Big picture: 'God hates signs' - gay rights protesters' placards Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share via Email There are two ways to get your placard noticed at a gay rights protest: be cute or be funnyAhead of the Guardian Weekend magazine gay issue, out 21 April, we pay tribute to the best gay rights protesting placards. On Saturday, look out for lesbian Staceyann Chin on the joy of turning a straight woman, Alan Carr paying tribute to the Queen, Evan Davies on the gay Tory phenomenon and the man who tried to 'cure' homosexuality Hannah Booth Read More...
Book of the dayStephen KingReviewThe monsters are all too human in this noir tale of an assassin on one last job No matter what he writes, Stephen King will always be considered a horror novelist. It’s unavoidable now; he is responsible for too many of the fantastical nightmares that prowl popular culture. Yet in his latest novel, Billy Summers, there are no supernatural shades whatsoever (save a late Easter egg reference to a certain haunted hotel). Read More...
SEMANTIC ENIGMASI was in a Chinese takeaway when the girl behind the counter started giggling and then ran into the kitchen - whereupon there were peals of laughter from everyone behind the scenes. She had seen my bicycle light on the counter - it had "LON" written on it. Does Lon mean something in Chinese? Help me before I get paranoid... Lon David, Aberbaiden, UK
While I hate to increase your sense of paranoia, LON or lon, in a now obscure form of Mandarin, means dickhead, or more accurately cocktop. Read More...