Tabloid scandals book cover
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Tabloid scandals ready-made for a modern Becky Sharp

ByTony Berry

The tabloid scandals of the UK’s recent history are prime fodder for the eponymous heroine of  Becky.   The chronicles of this razor-sharp young woman provide a lively modern version of Thackeray’s Vanity Fair.  They offer a sparkling antidote to the millions of words spilled by these seedy events. Their framework is clearly based on those…

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Chemistry provides formula for joy

ByTony Berry

A recent trip into the chemistry lab surprised and delighted with the discovery that it held a formula for joy. It produced the recipe (pictured left) for sheer undiluted pleasure, as well as moments of laugh-out-loud comic interludes. Thankfully there was no need this time for the white coat and protective goggles demanded by Health…