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What’s in a name … and what isn’t? John Maynard Keynes
5 September 2011 – 18:20 | No Comment

David M. Brinley for The Washington Post
What does it mean to be Keynesian? It was the British economist John Maynard Keynes who declared that when, like today, economic growth grinds to a standstill and businesses …

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Post-apocalyptic vehicles
19 June 2009 – 12:59 | No Comment
Post-apocalyptic vehicles

The Telegraph’s take on the ten best Post-apocalyptic vehicles in the movies.

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The untold tragic story of Martin Amis’s ‘terrible twin’ – Telegraph
19 June 2009 – 12:33 | No Comment
The untold tragic story of Martin Amis’s ‘terrible twin’ – Telegraph

He is the inspiration behind Martin Amis’s new novel. But the life of his former flatmate and closest friend could not have been more different.
You almost certainly won’t have heard of Rob Henderson. He is …

A slimmer you may be a whiff away
18 June 2009 – 11:02 | No Comment
A slimmer you may be a whiff away

LIKE almost every dieter in America, Wendy Bassett has used all sorts of weight-loss products. Nothing worked, she said, until she tried Sensa: granules she scatters on almost everything she eats, and which are supposed …

Woman cancels wedding after finding fiance was porn star
17 June 2009 – 16:58 | No Comment
Woman cancels wedding after finding fiance was porn star

Haylie Hocking, 27, only found out that strapping 30-year-old fitness fanatic Jason Brake made adult films just weeks before the big day.
A friend organising her hen night searched online for a male stripper and spotted …

Why round sunglasses? A style investigation
13 June 2009 – 10:26 | No Comment
Why round sunglasses? A style investigation

Was it only last year that round sunglasses were considered square?
The hot eyewear look of 2008 was pretty much defined by plastic Wayfarer knockoffs, garish neon trapezoids often seen color-coordinated with a plaid shirt and …

Cricket and cucumber sandwiches in North Korea
12 June 2009 – 12:09 | No Comment
Cricket and cucumber sandwiches in North Korea

During a cricket tour of North Korea, a team of expats enjoyed a privileged glimpse into a state rigidly isolated from the rest of the world.

It started as a bet. Jon Newton, president of Shanghai …

Cousteau: Champion of the Sea
11 June 2009 – 11:47 | No Comment
Cousteau: Champion of the Sea

1910: Jacques Cousteau is born in Saint-André-de-Cubzac, in the Gironde department of France.
Like his contemporary, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Cousteau was a man of wide-ranging appetites and accomplishments. He was, at various times (and often simultaneously), …

The Minimalist – A no-frills kitchen still cooks
10 June 2009 – 11:32 | No Comment
The Minimalist – A no-frills kitchen still cooks

The question I’m asked more often than any other is, “What kitchen equipment should I buy?” Like cookbooks, kitchen equipment is a talisman; people believe that buying the right kind will make them good cooks. …

Antwerp designers, off price
9 June 2009 – 15:46 | No Comment
Antwerp designers, off price

By JOEL WEICKGENANT
ANTWERP has been a byword for avant-garde fashion since a group of up-and-coming designers started working in the Flemish city in the 1980s.
The city’s historic core is now one of Europe’s hottest fashion …

Coffee is good :-)
20 May 2009 – 17:33 | No Comment
Coffee is good :-)

Caffeine effects

Most of the effects of the coffee is the presence of caffeine, found in other food products (tea, cocoa-based drinks containing cola, etc). The physiological role of caffeine has long been exaggerated. Today it …