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- Museums at Night takes place this weekend
- The Return of The Cough
- Testing being carried out on the new Cable Car route
- A look around the Leonardo exhibition at The Queen’s Gallery
- A bookshop has opened inside the Wellington Arch at Hyde Park Corner
- Birds nesting at Canary Wharf
- Ride in a 1938 era tube train at the Rickmansworth Festival
- Expect gunfire and explosions near Old St tube station this evening
- St Nicholas Church in Great Wakering
- A small museum inside a military firing range
Quirky News Archive
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Devon threatened by a Hurricane?
Posted on September 9, 2008 | No CommentsIn the annals of weird news headlines, “Devon braces as irritable Ike turns his eye toward Gulf” might make you think of the English county – and not a US... -
Don’t go shopping in Rockhampton, Australia
Posted on March 5, 2008 | No CommentsIt’s a dangerous place is Rockhampton, Australia. Mon – Car damaged in supermarket car park Tue – Shopping trolley rage leaves woman in fear of shopping Wed – Public split... -
Over half million stranded at China train station
Posted on January 28, 2008 | No CommentsA report on Reuters makes me wonder if British Rail (or whatever they are called this week) are not quite as incompetent as we tend to think they are. Over... -
A Bus May Land on My Head
Posted on January 27, 2008 | No CommentsA report in the Washington Post, citing unnamed government sources is claiming that a US spy satellite has lost control and is on an uncontrolled crash path back to earth.... -
An Egyptian God pays a visit to my flat
Posted on January 18, 2008 | 1 CommentA slightly freaky sight this morning. Following an accident last night with the cooking and a bad case of negligence on my part, quite a bit of muck was on... -
Happy (or is that Merry?) PLGA Week!
Posted on December 3, 2007 | No CommentsThe Indian People’s Liberation Guerrilla Army (PLGA) wishes to send you kind felicitations on the second day of their annual week of action. As is traditional during the festivities of... -
The tale of London’s attempt to build an “Eiffel Tower”
Posted on October 24, 2007 | No CommentsOne hundred years ago, a huge explosion was heard in Wembley, Nth London – by the site of the modern day soccer stadium. It wasn’t an accident though, but a... -
At last – a sensible use for The Bible
Posted on November 14, 2006 | No CommentsTired of all that sanctimonious crap inside The Bible ? Replace it with something vastly more interesting instead then…. Via The Green Head The Good Book Flask is the ultimate... -
CCTV’s cause UK’s Obesity epidemic
Posted on November 7, 2006 | No CommentsConsider two seemingly unrelated issues: A combination of CCTVs, biometrics, databases and tracking technologies has resulted in Britain becoming the most spied on nation in the world, according to a... -
Samsung’s new mobile phone concept?
Posted on November 4, 2006 | No CommentsSamsung has partnered with Korea University to develop a machine-gun equipped sentry robot, which consists of “two cameras: one for day-time and one for infrared night vision, zooming capabilities, a...