Welcome to Down With Freedom's page for random bollocks of interest
written by Howard Gardner and Mike Sims
8th August 2009 - The Golden Age of Computing A nostalgic trip back to the days when bytes meant bytes |
1st August 2009 - It's the flu Latest on the pandemic |
28th July 2009 - Better than the News Marriage bells are ringing in the news this week. |
25th July 2009 - The Forgotten War part 3 Concluding our forgotten history of the Second World War, here's a bit about absent mindedness on the other side fo the channel. |
21st July 2009 - The Forgotten War part 2 Continuing our squelchy history thread about the Second World War, here's a bit about one of the era's most enduring icons. |
18th July 2009 - The Forgotten War part 1 More like a 'history squelch' really, here's some fascinating stuff you probably never knew about the Second World War. |
14th July 2009 - The pandemic advances Distressing news as the flu marches onwards |
19th June 2009 - An advertising classic Most advertisments these days seem to live in the past (mainly the eighties), so we thought we'd dig out a classic of our own fro mthe archives. |
13th June 2009 - Some good news at last Gordon fares better than he'd expected overseas |
7th June 2009 - The Cabinet A look at how Gordon Brown's new posse is taking shape |
22nd May 2009 - Expens-o-rama A predictable cheap swipe at the sensational craze scandalising Parliament |
12th May 2009 - Science to end all science! A project that's truly the final word in physics research, unfolding right now on the Swiss/French border. |
8th May 2009 - A Classic bit of advertising How well do you know your old posters? |
23rd April 2009 - Better than the News A panda rampage brings a bit of much needed colour to south London |
15th April 2009 - Soggy magazine The UK's top celeb goss mag |
11th April 2009 - The Florist Cops on Kiwipedia The web's 'cheap encyclopedia' gives us a comprehensive low-down on the police drama phenomenon of 2009. |
9th April 2009 - Spoon World issue 1 Think you know everything about spoons? |
8th April 2009 - Better than the news A look at history as it might have been, with television's most unquestionable psychic. |
29th March 2009 - Yesterday's news A look back in time, to a true turning point in modern British history. |
25th March 2009 - Great days out A fascinating tourist attraction, waiting to be discovered in the Berkshire countryside. Experience a real hidden gem of England's heritage. Contains some images of a crudely drawn penis. This was inspired by a real news story, by the way. And a real heritage site. |
25th March 2009 - Ready! Eamonn! Fire! An alarming exposé on the Celebrity Arms Race, featuring a few words from Vanessa. It's better than the news! |
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21st March 2009 - Florist Cops The latest gritty crime drama to hit our TV screens is something of a disappointment. Read what the press has to say. |