Archive for October, 2007
TV Fraudsters
The latest news on the ITV phone-in fraud scandal is that the serious fraud squad are looking into it. In an interview this week Sir Michael Grade described these issues as “a serious cultural failure” and pointed out that the report, produced by the city firm Deloitte, did not indicate that fraud had taken place. [...]
Is The Smoking Ban Working For Everyone?
The smoking ban, recently introduced in the U.K., is forcing smokers to step outside of the pubs and clubs which previously would have kept them and their polluting habits contained. Is this a good thing? If you live near a pub or a club you may have become aware of the smokers who now congregate [...]
Trepanning: the ultimate body jewellery
The Nurse presents the case for trepanning yourself into fashion history Having spent a few days chilling in solitary confinement The Nurse is feeling considerably less viputerative. That’s better. While drifting calmly in her drug-cosy haze, she mused upon her past. The incidents, accidents and triumphs enjoyed over decades of surrepticious, deliciously amateur brain surgery. [...]
Save the planet? The planet’ll be fine!
When we talk about saving the planet, what do we really mean? The Nurse thinks a sanity check is in order. What everyone’s running around in a panic trying to ‘save’ is the human race. Without us the earth would still turn. Life would thrive, evolving peacefully across silent clean millennia. It takes a huge [...]
