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The many faces of pigs in blankets

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There are not many phrases that offend me more than ‘pigs in blankets’. The correct name for this dish is, of course, kilted sausages. In fact, the bacon-wrapped cocktail sausage has many incorrect names: the Irish go with kilted soldiers while the Germans call them Bernese sausages. The Americans for some reason wrap hotdogs in

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Sean Thomas

Are you ready for agentic AI?

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World War Twee

The hideous triviality of our times

Gareth Roberts

World war twee: the hideous triviality of our times

I remember the moment I first understood that we, the British, had a national character. It was in the mid-1970s and my family and I were watching a clip from an American TV show which was being shown to us by ITV for a giggle. It was a celebration of the love between mothers and

World war twee: the hideous triviality of our times

I remember the moment I first understood that we, the British, had a national character. It was in the mid-1970s and my family and I were watching a clip from an American TV show which was being shown to us by ITV for a giggle. It was a celebration of the love between mothers and

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Nick Newman

‘‘A few inappropriate remarks and it was back to waiting tables.’’

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Matt Percival

‘‘I’m continually surprised by what goes viral.’’

Cartoon

Ruth Bloomfield

Goodbye, Earl’s Court

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