Aston Villa don’t count, by the way They’ve dropped down once, got back up last season and survived since. Only the clubs who have gone up and down matter in this one and, in the history of the Premier League since 1992/93, 25 teams have yo-yo’d and dropped out of the English top flight at […]

6 years ago

Everyone loves a bit of slang One of the most beautiful things about this world in which we live is that each and every single area of the earth inhabited by people has its own, uniquely distinct slang. We’ve already looked at Irish slang, as well as tried to help you learn a little bit […]

6 years ago

After 10 years, Silva has left City When David Silva joined Manchester City in the summer of 2010, the club was on the beginning of a journey. Recently taken over by Sheikh Mansour and with manager Roberto Mancini at the helm for his second season at the Etihad, the club had its sights set on […]

6 years ago

The American city has been the scene of protests for more than 50 days Violence has escalated in the American city of Portland in recent days after US president Donald Trump ordered federal troops to crackdown on protestors. The city has been the scene of consistent protests over the past 50 days, and Trump deemed […]

6 years ago

Wear a mask for goodness sake It’s very simple people. If you wear a mask it will protect you and others. Coronavirus is extremely dangerous, it is not ‘just a flu’. It has claimed the lives of more than 45,000 British people and the lives of more than 600,000 globally. In an ideal world, all […]

6 years ago

This is going to be good Tottenham Hotspur started the 2019/20 season with a mix of enthusiasm and trepidation. Having been on the receiving end of a defeat to Liverpool in the 2019 Champions League final, question marks loomed over the future of Mauricio Pochettino. Fast forward to 19 November 2019 and Spurs sat 14th […]

6 years ago

Is the water you’re swimming in as clean as you think? When the weather is warm, people take to the water in an attempt to escape the heat they spend every other day of their praying for. Also, water is refreshing and clean. But maybe it’s not as clean as we think. Hundreds of people […]

6 years ago

The banter era feels like a long time ago Liverpool are the best team in England and the reigning champions of Europe. The change brought about by Jurgen Klopp’s revitalisation of the club has seen the club return to its past sitting, and has made them one of the most feared clubs in football. But […]

6 years ago

The NHS turned 72 on July 5th The United Kingdom has experienced incredibly difficult times during the coronavirus pandemic. Tens of thousands of people have died as a result of the virus, and there have been question marks over the handling of the crisis by politicians. Through it all, NHS staff have been on the […]

6 years ago

This is the world’s fastest wheelie bin When you think of a wheelie bin you probably don’t picture a form of transport. You probably think of nothing more than a receptacle to put rubbish in. The wheelie bin, the world’s fastest, is powered by a 110cc engine, 10 horsepower and can hit top speeds of […]

6 years ago

Trump is not one to stay on message Donald Trump used his White House Independence Day speech to call out anarchists, agitators and Marxists. The US president’s address was initially a call to celebrate the founding fathers of the United States, as well as America’s workers. He also praised the country’s troops who defeated the […]

6 years ago

Few have been hit as hard by Covid-19 than the homeless The United Kingdom has been hit extremely hard by the coronavirus pandemic. Tens of thousands have died and the economy has taken a devastating blow. An unseen impact of the virus has been the effect that it has had on the homeless community in […]

6 years ago

The news announced by the band on their official Twitter account Kasabian front man Tom Meighan has stepped down from the band due to “personal issues”, the band has announced. A founding member of the group since its creation in 1997, Meighan will “concentrate all his energies on getting his life back on track”. “Tom Meighan […]

6 years ago

The pubs are open again After four long months, a number of English pubs reopened at the weekend with social distancing measures in place. It was estimated that as many as 15 million pints were served on Saturday, as some pubs allowed punters in from as early as 6am. While many people expected scenes of […]

6 years ago

New Balance have released the new Porto kit for the 2020/21 season, inspired by the passionate sea of blue that arises when the fans gather

6 years ago

People seem to be getting really into littering One of the first things that most of us were taught as kids ‘don’t litter’. It’s one of those rudimentary lessons we learn early on, along with ‘don’t take candy from strangers’ and ‘look both ways before you cross the street’. During lockdown, though, it appears that […]

6 years ago

Congratulations, you’ve reached the halfway point of 2020 And what a fucking year it has been. This is what we’ve been through together. From the fires in Australia which killed a billion animals and left thousands without homes, to America’s assassination of an Iranian general, the start of the year sure was quite a ride. […]

