Category Archives: Current Affairs
Sibling rivalry just got worse
Oh dear, sibling rivalry everywhere is about to get worse.
Read more...The six-hour shocker!
You have to laugh at Sweden’s ‘experiment’ with a six-hour working day.
Read more...I wouldn’t have minded a vegetable shortage when I was a kid!
It is the news that every child in the United Kingdom will be revelling at – there is a shortage of vegetables in Great Britain!
Read more...A day’s break from running after 52 years
I thought I was doing well to manage a couple of short jogs a week until I heard about former Olympian Ron Hill.
Read more...Slippers may improve school grades
Wearing slippers in school promotes better grades according to a university study.
Read more...Too old to say awesome?
I was recently told, by a person the same age as me I might add, that I am too old to use the word ‘awesome’.
Read more...Meet your earliest ancestor
Wow, our oldest ancestor has been discovered and it’s a sea creature measuring just one millimetre. Fossils of the animal, named Saccorhytus, have been found in China and are evidence of one of the earliest forms of the animal group deuterostomes,…
Read more...Berry packs a punch
Good on you Mary Berry! It’s hard not to be a fan of the nation’s favourite TV baker – especially when you saw her winning a National Television Award.
Read more...Well, life has a funny way of sneaking up on you
I heard a familiar song on the radio this morning and couldn’t believe my ears when the presenter said it was over 20 years since it was first released.
Read more...Is it true?
Unbelievable as it sounds, scientists are looking into ways of ‘vaccinating’ us against fake news stories.
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