Month: August 2017

‘One chancy encounter to the next’: CC Smugglers (Interview)

Guerilla busking, singing with Jon Snow, and the prohibitive costs of haircare - CC Smugglers tell all...

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Universal Suffrage (Except for Thickies): Higher Education and Voting

Greater access to higher education could have reversed EU referendum result ...

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The Art Life (of David Lynch) – A Movie Review

The Art Life tells us no more of David Lynch's life than he wants us to know....

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In the Hands of Cod – How Fish Unified Europe Before Brussels

DNA from Viking cod bones suggests 1,000-year history of European fish trade...

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Tune in, Turn On, Don’t die with your novel still in you.

One man's wisdom is another man's trite platitude, but who wants to spend their life guarding dust?...

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The Biology of Colour (and Why There are No Purple Cows)

Study explores advances and challenges in the field of animal coloration...

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Battle Standards (Talker)

Cold, then colder still. Talker emboss style and character onto the electronic music mileu...

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What Kind of Sexist Are You? Effects of Pornography and Age

Age of first exposure to pornography shapes men's attitudes toward women ...

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Loitered Lens: Great British Tattoo Show (Part Two)

Needles, inkguns, rubber and balm - colourful scenes from Alexander Palace...

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Nitwit! Egghead! Twerp! Searching for the Funniest Words

Booty, booby, nitwit and hooter among the words which make us laugh most ...

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Is Trump Getting Too Big For His (Concrete) Boots?

Elites have no issue with dead Muslims, but they will draw the line at presidential ineptitude...

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Can You Really Use Insects to Tell if A Body’s Been Moved?

Forensic entomology is more complicated than it looks on TV...

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Cambridge Folk Festival 2017

As ever, outstanding in its field....

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How Intuitive Are You? (Whatever You Answered, You’re Probably Wrong)

People find it difficult to judge how good their intuitions are ...

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A dynasty of design: SHH Architects

Generations of architectural elegance applied globally...

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