6 years ago

What sort of person attends an illegal rave during a pandemic? While the majority of British people have adhered to coronavirus lockdown restrictions and remained within their homes, sacrificing time with family and friends along the way, some have not. In recent weeks, as the government slowly winds down the restrictions at a time when […]

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30 years is a long time, but it was worth the wait Liverpool Football Club are champions of England for the first time in three decades, after Manchester City’s defeat to Chelsea on Thursday evening confirmed what we all knew was coming for months. Had it not been for the coronavirus-enforced hiatus which forced a […]

6 years ago

The Simpsons have been on many adventures in their 241 years on TV Throughout the years, Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie, erstwhile known as The Simpsons have travelled overseas on a number of occasions. Particularly as the series got older and ran out of good ideas outgrew Springfield, the first family of television have been to […]

6 years ago

Pubs are open from July 4 Prime minister Boris Johnson announced in the House of Commons on Tuesday that England’s pubs will be allowed to legally re-open from July 4 onwards. Pubs and restaurants will be permitted to open to the public, providing they adhere to one-metre social distancing, and offer only table service to […]

6 years ago

The jump scare used to be king Some people like horror films, some people don’t. Most people, however, tend to agree that making people jump with fright is not quite the same as making a good horror film. What constitutes horror changes with the passage of time. By watching an old horror film, you get […]

6 years ago

The more you test, the more cases you have For most countries globally, an increased testing capacity for coronavirus is seen as a positive. Testing more people catches more cases, limiting the spread around your nation, in theory at least. But for the United States and Donald Trump, is testing so much actually a good […]

6 years ago

Idioms vary from country to country Every country has their own particular expressions, ones which roll off the tongue but sound bizarre, even when explained to people from elsewhere. Britain is no different, and indeed many of us have barely even considered the meaning behind these, so ingrained are they in our national lexicon. That’s […]

6 years ago

Are millennials stuck in the past? A post on social media recently went viral showing members of Generation Z absolutely eviscerating millennials. Their mocking comments focused on a number things, from millennials’ love of the Harry Potter series, to their obsession with the 1990s. It’s easy to speak from afar about different generations – we all do […]

6 years ago

It is one of the most hotly anticipated games of the modern era There are certain games which come along every decade or so that change the gaming landscape and the way that people think about the medium. The Last of Us was one of these games. Released on PlayStation 3 in 2013, it was developed by […]

6 years ago

Does rugby have a racism problem? On the latest episode of House of Rugby, Alex and James are joined again by the Leicester and England prop Ellis Genge. The 25-year-old talks emotionally about unions, pay cuts and players strikes as he looks to shelve his plans for a new representative body for players. He discusses his […]

6 years ago

“People were just angry. Swearing” The far-right protests in London over the weekend were shocking for many people to see. Some violence had been expected at these protests, which were organised under the pretence of ‘defending’ statues of the likes of Winston Churchill. However, it was the level of violence that took people aback, as […]

6 years ago

Protesters claimed to be there to ‘defend statues’ Violence erupted in London over the weekend as thousands of people gathered in the capital, with the alleged intention of defending statues which had been defaced during protests the previous week. A Black Lives Matter protest scheduled for Saturday was postponed over concerns of violence erupting, but violence […]

6 years ago

Seattle police cannot return to their precinct Why? Because Black Lives Matters protesters have ‘occupied’ the Capitol Hill area of the city, where a precinct is based. As part of demonstrations for racial equality in the aftermath of the death of George Floyd, protesters have taken control of Capitol Hill and named it an autonomous […]

6 years ago

A number of shows were removed from streaming sites in recent days The League of Gentlemen, The Mighty Boosh and a number of shows created by Chris Lilley have become the latest to be removed from major streaming platforms as companies consider how appropriate it is to make shows featuring the use of black and brownface acceptable. […]

6 years ago

“Remember the Roma genocide” There is a long overdue conversation taking place in the United Kingdom right now regarding racism in the country and the role that racial discrimination has played in its history. As statues of slave traders fall across the country, and institutions named after those same people are having their names change, […]

6 years ago

Slave owner Robert Milligan is the latest to fall Statues of racists are falling all around the world. The death of George Floyd in the American city of Minneapolis has led protests and marches across the globe calling for an end to police brutality, racism, and a true reckoning with our history of slavery. In […]

