Robert Atkins

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A bomb on the Shankill Road on October 23rd, 1993, killed 10 people.
British state papers: Adams ‘horrified’ by Shankill bombing

Cardinal Cahal Daly believed Gerry Adams had been “horrified’ by the Shankill bombing that killed 10 people. This is revealed in a previously confid(...)

People queue outside the newly opened Krispy Kreme outlet at Blanchardstown Shopping Centre last year. File photograph: Aidan Crawley
Atkins, avocados and pulled pork: Some of the worst foody fads

Paleo this and protein that and charcoal the other... What is it with all the food fads and why do they all cost so much money? November is(...)

Strike a pose...Madonna vogues
Mullets, Pokemon, leg warmers and 29 other fads we should be mortified by

Aren’t children funny with their foolish fads? From Furbies to fidget spinners they are so easily led. Unlike us adults who could never be suckered in(...)

Dr Archibald Miles’ Compound Extract of Tomato is now better known as ketchup. It’s great with chips it will not cure your biliousness
From tomato sauce to colonic irrigation – 13 health fads that just don’t work

For hundreds, if not thousands, of years people have been desperate to work out what makes them ill so they can work out ways to stop it happening. Bu(...)