Troy Nahumko
The polyester gospel
Stories once held up as proof of Canadian enlightenment now treated like contraband, hidden away from children "for their protection"
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Troy Nahumko
Stories once held up as proof of Canadian enlightenment now treated like contraband, hidden away from children "for their protection"
05 Sep 2025 12:08
Peter Edgerton
Such is the atmospheric majesty of the Icelandic landscape, a 2022 survey suggested that nearly half of the population believe in the country's indigenous elves, or Huldufolk (hidden folk) - supernatural beings that live all around in nature
05 Sep 2025 12:04
Mark Nayler
Is Sánchez right to say, as he did back in April, that the country is no longer the "European exception that left aside those who fall into a situation of vulnerability"?
29 Aug 2025 12:34
Mark Nayler
Begoña Gómez, the wife of Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez, is charged with having personal assistant Cristina Álvarez perform duties related to her job as a director at Madrid's Complutense university, as well as to her responsibilities as the prime minister's wife
29 Aug 2025 12:30
Peter Edgerton
"Why didn't somebody tell me that years ago?" asks columnist Peter Edgerton about two nuggets of knowledge he has recently come across
29 Aug 2025 12:23
Violeta Niebla
Columnist Violeta Niebla recounts her brush with the law in Malaga
22 Aug 2025 11:01
Juan Bas
The humorist W.C. Fields considered that someone who detests animals and children cannot be entirely a bad person
22 Aug 2025 10:56
Peter Edgerton
The Cambridge English Dictionary has recently published it's list of newly added words and, as you might expect, a fair few have emerged through social media
22 Aug 2025 10:52
Mark Nayler
Vox has led the attack on Pedro Sánchez, identifying the main culprit as his government's 'climate fanaticism'
15 Aug 2025 11:43
Peter Edgerton
Of all holiday choices, with the honourable and obvious exception of wild camping in the Cairngorms, taking a cruise would almost certainly be the one I'd least like to get involved in
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15 Aug 2025 11:40
Peter Sanderson
The figures produced in the article by 'Automovilistas Europeos Asociados' are far removed from the truth and are at best misconceived and at worst blatantly inaccurate
15 Aug 2025 11:38
Mark Nayler
Anyone's CV is bound to feature at least one instance of exaggeration. Is this harmless tinkering with the truth, or lying? Where's the boundary between acceptable exaggeration and pure fabrication?
08 Aug 2025 14:29
Jeremy Blatch
If like the central banks we own gold bullion, we will be able to shelter the value of our capital from the ravages of inflation
08 Aug 2025 11:54
08 Aug 2025 11:52
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