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Princess Diana Retroactively Diagnosed With Rare Condition Known as “Being a Princess” Earl Spencer suggests Diana may have had undiagnosed ADHD and dyslexia, prompting Britain to reconsider whether every royal personality trait actually requires its own medical billing code InStyle reports that Earl Charles Spencer believes his sister, Princess Diana, may have had undiagnosed ADHD and dyslexia, drawing partly on his own later ADHD diagnosis and similarities he says he recognized in Diana. Crucially, Diana herself was never diagnosed with ADHD, so Spencer’s view remains retrospective speculation rather than a clinical finding — less a diagnosis, more a hindsight-cast horoscope with a royal warrant. Palace Researchers Discover Princess May Occasionally Have Behaved Like Princess LONDON — Britain’s thirty-year investigation into Princess Diana has entered its most ambitious phase yet: diagnosing a woman who died in 1997. Earl Spencer has suggested his sister suffered from undiagn...
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London Buses Now So Slow TfL Announces New "Walk Beside the Driver" Express Service Route 22 clocks in under 6 mph as the capital quietly redefines "public transport" as "public waiting" LONDON, ENGLAND — London's famous red double-decker bus, once a symbol of British mobility, urban confidence, and the ability to transport 80 human beings without first asking them to remove their shoes, has entered an exciting new phase of its development. It has stopped moving. Not completely, obviously. That would make the problem easier to diagnose, and easier problems are not really London's brand. Instead, London's buses have mastered that uniquely British form of progress in which something continues moving just enough to prevent anybody officially describing it as stationary — the transport equivalent of "resting your eyes" during a work meeting. According to The Guardian's September 23 investigation into London's slowing buses, av...
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London Woman Dreads Intimate Sex, Boyfriend Offers Most British Solution Yet: Avoid Eye Contact and Discuss Council Tax Clapham Couple Discovers Nudity Considerably Easier Than Feelings LONDON — A 31-year-old London woman who reportedly enjoys sex but experiences dread whenever it becomes emotionally intimate has been reassured by friends that she is experiencing one of Britain's most traditional romantic conditions: feelings. The problem emerged after Hannah, a marketing manager living in Clapham, realised she was perfectly comfortable removing her clothes in front of her boyfriend Oliver but became alarmed whenever he looked directly into her eyes and appeared to be thinking something more complicated than, "Where did I leave my phone?" "It's horrible," Hannah said. "He'll suddenly look at me lovingly. No warning. Nothing. I'm lying there completely exposed and he starts behaving as if we have some sort of emotional relationship." Han...
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Fourth Plinth Continues Proud Tradition of Making Everyone Pretend They Understand Public Art LONDON. A new sculpture depicting a contemporary "everywoman" has been unveiled on Trafalgar Square's Fourth Plinth, continuing one of London's most visible public-art programmes. The work places a modern female figure in the ceremonial heart of the capital. Evening Standard report on the new Fourth Plinth sculpture For more civic-cultural satire, see London Cultural Satire. The Fourth Plinth is one of London's finest institutions because every few years the city places something unusual on a giant stone pedestal and asks 9 million residents: "Well?" Public art produces four standard reactions. "That's magnificent." "That's rubbish." "My child could do that." "What does it mean?" The fourth group is largest. Nobody wants to admit this. People stand thoughtfully. Hands behind back. Slight head tilt. "Hmmm....
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Fourth Plinth Continues Proud Tradition of Making Everyone Pretend They Understand Public Art LONDON. A new sculpture depicting a contemporary "everywoman" has been unveiled on Trafalgar Square's Fourth Plinth, continuing one of London's most visible public-art programmes. The work places a modern female figure in the ceremonial heart of the capital. Evening Standard report on the new Fourth Plinth sculpture For more civic-cultural satire, see London Cultural Satire. The Fourth Plinth is one of London's finest institutions because every few years the city places something unusual on a giant stone pedestal and asks 9 million residents: "Well?" Public art produces four standard reactions. "That's magnificent." "That's rubbish." "My child could do that." "What does it mean?" The fourth group is largest. Nobody wants to admit this. People stand thoughtfully. Hands behind back. Slight head tilt. "Hmmm....
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CNN, Politico Sue to Get Back Into the Building They Got Kicked Out Of, Demand Taxpayers Fund Their Feelings Media outlets that spent a decade calling the president illegitimate are now suing because he won't let them stand in his driveway WASHINGTON — CNN, MS NOW and Politico filed a lawsuit Monday demanding restored access to the White House grounds, marking the first time in recorded history that a group of professional fact-checkers filed a document arguing the facts should bend around them. The outlets claim their exclusion violates the First Amendment. The Trump administration, which has spent years watching these same organizations run wall-to-wall coverage built on anonymous sources, discredited dossiers and breathless "sources say" panic, responded with the same energy a landlord uses on a tenant who hasn't paid rent since the Obama administration: you're free to leave a strongly worded letter, but you're still not getting the key back. The Firs...
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Wall Street Watches Trump-Xi Summit, Economists Replace Forecast Models With 'Well, Let's See What Happens' Two presidents meet, several trillion dollars politely pretend not to be nervous NEW YORK — Financial markets are preparing for this week's meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping, which means highly trained economists armed with advanced quantitative models have reached the professional conclusion commonly expressed as: "Could go either way." Trump and Xi are expected to discuss trade, artificial intelligence, strategic minerals and broader geopolitical tensions during Xi's Washington visit. Markets are watching for signs involving tariffs and trade stability, tracked in real time by outlets like The Wall Street Journal, while China's yuan has strengthened ahead of the talks. Uncertainty, Rebranded This is what Wall Street calls "uncertainty." Normal people call it "Wednesday." Econo...
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