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No. 2 in the World!

Friday, August 19, 2022

… for most expensive internet . In a report published last week by the South American business analysis website BN Americas, it was stated that the Falkland Islands has the most expensive mobile data in South America, and the second-most-expensive in the world. In a run-down of data costs carried out by British price-comparison firm […]

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News At A Glance #14

Friday, July 1, 2022

Men vs women; reaching St Peter; couscous; and Finnish conductors. It’s all go in this week’s ‘News At A Glance’! — For The Emigre

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News At A Glance #4

Friday, April 22, 2022

Concerning sparrows in Ethiopia, more than one Alma in Wisconsin, and William Langley in Port Stanley. — For The Emigre

Filed in Journalism, NEWS AT A GLANCE | Also tagged beards, berries, birds, Cameroon, death, dogs, Ethel Smyth, Ethiopia, facts, fleas, government, Guinness, intelligence, Moondog, music, Nelson Evening Mail, patriotism, publishing, rivers, Rome, Russians, satire, sex, Shantha Bandara, singing, Sri Lanka, Stanley, TE Lawrence, The Emigre, the sea, typos, William Langley, Wisconsin, women | Comments (0)

News At A Glance #3

Friday, April 15, 2022

More or less news more-or-less concerning Lord Salisbury, Quakers, and Chaldaean numerology. — For The Emigre

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News At A Glance #2

Friday, April 8, 2022

On Tate McRae, Tonella McGowan, and the terror threat. — For The Emigre

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News At A Glance (redivivus!)

Friday, April 1, 2022

On April Fool’s Day, The Emigre has the great good sense to pick up where/what so many others had previously left off! — For The Emigre

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NEWS AT A GLANCE

Monday, November 2, 2020

. The Paris Louvre is in future to be guarded by watch-dogs. — The Nelson Evening Mail, Monday, July 13 1908 . A gold coin celebrating the assassination of Julius Caesar has been auctioned for more than $3m dollars. 50% of a man’s hair is gone before it becomes noticeable. Good socialists need not refuse […]

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NEWS AT A GLANCE

Monday, September 21, 2020

. Forty Popes have lived less than a year after their election. — The Nelson Evening Mail, Friday, January 18 1907 . Ethiopia has exported its first avocados by train. The Communist Party banned photocopiers. More geese than swans now live. In Brazil there is a butterfly that uses its legs for running. All Pakistani […]

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NEWS AT A GLANCE

Monday, August 31, 2020

. A body of police specialists in New York are called the sanitary squad. They are dressed in plain clothes, and their duty is to arrest anyone found spitting on the pavement and other prohibited places, in trams, theatres, etc. — The Nelson Evening Mail, Friday, August 31 1906 . Red Carpet Cigarettes is the […]

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NEWS AT A GLANCE

Monday, August 24, 2020

. The Challenger voyage report is in 48 volumes, which weigh over 400lb. — The Nelson Evening Mail, Thursday, November 22 1906 . In the Republic of Cameroon Guinness is thought to be an aphrodisiac. A search for ‘fat naked German man chasing pig’ did not match any image results. Bernard Lout was buried in […]

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