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  • The Re:ease

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    Here’s my desk scenario. I have a pencil holder from Amazon, a stapler from Maped, a hole-punch from Kangaro, and an off-brand planter with a mini succulent in it. It’s a collection of products I love individually, but combine them… Read More ›

  • The Tip Off podcast

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    Welcome to The Tip Off- the podcast where we take you behind the scenes of some of the best investigative journalism from recent years. Each episode we’ll be digging into an investigative scoop- hearing from the journalists behind the work… Read More ›

  • £15 for a cup of coffee

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    A boutique cafe is selling what it claims is the “perfect” cup of coffee — and if the caffeine doesn’t wake you up, the price certainly will. The coffee from Le Café Alain Ducasse in King’s Cross costs £15 a… Read More ›

  • Why the UK cannot see that Brexit is utterly, utterly stupid

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    Instead there has emerged one justification for reducing real wages, for allowing our economy to lose over 2 per cent of its GDP, to allow firms to make and enact plans to leave the UK: the 2016 referendum. People voted… Read More ›

  • La Voiture Noire

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    It’s a tantalising starting point, and “La Voiture Noire” is the result – as genuinely awesome a car as we’ve seen in years, not least because the Bugatti collector who commissioned it has paid £12 million for it. Spoiler alert:… Read More ›

  • The ZX81

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    In 1981 : The ZX81 was launched. It was produced by Sinclair Research and manufactured in Dundee, Scotland by Timex Corporation… tweeted here. Many memories of wondering what this product was at the time. I was 11 and it took… Read More ›

  • Subscriptions are winning

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    New digital services are turning the UK into a country of subscribers rather than entertainment buyers as music follows video and games to become a majority ‘rental’ market for the first time, according to figures revealed in the Entertainment Retailers Association (ERA) Yearbook,… Read More ›

  • A bad move for podcasts

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    It sounds like the latest programming blitz from Netflix. But this lineup — more than 40 exclusive shows, all without ads — has nothing to do with video. The offerings come from a podcast start-up called Luminary that has emerged from stealth… Read More ›

  • Keith Flint

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    The perfect tribute which goes to show that people are rarely what you perceive them to be. The guy on the left, below, is (was) the better person.

  • Infatuation

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    Limerence is a term the author invented for overwhelming romantic feeling that many people seem prone to – but many aren’t. The nearest synonym might be “infatuation”, but Tennov is trying to describe something less adolescent and more beautiful than… Read More ›