6 years ago

Little Britain has always stoked controversy When Little Britain aired on BBC Three in 2003 it was an instant success. The show, written and performed by comedy duo Matt Lucas and David Walliams, featured exaggerated sketches of figures parodying aspects of British life. Fans of the show loved it, but even from the beginning there were questions […]

6 years ago

We’ve all tried it at some point If you were a fan of Disney or Pixar films growing up, you almost certainly spent a not inconsiderable amount of time trying your hardest to draw some of your favourite characters from your favourite films. Back then, all we had to go on was either our memory, […]

6 years ago

What goes up must come down There are many ways to remind ourselves of our history, both the good and the bad aspects of it. One way is to listen to those who lived through it, learn their stories and take the lessons those stories give you. Another, which society has been doing for thousands […]

6 years ago

‘If you think Churchill is racist, wait ’til you hear about the other guy’ This sentence is one which is the go-to response to those who rightly point out that former prime minister Winston Churchill was a racist. Few people, if any, deny that Churchill was a racist – his words are there for all […]

6 years ago

It can sometimes be hard to know how you can help in times like these The death of George Floyd has led to a resurgence of Black Lives Matter protests around the world which have seen thousands of people come together to protest racial inequality and police brutality. So what can you do if you […]

6 years ago

If you were a gamer in the late 1990s, you probably played THPS Few game series took the world by storm in the late 1990s quite as well as Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater did. From the outset of the series, it wowed those that played it. With its intuitive and user-friendly control system, to its absolutely banging […]

6 years ago

There are a lot of stupid people in the world We are all aware that Wales is a country. Or are we? You see, it turns out that there’s a lot that people don’t know about Wales. A customary visit to Google will tell you exactly how little some people are aware about the country. […]

6 years ago

Football mascots are a strange thing If football club mascots didn’t exist, and someone in the year 2020 suggested that what football teams need is in fact an anthropomorphic figure to represent their team correctly, they would probably be laughed at. But football club mascots do exist, there are a lot of them, and they […]

6 years ago

Is Britain finally confronting its racist history? The death of Minneapolis man George Floyd at the hands of the city’s police force has led to protests all over the world in support of the Black Lives Matter movement. Last week saw large gatherings of protesters all across the United Kingdom, and this past weekend saw […]

6 years ago

Super Mario Strikers isn’t your usual football game There’s a lot more to Super Mario than just stomping on turtles and hoarding coins. The-long running series of Mario Sports titles have seen him take to the tennis court, the golfing green and even the Olympics. With such an accomplished sporting pedigree, it should come as […]

6 years ago

Tom Hardy needs to work on it If there’s one thing that actors have struggles with for as long as acting has existed, it’s accents. Some of the greatest actors who have ever lived have struggled with depicting certain voices, and for some reason, English, Welsh, Irish and Scottish are particularly tough for some. There […]

6 years ago

Terms and Conditions: Konami – FC Bayern shirt giveaway Prize details: 1x Signed FC Bayern shirt and 1x digital copy of PES 2020, on PC, PS4 or Xbox One. There will be 8x winners selected. Each winner will win 1x digital copy of Konami’s PES 2020 and 1x FC Bayern shirt signed by one of the following players: Philippe Coutinho […]

6 years ago

“I couldn’t sit in the same room as Mike, I’d lost all respect for him” On the latest episode of House of Rugby, Alex Payne and James Haskell are joined from Sydney by Sam Burgess for an explosive and hugely revealing episode in which nothing is off the table. The 2015 Rugby World Cup was an […]

6 years ago

Black Lives Matter Since the killing of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police, words of condolence and anger over his killing have come from a variety of places, from American politicians and athletes, to television personalities, actors and professional football players. It is a story that has dominated headlines across the world and once again […]

6 years ago

Bad Wool? Arlarse? Heavy webs? Do you know what any of these phrases mean? If you do, you are either a Scouse or know someone who is. As part of our time in lockdown, we’ve been doing what we can to broaden our minds, including trying to learn some new languages and phrases. At different […]

6 years ago

We are in the midst of a deadly pandemic As many as 60,000 people have died as a result of coronavirus in the United Kingdom. There’s a very good chance that someone you know has been affected by this virus in one way or another, and it must be taken seriously. Despite this, and thanks […]

6 years ago

Let’s do this. For all those that loved part one of our ‘Name the Football Italia cult heroes’ quiz, we’re back for more. 16 cult heroes for you to get, with a few tricky ones along the way. This quiz is for anyone that loved tuning into Football Italia during its initial run of 1992 […]

6 years ago