The World According To Dan

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

Blogs I read

TMZ.com

Olivia Wilde Says She's Not Dead After Shocking Red Carpet Interview - Olivia Wilde says fans shouldn't worry about her health ... she wasn't brought back to dead by a mad scientist for a recent red carpet appearance -- the ca...
Iain Dale's Diary

The Consequences of Thursday's Elections - Local elections are always an expectations game and revolve around each party trying to convince us pundits and voters in advance that they’re going to d...
PoliticalBetting.com

Will Andy Burnham become an MP in 2026? - This market from Ladbrokes does not expect Andy Burnham to become an MP and I agree, the key quote from the Sunday Telegraph about Andy Burnham winning ove...
Guido Fawkes

Green Party Misspells Own Leader’s Name - Neither Green MPs nor anyone from the Lambeth Green Party, which is trying hard to make inroads into prize London Labour territory, has bothered to spell P...
FAIL Blog

Passenger discovers airline put her luggage on the wrong plane, leading her to scream at the airport agent to turn the plane around: ‘Get my luggage back NOW’ - As much as customer service is supposed to be there for their customers and do whatever they can to ensure their happiness, at the end of the day, there is...
Awkward Family Photos

Blink - “I’d been to a rave Friday and was going on holiday on the Monday when I realized my passport had expired so I had to get a new picture straight after th...
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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