Fancy that

Our round-up of the funny, fascinating and unusual stories this fortnight

QAre there any statistics on how many people eat their ‘five a day’ fruit of veg? A There were some figures released last year by the UK Government from its national diet and nutrition survey, between

Exaggerating her beetling monobrow and wispy dark moustache in self-portraits, the artist Frida Kahlo was a female force to be reckoned with, unafraid to pour her heart onto the canvas. Only last autu

Sally was on a mission – and she had her eyes on the prize

Love Big Issue and Lou, I think, who sold me the mag at St Paul’s station is a nice guy. Here’s a picture (above) that I took last week from my narrow boat on the River Lea where I have recently moved

Was really interested to read your article about Twiddle Muffs (issue No 8104). A few years ago, our WI made hundreds, but we also made twiddle cushions as we realised men were happier with the cushio