James Langton Archive
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May 01, 2010
The British people go to the polls on Thursday and the result increasingly looks like a hung parliament. Read Article Gordon Brown discovers a soundbite is a long time in politics
May 08, 2010
The world's longest beaver dam is discovered, a communication satellite spins out of control and France prepares to return mummified Maori warrior heads to New Zealand. Read Article A week of beavers and mummies
May 15, 2010
Borne on the shoulders of giants, the Philippines president-elect faces serious challenges as his people's new leader. Read Article Noynoy Aquino: the son also rises
May 22, 2010
A OAP gives up on his search for the final piece of a giant puzzle, police in Germany are training vultures to find dead bodies and honey bees raise a security alert at the White House. Read Article The missing piece of an eight-year jigsaw puzzle
May 29, 2010
A cell phone number in Bulgaria has been withdrawn from service after the mysterious deaths of its last three owners. Read Article No answer: a cursed mobile number is put out of service
Jun 05, 2010
He regularly strangles his son, has a two-digit IQ and is actually Canadian. Yet the overweight sage of Springfield was recently voted the greatest television character of the 20th century. Read Article Homer Simpson: The epic hero for our times
Jun 12, 2010
While the World Cup has provided huge excitement and magical moments, the prestige of its biggest names has diminished as fame, narcissism and obscene riches take their toll. Read Article Beautiful game, ugly players
Jun 26, 2010
James Langton lists some simple, but not necessarily cheap, ways of keeping teenagers happy on holiday. Read Article Eight simple* rules for taking my teenage children on holiday
Jul 03, 2010
A six-year-old girl has been placed on the US government's "no fly" list designed to thwart possible terrorists. Read Article A round-up of the week's odder stories
Jul 03, 2010
A footballing genius who succumbed to drug addiction, he is now back as the manager who could reclaim the World Cup. Read Article Diego Maradona, the striker who dived and rose again
