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Why do we say that an alarm has 'gone off' when it has in fact come on? | Notes and Queries

Why do we say that an alarm has 'gone off' when it has in fact come on? Wayne Burdon, Chelmsford Essex Joe, Hartlepool UK

William Boyd: how David Bowie and I hoaxed the art world

David Bowie didnt just publish my fake biography of an invented artist, he also wrote the jacket blurb and launched it on April Fools day at Jeff Koons studio The awful news of David Bowies shocking and untimely death made me take out my journal and search for the first time I met

2001: Space Odyssey the fashion power of designer Hardy Amies

Today sees the re-release of Stanley Kubricks 2001: Space Odyssey. But what about the films secret weapon the queens couturier Hardy Amies, who designed all the costumes? The news that 2001: Space Odyssey is being re-released in cinemas today will no doubt delight sci-fi geeks nationwide. But the chance to see the 1968 classic

Aims: the software for hire that can control 30,000 fake online profiles | Technology

Exclusive: Team Jorge disinformation unit controls vast army of avatars with fake profiles on Twitter, Facebook, Gmail, Instagram, Amazon and Airbnb At first glance, the Twitter user Canaelan looks ordinary enough. He has tweeted on everything from basketball to Taylor Swift, Tottenham Hotspur football club to the price of a KitKat. The profile shows a

Is Billie Eilish a devil worshipper? Hell, no

The video for the pop stars new single has outraged many Christians. But its no sin to sing about the climate crisis And the Bible said: God did not spare the angels when they sinned (2 Peter 2:9). Nor, it seems, did God spare Billie Eilish.