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From this morning’s Lords Question Time, on the subject of ensuring the safety of Antarctic cruise ships:

Lord Boston of Faversham: My Lords, would the Minister particularly ensure that he safeguards French cruise ships? My Antarctic cruise ship was French, and the food was absolutely magnificent and the wines were absolutely delicious throughout. Worth saving. [Laughter.]

The Daily Mail's List of Things That Give You Cancer

Contains links to every one of these claims. Just magic.

... Coca-Cola, cod liver oil, coffee, constipation, contraceptive pills, cooking, cordless phones, crayons, curry... 

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Chick-lit won't be the same now that Salinger will no longer be writing under his various pseudonyms: Jodi Picoult, Sophie Kinsella etc.