It's official: Britons are obsessed with weatherSeptember 11th, 2009 LONDON - Eight out of 10 Britons use current climatic conditions as the opening line when meeting a stranger, a new survey has found. Queueing is their another favourite habit, with 70 percent of Brits favouring to wait in line compared to some of their European neighbours who favour pushing and shoving.
Moonbell - the way to make sweet music from Moon!September 2nd, 2009 LONDON - Food for thought: What would music made on the moon sound like? Stop scratching your head, for JAXA, Japan's space exploration agency, has come up with the answer. JAXA has created a strange little applet on its Web site called "Moonbell", which is free to use.
Musical 'badges' reveal people's personality, valuesAugust 22nd, 2009 LONDON - People use musical preferences to express their own identity and form opinions about others, researchers have said. According to Dr Jason Rentfrow, of Cambridge University, musical preferences along with lists of favourite bands on profiles on social networking sites were "clear public statements of who we are and how we should be perceived, whether we are conscious of that or not", reports The Daily Star.
Stressed Britons tuning to classical music to cope with pressuresAugust 7th, 2009 LONDON - British radio listeners are turning to soothing classical music to cope with traumas arising out of the ongoing credit crunch, gloomy weather and summer exams. According to the figures from the industry body Rajar, national commercial station Classic FM has increased its listenership by 303,000 over the past three months.
Pope Benedict XVI 'to release album in time for Christmas'July 31st, 2009 LONDON - Pope Benedict XVI is said to have signed a deal to release an album of him singing chants in the Vatican in time for Christmas. The album will feature the Pope singing litanies and chants in honour of the Virgin Mary, as well as reciting passages and prayers in Latin, Italian, Portuguese, French and German.
Corona Extra voted World's Favourite BeerJune 26th, 2009 LONDON - Corona Extra has been voted the world's favourite beer in a new poll. The Mexican-brewed lager - usually served with a segment of lime - topped the list of more than two million Facebook users, reports The Sun.
You can divorce your spouse, but not music: the sayings of Ali AkbarJune 19th, 2009 LONDON - The late sarod maestro Ali Akbar Khan's simplicity was legendary, and it found its best expression in his words on music, inherited from his illustrious - and equally simple - father Allauddin Khan. "You don't need to explain music," Ali Akbar once said.
Ronaldo plans on making team-mates listen to Ricky Martin's albumsMay 14th, 2009 LONDON - Portuguese footballer Cristiano Ronaldo has revealed that he is such a fan of Puerto Rican singer Ricky Martin and his song 'Livin' La Vida Loca' that he plans on having his team-mates listen to it. "Ricky's tunes are very catchy.
The night Lata Mangeshkar was outed as a film composerMay 3rd, 2009 LONDON - India's nightingale Lata Mangeshkar may have ended up as one part of a composer duo - a bit like Shankar-Jaikishan - rather than the singer of 27,000 songs had her brother not dissuaded her. Unknown to the rest of India, Lata - the country's greatest female non-classical singer - was quietly composing music for films in her native Marathi language and nearly ended up scoring for Hindi films, according to a new book on her.
Dark Knight composer scores double nods at Classical BritsApril 21st, 2009 LONDON - Music composer James Newton Howard has been nominated twice in the best soundtrack category at the Classical Brits for his work on films The Dark Knight and I Am Legend. Co-composer Hans Zimmer is also nominated for his work in the Dark Knight, reports The BBC.
African lark may soon become extinctApril 16th, 2009 LONDON - A recent survey has found that just a few hundred of the African larks survive in Ethiopia, which indicates that the endangered bird might soon become extinct. According to a report by BBC News, if and when it happens, it may be the first recorded bird extinction on the African continent, and it would not be the last.
Miley Cyrus, Jonas Bros, High School Musical 3 grab Kids' Choice AwardsMarch 30th, 2009 LONDON - Miley Cyrus, Jonas Brothers, High School Musical 3, claimed victory at the 22nd Kids' Choice Awards in Los Angeles. A new record was set when more than 90 million voted online to choose winners for the event, which honours the year's biggest television, movie, and music acts, on March 28.
Africa's first bird extinction likely within four yearsMarch 21st, 2009 LONDON - A new study has warned that Africa might soon see its first bird extinction in about four years time. According to a report in New Scientist, the bird in question is the Sidamo lark, which may become the first contemporary African bird to go extinct.
'Slumdog Millionaire' people's favourite for OscarFebruary 23rd, 2009 LONDON - Danny Boyle's 'Slumdog Millionaire' has been voted the film people would most like to win the Best Picture Oscar. The Mumbai-set drama has already won seven BAFTAs and four Golden Globes.
Beckham picks his favourite goalsJanuary 8th, 2009 LONDON - British football star David Beckham says he doesn't have one favourite 'goal' in his career, but quite a few. Thesun.co.uk quoted him as saying: 'I've been lucky enough in my career to score quite a few important goals and big goals.
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