Britain’s oldest industry will close its doors next month, citing among recent financial constraints, the publics’ “Dwindling appetite for scandal”. The Mill, whose vast foundries have forged speculation, manufactured allegation and fabricated gossip for countless mongers since the dawn of man is set to mothball its base of operations and cease idle chit-chat by the end of August, with the loss of 10,000 jobs.
Posted: Jul 26th, 2011
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Posted: Jul 25th, 2011
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Posted: Jul 25th, 2011
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The new film chronicles what BBC4 experts have called ‘a defining moment in the development of TV comedy’, when the two pioneering comedians arrived in the liquor store at completely different times, exchanged no words at all and went their own separate ways.
Posted: Jul 25th, 2011
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No. 10 Downing Street has confirmed that after a series of ‘nasty little incidents’, the Prime Minister’s faithful old Business Secretary Vince Cable will now have to wear a muzzle to prevent him attacking Mr Cameron’s friends.
Posted: Jul 24th, 2011
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