THE BIG RETORT

[Engraving, Copyright (c) Jim Westergard. Used with his kind permission.] On the 1st January 1908, following a remarkable wager, a m...

Wh en homeless and jobless Billy Ray Harris recently returned a diamond engagement ring to its owner little did America realise here s...

Sir Steve Brokebloke Wadsofcash@Lewisham.con At a point when the public purse is being squeezed ever-tighter, Lewisham Council...

TheBigRetort had a crisis recently when a catch on its kitchen rubbish bin broke. Following which we left a heavy knife sharpener on it s...

  Startling evidence has been uncovered that recently deceased Michael Winner may not have been such a nice chap after all. Shock! Hor...

The Representation of the People Act 1969 introduced a specific provision that ‘convicted persons’ are legally incapable of voting dur...

The year was 1908. A Remarkable Wager. A man wearing an iron mask... Pushing a pram full of postcard photographs... Must find...

We recently highlighted the ‘banker’ who splashed out £71,000 on a drinks binge at a top London nightclub in one single evening - and w...

Jerome Isaac, 47, has been charged with murder and arson following the death of Deloris Gillespie, 73. The victim was set alight after be...

Following the much-publicised introduction of the new Routemaster bus, reports just in...  Boris Johnson’s new bus, named the “Son of Route...

I n our last Retort, we reported on the City hedge fund banker who received national publicity when it was revealed that he blew £71,000...

The new alternative to the hated Bendy-Bus was seen on London streets today as LBC's Nick Ferrari, and former MP Michael Portillo put ...

When newspapers recently reported the largesse of a mysterious hedge fund manager who is said to have frequented a London club where he s...