Long story short, Arthur Scargill was a MAJOR headache to Margaret Thatcher in the 1980's, nice to see there's no love lost. Sifters from Britain will DEFINITELY understand this one. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UK_Miners%27_Strike_%281984-1985%29

Fascinating stuff!

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brilliant

A number so epic it will collapse your brain into a black hole! Yet Tony Padilla and Matt Parker take the risk of discussing its magnitude. Watch with caution. See also our video about the Googol and... more inside

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Blur re-recorded this excellent track from their (underrated IMO) 1994 album The Great Escape with 60s singer Francoise Hardy. https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Francoise_Hardy She really does have a lovely voice. This video is a nice in-studio day of the recording sort of thing.

Classic hilarious Bill Bailey

At first, when a woman out walking her dog saw a wild animal in the distance, she thought it was a large HARE, but when it started hopping towards her, she was stunned to see it was a WALLABY, who's natural habitat is on the other side of the world.

I reckon the odds of this happening must be thousands if not millions to one. Tube chopped for linky problems.

My god does he get in his stride, this is my favourite interview in a long time. This starts off a tad slowly buy she ends up asking him the greatest questions. So if you love his stand-up, you will love this!

A Buckingham Palace guard just trying to do his duty is pestered by a ghost from a nearby cemetery.

If there is or will be an afterlife it's going to be ruined by lawyers and bureaucrats... I'd rather disappear into nothingness...

Love this song. From his latest album, 'Draw the Line'.

Continued here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jegFEixfe50 From Connections, Episode 9, "Countdown" by James Burke