I gave some thought to whether this link was suitable for this journal but as I have 'grotesqueries' in my list of interests I decided that it was. You've been warned.

Couples are turning extra IVF embryos into jewellery.

I hate Chrome. I hate it with the heat of a thousand burning suns.

Steve Bannon and the occult: The right wing’s long, strange love affair with New Age mysticism.

Whatever else one might say about Bill Clinton, he knows bullshit when he sees it.

"This restored clip courtesy of UNIVERSAL STUDIOS features the newly restored "Rhapsody In Blue" number from "KING OF JAZZ" (1930). , as painstakingly restored in 2015/16 by Universal Studios. This is the very first time since 1930 that we are actually seeing the 2-Strip Technicolor as was originally printed/produced 86 years ago."

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Oh, yuck. Charles Williams: sadist or Rosicrucian saint?

I was predisposed to dislike Hensher but could this be more classist, waspish, and condescending? What an asshole. Can't spell Tolkien, pretends to have read All Hallow's Eve but hasn't, knows nothing about Williams' uncle, and in all likelihood hasn't read the book he's reviewing.

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How the remains of five 'missing' Archbishops of Canterbury were found by accident."Since the discovery, a square manhole has been let into the chancel floor, with a glazed panel that will offer a glimpse of the steps leading down to the vault. The coffins - which have been left exactly where they were discovered, undisturbed - will be out of ( Read more... )

Do journalists no longer need basic language skills?

"After being contacted by the Discovery Channel, Goslow's egg was brought to a local veterinary clinic to be X-rayed, CBC reports.

It was revealed that inside the farmer's massive chicken egg lied a full average-sized egg."

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A Town Forgotten.

I'm a day late for Mary Pickford's 125th birthday. Interesting cast in this one with the Gish sisters and Mack Sennett in minor roles.

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