The World According To Dan

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

Blogs I read

TMZ.com

'Top Gun: Maverick' Actor James Handy Died From Stab Wound and Neck Compression - "Top Gun: Maverick" actor James Handy not only died from being viciously stabbed, but he also suffered "neck compression," which was another huge factor in...
PoliticalBetting.com

What will this betting market look like next Friday morning? - Whatever the result in Makerfield next Thursday I expect there will be a major (over)reaction to the result. Interestingly a surprise result in Scotland mi...
Guido Fawkes

NEW: UK Economy Contracted By 0.1% in April - From the ONS: Real gross domestic product (GDP) grew by 0.7%, following a growth of 0.6% in the three months to March 2026 and a growth of 0.5% in the thre...
FAIL Blog

Anonymous Company Survey Accidentally Leaked By HR to the Entire Company - We all know those so-called "anonymous" company surveys are rarely anonymous, right? If anything, they are loyalty tests. Yes, you can do what you can to t...
Iain Dale's Diary

A Tale of Two Interviews - Streeting v Burnham - Last night at around midnight I was flicking through Youtube and came across the latest Newsagents podcast, in which Lewis Goodall interviews Wes Streeti...
Awkward Family Photos

Lamb Formal - “Our fashionable 1987 easter photo with a real lamb.” (submitted by Darlene) The post Lamb Formal appeared first on AwkwardFamilyPhotos.com.
Ben Charlton

Beating UKPC in court - In April 2025 I took UK Parking Control (UKPC) to court. They’re one of the private parking companies that are famous for aggressively pursuing consumers...
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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