A dozen witches threw the poisonous mandrake plant into the river Danube to put a curse on officials that will force them to pay taxes for the first time.
The rhetoric about longer working hours also needs to be put in perspective. The average working day has increased in length over the last two decades, but by just one minute and forty-two seconds.
Work has become the scapegoat for all our woes. The case against work is put in persuasive terms on a daily basis. There’s just one problem: it's nonsense. In fact, as far as work is concerned, we've never had it so good.
Ever experience a coincidence? What they mean divides us into one of two camps: sceptics and believers. Believers think coincidences are evidence of mysterious and hidden causes. Sceptics put them down to statistical quirks.
Ever experience a coincidence? What they mean divides us into one of two camps: sceptics and believers. Believers think coincidences are evidence of mysterious and hidden causes. Sceptics put them down to statistical quirks.
"Macho Man" Randy Savage became a superstar from his exploits in the ring. Epic battles with guys like Hulk Hogan and Ric Flair helped put the World Wrestling Foundation on the map.
Putting together such a mammoth piece of kit, with its ?250 million price tag, in the thin air and red dust of the central Chilean Andes, seems outrageously ambitious.
A dozen witches threw the poisonous mandrake plant into the river Danube to put a curse on officials that will force them to pay taxes for the first time.