The Bugle β€’ 28 May 2025

A Mostly F***ING BLEAK-Free Bugle!

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This week, Andy Zaltzman is joined by 'quibbling sibling' Helen Zaltzman and Josh Gondelman for a mostly F***ING BLEAK-free episode full of satire, jigsaw news and punctuation puns.

πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ In Canada news:

🧩 US-Canada trade war means jigsaw business owners are left picking up the pieces

πŸ‘‘ King Charles visits the colonies with promises of arming an ordinarily placid country

πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ In USA news:

☎️ Big Beautiful Bill resolute in bid to reach Trump's desk

πŸ€‘ Food 'sucked' at Trump's $148m meme coin dinner

πŸ“– In Books and Language news:

πŸ€– AI-generated summer reading list published in newspapers

οΌ›Semicolon usage on the decline

⛅️ In Light in the Darkness news:

β˜€οΈ Solar panels in space to transmit electricity to Earth

🧠 Feeling awe helps mental health

🎧 Listen to our sci-fi and fantasy comedy show Realms Unknown hosted by Bugle favourite Alice Fraser, and pick up her book A Passion for Passion here: http://uk.bookshop.org/shop/RealmsUnknown

Produced by Ped Hunter and Chris Skinner.

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