Category Archives: Current Affairs
England’s Rugby World Cup champions celebrated
England’s recent women’s rugby union dominance was brought to a peak on Sunday August 17 when a victory against Canada secured the world cup for the first time in 20 years.
Read more...The bubble tea revolution
A quiet revolution is happening as we speak. So quiet that readers of this blog may be wholly unaware of it. Or maybe you’re someone who keeps up with every trend that’s sweeping the nation and…
Read more...More soggy bottoms on their way!
The excitement is building for the start of the ultimate baking battle: the fifth series of The Great British Bake Off starts tomorrow, Wednesday August 6th, at 8pm on BBC One.
Read more...Over 100,000 fans make up the biggest football crowd ever in the US
Manchester United beat Real Madrid 3 – 1 last week far from either team’s home.
Read more...Fields of Battle, Lands of Peace
“I have many times asked myself whether there can be more potent advocates of peace upon earth through the years to come than this mass multitude of silent witnesses to the desolation of war.”
Read more...Opening up the computer gaming world
Yesterday evening I was wandering through a forest considering finding somewhere to spend the night while trying to keep the zombies at bay, when I suddenly started thinking about how computer games had changed over the past two decades.
Read more...Driverless cars will be on our roads in under six months
The British government has announced that driverless cars will be legally allowed on public roads from January next year.
Read more...The giant leap: A hard act to follow?
“Humans are now immortal” were the words of Dr. Wernher von Braun after the Apollo 11 landing craft splashed down in the Pacific Ocean exactly 45 years ago.
Read more...Tattoos in the news – again
Tattoos have been in the news a lot recently, what with footballers in the World Cup and various celebrities showing off their works of art.
Read more...Men at birth
More men attend the birth of their baby than ever before – with 95% of fathers now choosing to be present in the delivery room.
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