Conservative Councillor Calls Cops on Daffodil-Picking Children
Two little girls were confronted by police after Councillor Peter Adams lost his patience with their picking of flowers in a public park.
Adorable Guinnea Pigs Given God Awful Names
A rare set of red-headed septuplets with “star quality” are up for adoption in Oxfordshire. But prepare to turn away in horror once you hear what they’ve been named.
Second-Tier Fast Food CEO Calls British Women “Not Very Attractive”
The Burger King chief executive has harsh words for the UK’s girls and its gastronomy.
Fail Saif: a look inside Qaddafi's son's North London pile
New Statesman goes inside Saif al-Islam Qaddafi’s occupied Hampstead Garden Suburb home to meet the men doing the occupying.
Tower Hamlets Mayor Sticks His Neck Out for Sex-Offender Pal
Mayor Lutfur Rahman tried to do a friendly deed and get his friend’s sex-offence sentence reduced… and then the guy admitted to all the charges.
Service to Smile About
After watching all eight episodes of BBC2 show Michel Roux’s Service in succession (thanks be to iPlayer! ) I am awestruck and mightily curious as to what the hell went on in the pitch meeting. How—in a television culture ruled by bullying bosses, fame-famished exhibitionists and shows pandering to the lowest common denominator—did a programme make it to air featuring no big money prizes, no back-stabbing, no shouting, no binge drinking, no undercover fumbling and, most of all, no ritual humiliation?
Snipe Highlights
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