News At A Glance #20

By ASH Smyth
August 2022

—    The Nelson Evening Mail, 2 April 1907

Yahoo is part of the Yahoo family of brands.

The Ninth Crusade was inconclusive.

You can learn High Valyrian on Duolingo.

Machine Gun Kelly has been honoured with an official annual holiday in Cleveland.

Leonard Cohen wrote at least 150 verses for ‘Hallelujah’.

Old clay gets recycled.

A*- and A-grade A-levels have fallen by 20% since last year, when school teachers decided what grades their pupils should get.

In Saudi Arabia, tweets can get you 34 years in jail.

The Royal Navy is not a humorous institution.

Baroness Davidson of Lundin Links is a Scottish politician who served as Leader of the Scottish Conservative Party from 2011 to 2021.

Work is always better with a giant flamingo.

A sick turkey is better for Russia than a healthy one.

It is hard to fully appreciate the landscaping when whirling around upside down with your eyes closed.