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Silly season

11 August 2013

  • Oliver Burkeman

    This is the cutest article you'll read all day

    Oliver Burkeman

    Oliver Burkeman: So much for silly season – thanks to the web's ceaseless stream of pranks, pratfalls and adorable animals, it's now August all year round

18 July 2013

  • summer reading newspaper

    Silly season: Your best regional stories

    As we enter 'silly season' the summer months can provide much amusement for local newspaper readers. As part of a new GuardianWitness assignment looking at the local news in your area, we want to see the best silly season stories

16 August 2011

  • Putin

    Is the silly season here at last?

    So much has happened over the summer that one of the most innocently joyful periods on the British media calendar has been forgotten – until now

14 August 2009

  • A squirrel who appeared in Melissa Brandts' holiday snap

    Is this the official start of the silly season?

    Daft news stories have been scarce this summer. Have we been looking hard enough, wonders Tim Dowling

6 August 2004

  • Is Beckham the new Diana?

    David Beckham's "sense of empathy and humility" and his massive celebrity status have propelled him into the realms of Diana, Princess of Wales, in Britain's affections, academics at the University of Warwick say.

  • Don't stay in bed - win a car, post workers told

    Royal Mail was accused of indulging in gimmickry yesterday after offering prizes of new cars and holiday vouchers in an effort to persuade reluctant postmen and women to turn up to work on a daily basis.

  • Bush's campaign trail gaffe

    The American president added to his reputation as a gaffe-prone public speaker yesterday by declaring that the White House was doing everything it could to harm the United States.

4 August 2004

  • Model village that is forever England

    Bekonscot at 75 is thriving in the age of video games.

3 August 2004

  • When is a wasp not a wasp? When it's a hoverfly

    Just as the last flying ants collapse, exhausted, after their spectacular aerial mating swarms, Britain's modest heatwave has brought a new insect plague to parts of the south and east coasts.

1 August 2004

  • 95-year-old nun is France's favourite woman

    The title of France's favourite woman was awarded last week - to the bewilderment once again of the country's film and television elite - to a 95-year-old nun who spent much of her life living alongside rubbish sweepers in the slums of Cairo.

30 July 2004

  • Pennine spot where sheep won't be fenced in

    It's a hungry life on the Yorkshire moors once the summer sun has wilted the scant grass, so local sheep have perfected their version of the commando roll.

29 July 2004

  • US mail delivers ... 37 years on

  • Fairway sex plan bunkered

28 July 2004

  • New Yorkers embrace cuddle parties

    Press review: The power of the hug seems set to make itself felt in Britain. Born in New York, the cuddle party has already touched the US press.

25 July 2004

  • Dash to coast as sun is spotted

    The British summer finally materialised yesterday, but weather forecasters warned sunseekers thinking of staying at home for their holidays this year not to get too excited.

13 July 2004

  • Haunted house put up for sale

    Spain's most famous haunted house has gone up for sale, with potential buyers offered the chance of sharing their home with a cast of ghosts whose faces allegedly appear on floors and walls.

5 July 2004

  • Jackets come off in land of rising sun

    Japan's buttoned-up politicians and executives are dressing down this summer in the latest bid to fight global warming.

18 September 2003

  • Drawing the line at fox death

  • It's not a fair cop ... that's my sarnie

1 September 2003

  • Oliver Burkeman

    August: a catch-up guide

    Oliver Burkeman
    September 1: time to get serious again after the silly season. Except this year it was different. The prime minister went before a judicial inquiry, Idi Amin died and even the weather was a real story. So, for those of you who've been away, Oliver Burkeman fills you in.
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