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Grand angle - Balancing act

1. Harlso is a five-year-old dachshund and an Internet sensation. This little guy lives in Belfast, Ireland with his owners, ...

On parle d'eux

1.~ JOHN BERCOW On the 31st of October, the Speaker of the House of Commons stood down from the position ...

Look who's back: Spitting Image returns for our chaotic times

1. There was a time during its 1980s heyday when Spitting Image was watched by 15 million people each week, ...

Focus

1.~ Satire Following in Spitting Image’s footsteps, France’s Les Guignols de l’Info led to Spain’s Las noticias del guiñol ...

The sinister appeal of 'The Dark Crystal's' bad Muppets

1. Puppets are powerful. A sock pulled over a hand becomes a snake; a piece of wood at the end ...

Zoom sur

1.~ Sesame Street premiered in November 1969 and the show is still going strong 50 years later. In addition to ...

Uber for tailors in Lagos

1. Rich and poor, everyone has a tailor here,” says Olajire Omikunle, a couturier for Nigeria’s powerful. So great is ...

Sur le vif

1.~ 1. Chiffre de la quinzaine 12,000,000 Going under the hammer at Sotheby’s for 12 million dollars, 'Devolved Parliament', a ...

À 360°

1.~ 1. Veteran resident ( Nigéria) The resident tortoise of a royal palace in Oyo State, Nigeria, died recently following ...

India government pours money into dung

1. ON SEPTEMBER 7TH mission control in Bengaluru lost contact with an Indian-designed and -built lunar probe mere seconds before ...

Thomas Cook, the world's oldest travel firm, collapses

1. THOMAS COOK began life in July 1841, offering day-trips between Leicester and Loughborough to teetotallers. It counted Mark Twain, ...

Ken Loach's gig economy-inspired film

1. There is a scene in Sorry We Missed You, Ken Loach’s new film about a parcel courier driven to the brink by ...

How Not To Eviscerate Stephen King

1. It started right away. As soon as Stephen King published his first novel, “Carrie,” in 1974, Hollywood came knocking. ...

Les échos

1.~ 1. Institutional bias A recently published joint report by In Other Words and artnet News found that artwork ...

Common childhood illness may have killed off Neanderthals

1. The mystery of why Neanderthals died out may have been solved, and rather than some sort of cataclysmic event, ...

Labradoodle creator regrets his invention

1. The man who created the world’s first labradoodle has spoken of his regret in creating the popular mixed-breed dog, ...

Le dessin

1.~ Blowin’ in the wind   Usually, when you hear a whistle, it’s on a sports pitch, sometimes at a ...