Rupert Jones takes a sideways look at the news – including swine flu, rockstar Iggy Pop and Sir Michael Caine's tax rant

Rupert Jones takes a sideways look at the news – including reaction to Alistair Darling's budget, Manchester United's season-ticket policy, and an ATM that knows how to give

Rupert Jones takes a sideways look at the news – including yet another housing market recovery, the Land Registry shows us its muscle and hand-me-downs make a comeback

In the news this week: rotisserie chicken, pets, Dancing On Ice, movie production and a free swim

The Simpsons get hit by the credit crunch | Trusting an Icelandic company | Rural insurance | Coffee taster insurance | Selling gold

Seen the red light? | Sold on Gaza? | Advice to you, too | Prices are a real drag | Skim scams | Honesty flops

Rock is back | Swiftly uncovered | Driving home the message | Clutching at Straw | Another bank in trouble

Harrowing times | Tighter belts ... | ... And tighter still | The metre's still running | Judge and fury

There's snow business like ... | .... and warming to the theme | Ticket to deride? | Little or large | Credit where credit isn't due | Windfall's fall | Every £50 helps

Toff rate APR | Small talk | Initial response| Disc drive | Back to fronting | Ball park figures |

A credit crunch oddity | Born into debt | Lipsick and measuring tapes | Where's the interest | Taxing times

Save it for the Tories | What property slump? | Name your price | Be prepared, be restrained | Deathly silence | Upbeat announcement

Happy new year! | Hitting the gym | Shopping imperative | Star rating | Pension pot luck | Celebrity-free suit

And another calamity | Bottom up | Barking up the wrong tree | Close up and personal | Touting a new site | No expense spared | That's it for another year ...

Postiively ... too early to tell | Tories' wooly thinking | To be or not to be ... David Tennant | Quids in ... Iceland's Kerry gets cold shoulder | Crunch time for granny | Arty of a good Christmas

Protection racket? | Fishing for ideas | Get-out-of-jail card | Trust funding | Into the black | Everything's all white