"It’s the most misheard lyric in British pop. People think I’m singing, 'Sweet dreams are made of cheese'"

As election day in Alabama draws near, a video of controversial Republican Senate candidate Roy Moore telling a Guardian reporter “maybe Putin is right” to condemn same-sex marriage has been widely shared.

Akayed Ullah, the 27-year-old identified by police as the suspected New York bomber, was being treated at a local hospital for burns to his hands and abdomen on Monday after the crude pipe bomb that was strapped to his body exploded.

The mysterious object is confirmed to be from another solar system – but is it alien technology?

After the entertainment they’ve given us this year it’s only right that we should give May, Corbyn, Davis, Foster, Cable and Farage a little festive something.

A workable alternative to the pill?

"The plan is based on a flawed and factually inaccurate understanding of how the internet works."

'Moore has stated that the last time the US was great was “at the time when families were united – even though we had slavery” – although not the familes of black people, which were, of course, torn apart.'

Keith Chegwin was a child actor whose boyish looks and infectious enthusiasm were the perfect ingredients for children’s television.

'In one of her higher-concept clips, she kneels in prayer before a metallic P. “Say it with me: ‘I am not in a cult,’” she says. “I am not in a cult.” Then she bows: 2.1m views.'

"'It’s not always about hitting, it’s about not getting hit.’ I apply that to my life every day.”

Travellers are eschewing conventional lodgings for places that focus on unusual experiences and “de-plugging”.

"Not everything you do has to be feminist – it’s fine. But justifying everything you do as a feminist act is nonsense. Is shopping feminist? How about getting a massage? No and no. Feminism is about fighting for collective equality between the sexes, it is not about personal and individual “empowerment”. That is just making yourself feel good. And if having having carnal knowledge of carbohydrates achieves that, hats off to you."

Can you imagine a Dry December?

Theresa May has been forced to accept a new committee to stop EU law being changed by ministers without proper scrutiny after Brexit, as she seeks to head off a parliamentary rebellion.

Paul Dacre’s pay packet has increased by more than 50% to almost £2.5m, boosting his status as Britain’s best-paid newspaper editor.

"So, here’s an idea: let’s abolish the wheel. Let’s escape the tyranny of the circular device, and spend the money saved on axles, spokes and hubs on – oh, I don’t know – the NHS. Let’s take back control of rotation! But wait a minute. This can’t be done overnight. We shall still need some means of transporting ourselves and our goods until we have formally renounced the wheel, but before we have agreed on a new device. There’ll probably need to be an “implementation period” in which we remain “aligned” with the existing circular format …"

Big perfume has designs on your Christmas.

"If Tha Brexit Tha Fixes It."

"If the problem is disapproval from your current lover, then do not put up with that. And, in any case, why tell him? It is absolutely none of his business."