The Colossus of Rhodes tragically collapsed after a poorly planned renovation attempt by the city, which involved sliding the statue into a massive pair of bronze running shoes.

'When the vibes change, I change my mind. What do you do, sir?'

I love how there’s an Australian version of The Spectator for when you have a take that’s too mental for the UK edition.

You: *pronounces Bon Iver as it's written*

Most annoying guy you know, barely able to conceal his delight: what did you just say

This is a bit out of date, but really, Britain should really have many more empty homes.

Enjoying some classic trance and a G&T while this train languishes in Grantham.

Fun is a British Value and the people complaining need to be reported to Prevent.

Sure Start worked. It had big long term effects on the educational achievement of poor children. Its demise is a study in policy failure - over centralisation, over extension, poor data, 'not invented here syndrome'. thetimes.co.uk/article/sure-s…

The Netherlands has a far higher population density compared to the UK.

They still manage far larger houses than us. Why? Their planning system wasn’t designed to massively elevate veto players.

Those are my children

Martingale processes in statistics are named after the martingale betting strategy (in which you keep going double or nothing until you eventually win)... which is itself named after a town in France whose inhabitants were noted for being particularly naive and stupid

'Incorrect' is when you misspell someone's name.

What Julia means is that on this particular occasion her attempt to use a horrible incident thousands of miles away about which she (and us) knew nothing in order to stir up racism, hatred and division backfired.