Euphemisms for "cold"

It is alleged that the Eskimos have twenty-seven different words for snow, even though that is dismissed in some quarters as an urban myth....

DECC Fined Record £10.5bn by Ofgov

From the BBC : Energy department DECC has been fined £10.5bn by the regulator Ofgov for mis-selling alternatives to gas and electricity. The...

It's not just me then.

From It's Grim Up North : The recent trend of chilly winters has continued, with figures showing that this season has been the fourth in...

[Brrr!] Reader's Letter Of The Day

From the FT : Sir, You have published three letters (February 1, 4 and 8) scolding Andrew Turnbull (January 31) for querying exactly how ala...

"This would all be faintly humorous, if it wasn’t so deadly serious"

There's a splendid article in The Daily Mail , marred only by the use of the past tense rather than the subjunctive in the sentence I us...

We're doing our bit for global warming

Here's what the gas/electricity company sent us to cheer us up at Xmas time. I hope that once the 'planet' has warmed up a bit, ...

I'm surprised they didn't blame "catastrophic sea level rises"

From the BBC : A South Pacific island, shown on marine charts and world maps as well as on Google Earth and Google Maps, does not exist, Aus...