I Heard That. Pardon?
Apparently passive smoking makes you deaf, now… Tags: smoking, anti-smoking, junk+science
Articles by Longrider
Blidingly Obvious?
Apparently medieval armour was heavy and restricted movement. Whodathunkit? They get money to research this stuff? Then they go on about Agincourt: The effect of […]
So Right, Yet So Wrong
Julia Neuberger has been looking at the nudge philosophy so beloved of iDave and company. Her brief was to see if it would help with […]
Oh Dear, Never Mind
One of Wanksy’s Banksy’s pieces of vandalism works of art has been painted over. One of street artist Banksy’s most famous early works in Bristol has […]
A Conundrum of Spelling
While I tend to agree with Charles Duncombe as he rails against the poor level of spelling we now see as a consequence of our […]
The Pen is no Longer Mighty
US schools are steadily dropping the teaching of handwriting. I have to say, I’m surprised that they were still doing it. I was taught cursive […]
So Do I Feel Sympathy?
In the wake of the News of the World’s demise, there have been various voices making the point that the current crop of employees weren’t […]
The Weirdness of Harrods
I’ve discussed dress codes before but the latest case to hit the headlines is, without doubt, one of the oddest I’ve come across. A sales […]
Well, I’ll be Damned
This morning while idly commenting with Mrs L on the NoW scandal, I said that the brand had become so toxic, that the only logical […]
Harry Mount Cuts to the Quick
Harry Mount tells it like it is when discussing Cy Twombly’s work. You can see how, in the 50s, this still had a little shock […]