Richard Ford

Carrie Kania Makes Harper Perennial Clubhouse for Losers

Most of the people who came to Camilla Morton’s book party at the Diane von Furstenberg showroom last Thursday night appeared to be models or DJs or photographers. Giselle Bündchen arrived in skintight leather pants. A man with...

Bat Segundo DVDs Now on Sale!

We’ve received a few requests from listeners asking us how they can get DVD-ROMs of the show. And since Christmas shopping has started, and some of you out there may be on the lookout for a literary stocking stuffer, we’ve...

National VFW commander visits TH Post 972

By Brian M. Boyce The Tribune-Star TERRE HAUTE — The ninth-largest VFW Post in the world received a visit from the national commander, who agreed with local veterans that the organization needs to get bigger. “They’ve got to...

Press releases from the future - Ubisoft Announces Tom Clancy’s Imagine: Party Babyz: Clandestine...

THIS IS NOT A REAL PRESS RELEASE. THIS IS A SATIRICAL LOOK AT UBISOFT’S SOFTWARE LINEUP. Today Ubisoft, one of the world’s largest video game publishers, announced that it will publish Tom Clancy’s Imagine: Party Babyz:...

RICHARD KAY: Absent earl is ousted in estate battle

Like his distant ancestor who was routed in the Charge of the Light Brigade, the Earl of Cardigan has lost his nine-month battle to remain a trustee and manager of his 1,000-year-old birthright, the Savernake Forest estate in...

Pueblo Indian Crops and Gardens

The Cultivation of Wild Plants and Crops by the Native Pueblos The Indian Tribes of the Pueblo Province of New Mexico traditionally planted their own crops and made use of native, wild plants, using them for both food and...

Barry Glendenning: Modern Football’s Loving Sceptic

“In most ways I am content not to know such information, and to think of sportswriting not as a real profession but more as an agreeable frame of mind, a way of going about things rather than things you exactly do or know. A...

Jack Straw makes clear Sharia principles subject to English law

Richard Ford, Home Correspondent Jack Straw last night made clear that Sharia principles will always be subject to English law. Sharia principles could be used to resolve family and other personal disputes but no English court...

Number of pagan prisoners has doubled over four years

Richard Ford, Home Correspondent Paganism is on the rise in jails in England and Wales with the number of practising prisoners more than doubling in the past four years. Paganism was recognised by the Prison Service as a...

Government reclassifying cannabis despite fall in use

Richard Ford, Home Correspondent Illegal drug use is in decline in England and Wales with cannabis use at its lowest level for a decade, according to a report. Despite the fall in use of cannabis, the Government said it was...

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