Cheat sheet

In January French courts passed a law giving the smells of rural France protected status

‘January almanac’ | P012

Among those arrested during the storming of the Capitol were an Olympic gold medallist, an active duty Marine and an actor from the TV show Friday Night Lights

‘Siege mentality’ | P016

A Black Sea palace, allegedly built for Russian president Vladimir Putin, cost £1 billion and includes a casino, ice rink, pole dancing lounge and $800 toilet brushes

‘Moment that mattered’ | P028

A symbol first used in the novel and film The Hunger Games has been adopted as a sign of defiance by protesters in Myanmar

‘“This time the people are united”’ | P052

The biggest of Stonehenge’s bluestones, quarried in Wales 5,300 years ago before being moved 200 miles to Salisbury Plain, weighs the same as a fully-grown African elephant

‘Moment that mattered’ | P062

Elon Musk can’t tweet key details about Tesla without the approval of one of the company’s executives, by order of the US Securities and Exchange Commission

‘The battle of GameStop’ | P068

Funambulist Carla Wallenda announced her retirement by doing a headstand atop an 80ft pole on a TV show. She was 81

‘The last of the Flying Wallendas’ | P084

Around 50,000kg of space debris enter the Earth’s atmosphere every year

‘To catch a falling star’ | P088

Patients receiving Covid jabs in Salisbury Cathedral were serenaded by an organist playing Bach, Take That and Oasis

‘The rollout’ | P102

Posted on Friday, July 5th, 2024 - Categories: #42 - Jan-Mar 2021, App Issues.