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Roughly one hundred years ago today, the domestic fridge was launched on a world eager for things to keep stuff cool. That was the level of tech jargon at the time. “Things to keep stuff [...]

What part of your body disappears when you stand up? (Stop tittering at the back.) The answer I’m looking for is, of course, the lap.

I recently had the melancholy experience of stumbling across an obituary for someone I know. Or knew. Stuart Christie, a daring anarchist who conspired to blow up General Franco and was nearly [...]