborough cattle...
Tuesday, December 23, 2025

The Joy of Six 1453

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Martin Barrow reports that, following the intervention of Dame Rachel de Souza, the Children’s Commissioner for England, it is hard to find...
Wednesday, December 17, 2025

The Joy of Six 1450

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"Millions of teenagers would lose the freedom to enjoy games and social interaction in the name of 'safety'. Even complaining o...
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Monday, December 01, 2025

The Joy of Six 1443

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"Companies that have collaborated with immigration enforcement agencies in various ways to aid Trump’s mass deportation initiative – wh...
Wednesday, November 26, 2025

The Joy of Six 1441

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"His central idea, as he has written before, is that people should own their data. Personal data is any data that can be linked to us, ...
Tuesday, November 18, 2025

The long history of Chinese food in Britain

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The view that the British subsisted on overcooked vegetables until the Eighties is a tenet of faith for many, but the reality is more nuance...
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Thursday, October 30, 2025

Railway station cheese and butter thief jailed

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BBC News wins Headline of the Day. Since you ask, the station was Manchester Piccadilly.
Sunday, October 26, 2025

The Joy of Six 1426

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"Left to her own devices, Reeves would not be contemplating potentially highly damaging tax increases when the economy is weak. Likewis...
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