Does anybody know anything about Tijou, the French designer of gates and railings? I'd like to know when/where he was born and when/where he died. He worked in England around the end of the 17th...
Its my mums 50th soon and I have arranged a suprise party etc... but what do I get her for a gift - I can't find anything 'special' , so ideas are v. welcome
Did Darren Dunning, who I had never heard off ever play in the same XI as David Dunn and Damien Duff (all three have left Blackburn rovers this summer)?
Is it still illegal in the UK to purchase hardcore pornography via telephone and the internet? Is it also true that it can only be purchased from licenced sex shops over the counter. Thanks
In 1949 - if a man had an accident at work, was taken to hospital and died 4 days later - would his employers be able to wangle out of paying his wife compensation?
In an answer to a recent question (now vanished) regarding the number seven, you wrote that the rhyme 'As I was going to St Ives' was reputed to be 3500 years old! I would be interested in your...
For all the European clubs including the scottish divisions, what are the club nicknames and what are teh translations of those nicknames. Does anyone know a website with the answer to this question?
I've just seen an answer in People & Places and it mentions a song which begins'Wish me luck as you wave me goodbye,cheerio,here I go,on my way.......'.What is the title of this song and where can I...
Many moons ago in the Royal Navy we were taught Rub Your Balls With Grease as an aid to remembering the above sequence of colours. After 30 years the saying is constantly spinning in my head but I...
Every scar tells a story. Whenever I watch a film or TV and I see someone with a distinctive scar, I am always intrigued to find out how they got it. I know I can find it out on the web, but I can't...
I noticed a small (5mm) round black beetle half burrowed inside me today. It was a couple of inches above my left thigh bone, and im wondering how common this is, or is it poisonous (just to make...