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The designer Yves Saint Laurent has died in Paris at 71 years of age. He became chief designer at Dior at the early age of 21 after being spotted by Christian Dior four years earlier at a dress design competition. He was born in French-occupied Algeria and set the tone for 50’s fashion with the [...]

Is it just me or is it not slightly distressing to see a photo of two young men about to be hanged? In a piece about Mehdi Kazemi, a gay Iranian student who has mercifully won his asylum case, the BBC juxtaposed a photograph of two men due to be hanged. Whilst I am grateful [...]

Hepsi are a Turkish R&B pop group that are also quite popular in Kyrgystan. Perfect for a diversion in the afternoon - try to learn the words:
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I’ve just been watching K19: The Widowmaker and the boat (yes, I know, it was a nuclear submarine therefore boat) wasn’t properly christened with the traditional smashed champagne. I wanted to know, do Russians share the same naval superstitions? Would they smash wine onto a submarine? Comments welcome.

Gordon Ramsay has suggested that Britain should fine restaurants that use out-of-season fruit and vegetables. I’m glad he’s not going to fine me. Only this morning, whilst making the Great English Breakfast, I used a tin of beans. The beans in tins (haricot beans) are grown in the USA. Apparently, there is a very similar [...]

I check the news every day on the websites of various major UK newspapers. I often see that all the headlines are the same and I get a sense that I don’t really know much more about the world as a result of reading their sites. So here are a few headlines and tit-bits from [...]

Rock Against Racism was a movement formed in the 1970’s in reaction to rising xenophobia and racism fuelled by organisations like the National Front. At the time, David Bowie allegedly said that Britain was ready for a fascist leader and Eric Clapton made drunken comments at a concert telling the crowd to vote for Enoch [...]

Following the success of our interest in DotA by Basshunter, The World’s Greatest Blog has decided it is high time that the blog accommodated the million or so Polish workers in Britain by exhibiting their top ten for this week - from Monday 14th April. Let’s all learn the words and party together!
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Man United are tonight in Rome to take on the Italian side in the first leg of this year’s Champions League Quarter Final.
Last time Man Utd went to Rome for a similar occassion, the Macunian side were terrific and won by an incredible 7-1 scoreline. If anything, this United team is even better, and playing [...]

Time for a holiday to America. If you haven’t been taken in by offers of store cards, credit cards with 18% interest or mortgages that will go up by hundreds of pounds this summer, it might be a rather opportune time to check out flights to the US of A. While the collapse of the [...]