Choose life
Conservatives need to pass "the Danny Boyle Test" and learn to love modern Britain, according to immigration minister Damian Green. Can they please start by chillaxing with the Trainspotting DVD?
Fantasy homes
There's a huge gap between the Ikea catalogue lifestyle and messy reality. Now we know why: the Wall Street Journal reports that the latest edition features "rooms" that were computer-generated in 3D to save money.
In a spin
At last, some good news about wind turbines: French inventor Marc Parent has developed one that extracts moisture out of the air and could help supply the 20% of the world population without access to clean water.
Rain stops play
Creamfields was abandoned on Sunday after the site flooded. Will 2012's annus horribilis be enough to put a generation off music festivals for life?
What recessson?
This parking space, in St Ives, Cornwall, is under offer for £55,000. Remarkably, it's not even the most expensive the town has seen: in 2010, one sold for £60,000.
