Juan Fontanive: Flip Books Made From Scrap

On May 23, 2014 by Tim Newman
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Juan Fontanive, who lives in NYC, makes flip books featuring birds and butterflies from old bike parts and other useless bits and bobs he finds lying about. He hand paints each slide and, when they’re...

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#VoteSelfie – Electoral Ink

On May 23, 2014 by Tim Newman
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Officials are urging people not to take selfies whilst voting; this is to prevent them from inadvertently showing other people’s voting decisions in the background. I embarked on a Google. I assumed people would ignore the...

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The Mysterious Stone Balls Of Champ Island

On May 22, 2014 by Tim Newman
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It’s easy to stick a “mysterious” or “amazing” or “mind-blowing” on the front of a title to try and garner a few extra clicks. But in this case I think my use of...

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A 5 Minute 5 Step Program: How To Learn Not To Vote For UKIP

On May 21, 2014 by Muelo
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Usually I’m indifferent to politics. I will take a quick glance at the news every now and again, judge that there’s no way the BNP are going to get much of a following,...

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ALBUM REVIEW: Otti Albietz “And The Voices”

On May 21, 2014 by Tim Newman
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Otti Albietz‘s music, for those who have not been made aware of his noises, is an audio hug with penguin. That description might not help you make sense of him initially but I’ll explain...

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Dabbawala: The Incredible Food Delivery Service Of Mumbai

On May 20, 2014 by Tim Newman
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A Dabbawala is a person that collects home cooked food direct from a wife’s kitchen, takes it to their husband at work and then returns the container to wifey at the end of the...

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Photos From Inside A Wildcat Breeders House

On May 20, 2014 by Tim Newman
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I found these photos taken in the home of a wildcat breeder on a Russian website, but I don’t know if they’re actually from Russia. Due to the dodgy Russian-English translation via Mr Google I really can’t tell...

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25+ Hideous Ukip Quotes

On May 19, 2014 by Tim Newman
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UKIP are worryingly visible at the moment as I’m sure you can’t have failed to notice. They are being taken ever more seriously and that, for me, is terrifying. I thought I would collate...

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Wild Cats Pt 2: Serval

On May 19, 2014 by Tim Newman
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There are 37 species of cat on earth, one is the humble house moggy, and the other 36 are all wild beasts of the wilderness. The serval has to be one of the...

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Wild Cats Pt 1: Pallas’s Cat

On May 19, 2014 by Tim Newman
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Pallas’s cat (Otocolobus manul), also called the manul, is native to the grasslands and montane steppe of Central Asia. It almost goes without saying that it has been classified as ‘Near Threatened’ by The International Union for Conservation of...

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