The World According To Dan

Random photos, TV, politics and anything else that comes into view

Blogs I read

Guido Fawkes

New Statesman Launches Guido-Style ‘Gossip’ Column - The New Statesman has today launched a new gossip column on its website. Who needs print sales anyway? The Labour house rag is promoting “The Hitch,” style...
TMZ.com

Cops Awaiting Paul Pierce Blood Test Results After DUI Arrest - It's still not entirely clear if Paul Pierce had alcohol in his system during his arrest last week ... as TMZ Sports has learned cops are still waiting on ...
PoliticalBetting.com

Another parable of UK industry - Recall the GLP1 obesity drugs which are generating tens of billions every year ?Meet the British scientists who was one of those who first elucidated the b...
FAIL Blog

Homeowner demands their neighbor’s new fence be moved after she installs it several feet into homeowner’s property: ‘[She] asked if I would be willing to just live with it due to the expense’ - Friendly neighbors are great until someone decides to build a surprise fence and suddenly everyone cares way too much about where the sewer grate sits. I...
Iain Dale's Diary

We Must Root Out the Cancer of Antisemitism - *This was my openiong monoogue from last evening's LBC show. I hadn't prepared it. I just spoke from the heart.* On Tuesday, the Prime Minister spoke ...
Awkward Family Photos

The Wedding Finger - “Call me crazy, but I don’t think my sister’s new mother-in-law was happy about the wedding.” (submitted by Erin) The post The Wedding Finger appeared fi...
Ben Charlton

Volkswagen Takata Airbag Mess in 2025 - Starting in 2013, many vehicle manufacturers recalled vehicles fitted with faulty airbag inflators made by Takata Corporation. Over 100 million airbags h...
Radiac's Diary

A Pretty Good Year - After the disaster that was 2023, my 2024 was pretty good, so I thought if I share the bad the least I can do is share the good! If my year had a theme, ...
FT.com Westminster

Markets latest: GameStop closes up 68% – as it happened - *All the latest as a wild week on Wall Street, which pitted Redditors against hedge funds, comes to a close.* Read more
There, I Fixed It.

Epic DIY Chainsaw Fails Video Compilation - It’s funny that you need a license to fish, hunt, own a gun, drive a car, and work as a manicurist a nail salon, but there’s no such requirement for owni...
Anna Raccoon

My campaign is bearing fruit. - Not sure if I can do this but I will do my best. The disease is progressing and today I have had my medication pushed up to 300 ml of Ketamine and 275ml of...
Chase Me Charlie

new look 6262, part 2 - So far it all seems to be going ok. I accidentally cut the back bodice piece a size smaller than I needed, but it still seems to fit alright so I’m not to...
Bagehot's Notebook

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Benedict Brogan

RIP Benny Green – the boy who brought black Britain to a generation of schoolkids - IT'S perhaps no surprise that the death of Terry Sue-Patt, the actor who played Benny Green in the BBC school drama Grange Hill, is one of the most-read it...
Cranmer

Canon Andrew White deserves a knighthood - He doesn't care about temporal honours, of course. You only have to hear the 'Vicar of Baghdad' preach, or take a few minutes to watch the above short fi...
Peace. Of. Analeigh.

It is a Sunday, and I wanted to find my disjointed thoughts in front of me. For me. - There was an old wicker bird cage, canary yellow, that sat on some unnecessary piece of furniture in a lovely, but unnecessary room we fittingly dubbed the...
Torah Club

A Simple Noahide - This is something I learnt during my die-trying seeking for conversion to Judaism. There is a beauty in Judaism that it does not require you to be Jewish...
Henry Porter

I'm off, but the struggle for civil liberties must go on | Henry Porter - With the new government promising to respect our civil liberties, I think now is a good time for me to bow out This is my last post for liberty central, a ...
The Carrie Prejean

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