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Daily Distress covers from the last few days. Grab them while they’re hot – they’ll be covered in chip-fat by tomorrow, assuming that anyone has been able to get hold of any potatoes, of course.
Satire
Is the world beyond satire? Increasingly so, we suspect, but that doesn’t stop us from having a pop at some of our glorious leaders and would-be-leaders from time to time.
When you live in a world where people seem to actively worship the likes of Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn, it’s hard to resist a little heckling from the sidelines.
We have no particular political affiliation or axe to grind. We just find them hilarious from the ultra-woke to the ultra-anti-woke. We condsider ourselves to be .
We nearly mentioned Brexit back there but we think we got away with it.
Welcome to our satire archives.
Brit Trek – Gas Money
After a series of improbably stupid adventures, ridiculous shark-jumps and unresolved plotlines, our newly reshuffled crew of plucky, British space adventurers are once again adrift in the darkest recesses of space. A fresh crisis looms as the Spivship Enterprise finds itself in desperate need of some gas money. SPACE, THE FINAL FRONTIER. THESE ARE THE …
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5 Classic Cars of the 1980s with Jeremy Claxon
Top motoring journalist, columnist and controversialist Jeremy Claxon selects his top 5 classic cars of the 1980s. Ferrari Testosterone The Testosterone is one of my all-time favourite Ferraris. It may not have the flappy-paddle gear-shift or a button-activated ‘driving at Monza’ mode of a modern-day supercar, but it does cover all the basics. It’s fast, …
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Go to Heaven the Easy Way
When you die, will you go to Heaven or burn in Hell for all eternity? It’s not quite as clear-cut as you might think. God is a pretty forgiving guy but we tend to forget that He sees everything we do. And that’s not just everything we do in life. It’s everything that we do …
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The Free Speech Five
Looking for Adventure The freshly renamed Free Speech Five were holding a meeting in the Ball Room with the lead-piping. All of the members of the new-look Famous Five were present. Julian Kirrin, the child detective; Uncle Quentin, the government boffin; freelance journalist Gerald Milton-Bostock and ace cub-reporter Peter Hitchens, all sat at the table. …
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The Famous Five get Cancelled
The Famous Five Back on Kirrin Island It was the start of the Summer holidays and the Famous Five were back at Uncle Quentin’s mansion on Kirrin Island. Julian, Dick and Anne were playing Sardines in the library when George and Timmy burst into the room. “Everybody look at what’s in Timmy’s mouth!” cried George. …
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