Endangered names

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

Time for a catch-up with a few of our memorable stories...

LET COUNSELLOR KEREN LIGHTEN YOUR LOAD

Did you know that Thomas Müntzer, leader of the German Peasants’ War in 1525, used a rainbow flag to rally his followers? It’s an aptly exuberant image for the radical charisma of Müntzer, and for the

OUR three-year-old grandson, Aidan, has a flair for the dramatic. From somewhere, no-one knows where, he’s picked up the phrase, “Or I die!” He says things like, “I need an ice-lolly or I die!”, and “

Youth worker Sophie Sullivan is happy for her 16-year-old daughter to travel alone to Australia, but she won’t let her or her four siblings have their own smartphones. While she admits to being addict