For the Hindus the Ganges is a living goddess, and streams of
pilgrims, old and young, as well
as tourists, flood towards the river to worship. Sandra Boler, Independent April 3 10
Sean Greenhalgh
ran a cottage industry from his garden shed. (bbc)
Seeing a
buzzard catch a rare phalarope is “in bird-watching terms, like killing two
birds with one stone.” birdwatcher in Times Jan 16 09
The discovery of the preserved bodies
“breathed new life into” Arctic exploration. (The idea of artificial respiration is too
near the disinterred remains.)
The centre of
activity of the marketplace has changed ... quicker than any other slowdowns. Guardian
Sept 20 08
You might think the Channel Islands are
a backwater. Coast
Experts Unveil Cloak of Silence (bbc.co.uk headline)
(Underneath this veil is - a cloak! Perhaps their subs have a sense of humour.)
China’s thirst for oil (Let them drink oil!)
British public toilets have been in free fall. Richard Chisnell,
chairman of the British Toilet Association Guardian April 23, 2008 (Hallelujah! It’s
raining toilets)
Meanwhile the old certainties of gradual melting over thousands of
years remain in the IPCC report. It is doubtful whether they still hold
water. New Scientist May 08 (but
they may be joking)
The history of the
aquatics centre
shows a risible approach to cost control and that the games’ organisers seem to
be willing to
spend money like water. Report on the
2012 Olympics budget quoted in G April 30, 2008
This so-called water
feature will literally be a drain on the resources of
the Royal Parks Agency for years to come. Re the Diana fountain, Guardian March 22 06
It will literally be a drain on the water supply, and metaphorically be a drain
on the resources of the Royal Parks Agency.
The horses of Australia's snowy
mountains once served to harness the identity of
a nation emerging from colonial rule. Times Jan 6 08 (crystallise? embody? focus?)
Why delivering her
baby at home is the birthright of every woman Time headline Sept 26 07
Where do you draw the line? Everything has to
have been drawn originally. Norman Rosenthal
quoted in Guardian May 26 04 talking about including drawing in the RA
summer
exhibition
Heart diseases are yet another health care headache. Toby Murcott, The Whole Story
Waitrose has eaten into M&S’s luxury food side.
We’ll get there, adds Carr, PETA’s fisheries expert. I look forward to the day when
we can just talk about the ethics of angling without this red herring of whether they can feel pain.
Why spend astronomical amounts on so-called scientific
research to go to another planet?
I'm also struck by the way people use cliched phrases without
actually hearing what they say. Take the health minister who told the Commons:
We are
rolling out fresh fruit in primary schools. On this week's In Our Time on Radio 4,
Melvyn Bragg discoursed with an American academic who was an expert on the work
of Newton. The notion that space was empty, there was no stuff there, was
something
the mind finds it very difficult to
get its head round, she said. Simon Hoggart G Feb 14 2004
Recycling of animal protein in feed proved recipe for disaster Guardian October 27, 2000 (But the Guardian
may always be doing it on purpose.)
Ski slope injuries "hurt NHS" Guardian headline March 24, 2004
The manager of a South African manufacturing company that has
launched a new design of plough... According to the Cape Argus newspaper, he announced: ‘ We are
proud to be part of a ground-breaking initiative. New Scientist June 2004
Holofernes says it’s [rock group] Wir Sind Helden’s authenticity
that strikes a chord with fans.
As the smoke clears at the devastated detention centre, a Standard
investigation reveals how officials ignored the warnings that they were sitting
on a powder keg. Evening Standard July 23, 2004
