Top tip #1:  When you go to a gig on your own you have to be prepared for a bit of difficulty.

You see, it's all very easy when there are two of you. You can sing along with the best bits, and you can nod at each other when you get to a good bit you both like.  When you get out you can talk about how good or bad it was. If you're so inclined you can even have a bit of a cuddle while you're waiting for the support act to get lost. But the single most important reason to take a friend or lover to a gig with you is to save your spot while you go for beers.

Top gear star Richard Hammond critically injured driving a jet powered car!

George W Bush has announced plans to send troops to the Far East to protect our supply of mens'wear.

Fascinating goings on in Thai capital Bangkok!

Tanks outside government house.

The perfect antitode to Beyonce. Every now and then something completely brilliant comes along and reminds you that you were bored out of your skull without even realising it.

The thing I find it difficult to take, is when a belief system tells you there is another way of seeing the world - and it can be yours, instantly - and they point the finger of guilt, and make you feel ashamed to still be so blind.

Holy "Daddy" Benedictine, big boss of the most profitable and successful world religion insisted he wasn't evil in the wake of his controversial derogatory comments about the prophet of another popular world religion [which cannot be named for legal reasons]...

Another fine morning in the Westminster village. Tony and John wake up to discuss the problems of the day. For Tony, it's a question of the leaky roof, the wife's sex drive, and that nasty Afghanistan business, while John's wondering whether or not to treat hinself to something special from Cosmo.

David Steele was accused of being a fascist black-leg today, after refusing to uphold ArkSanctum.org's boycott against new original content.

Tesco boss Terry Leahie has announced that the multigazillion dollar company will be going into Nuclear Energy within the next half hour.

A Biography of Thailand's Bhumibol Adulyadej

By Paul M Handley

A conversation between Cameron, Blair, Brown and Bush. With apologies to Mack and Jack. But not very sincere ones.