The secret location of NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden has been disclosed as The Guardian's new coffee shop, #GuardianCoffee, in Shoreditch, London.

It had been thought that Snowden was hiding in Hong Kong - and the steps to keep his location secret included creating an elaborate fake...

Whenever I hear the name 'Jeremy Irons', my mind instantly takes me to one of two places. The scene in Damage in which he passionately throws Juliette Binoche against a wall - well, he's only human - or this exchange, from an episode of The Simpsons, in which...

Following Google and Facebook's denial that they allowed the US government access to their servers - saying that they hadn't heard of "a programme called Prism until yesterday" - it has emerged that Apple only signed up to the NSA-FBI surveillance program because it failed to read Prism's...

The makers of 'Britain's Got Talent' have apologised for disrupting the British nature of the show by encouraging a Hungarian act to perform in it.

Dance troupe Attraction - who were egged on by both the production team and the British public - took home the BGT trophy,...

Daft Punk are the band du jour. Gay marriage is now légal. And the film 'Populaire' has come out, and will no doubt be very populaire.

So what better time to celebrate all things French? And more specifically: cool French people?

Yes, whether it's their looks, brains, talent...

Allow us to explain...

Nick Clegg has insisted that he and David Cameron are both "absolutely committed" to their marriage.

The deputy prime minister dismissed talks of an early break-up of the marriage - or 'coalition', as many Conservatives prefer to call it - and praised his "remarkably radical" partnership with Cameron.

The man behind Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise's wonderful comedy - Eddie Braben, the man who wrote their scripts for 14 years - has died at the age of 82.

Braben - who also wrote for Ken Dodd and the comedy show 'Round The Horne' - first saw...

They're back - and depending on your view, they're cooler than ever/just as cool as they always were/slightly less cool than they were before.

We do, of course, mean Daft Punk. Celebrate the release of 'Random Access Memories' and the omnipresence of 'Get Lucky' with our 10 fun* facts...

The Seventies! It wasn't all bad. In fact, it wasn't that bad at all - especially if you were a kid.

Sure, we didn't have the internet, PlayStations or Justin Bieber. But we did have Play School, Dymo label makers and SO much more. At least 28 things more, in...

*Possibly Untrue

Dan Brown's new novel 'Inferno' has hit the shelves - possibly literally in some cases, as readers are frustrated by its bad writing and/or their inability to solve its mystery.

But how much do you know about Brown - author, millionaire and irritant? Impress your friends...

Queen Elizabeth II has made the shocking announcement that she is to abdicate in favour of television actress Olivia Colman.

The news has come as a surprise to Prince Charles, who was widely tipped for the role.

"She can do drama, she can do comedy, and she's clearly the most...

There have been calls to raise the IQ of barristers after one expressed an opinion that most right-thinking people disagree with.

Campaigners say that the threshold needs to be raised in order to stop "the persecution of middle-aged women".

"This witch-hunting of ageing barristers echoes the Soviet Union,"...

The Queen shocked onlookers by stepping out during a break in the State Opening of Parliament and telling Black Rod to "shut the fuck up".

Angered by the loud banging noise being made by the parliamentary official, she shouted: "'Quiet! We're trying to do a show in here!...

The plant in the now-infamous UKIP 'Nazi salute' photograph has said that it was a plant.

Nigel Farage says that UKIP candidate Alex Wood was merely trying to stop his girlfriend taking photos of him "imitating a pot plant" - but the plant says that this response is...

May Day is here again! But what do you know about the day that's celebrated all over the world - and in Oxford?

Not much? Fear not! Here are 10 fun* facts to impress your friends/family/fellow pagans:

*possibly untrue

May Day! It's the day after 30 April and the day before 2 May.

It's also a reason to go slightly bonkers... if you're a student at Oxford University.

Traditionally, these bright kids would fling themselves, like very well-educated lemmings, off Magdalen Bridge and into the River Cherwell. The...

He's got a nice smiley face! And he's just been made King of the Netherlands! But what else do you know about The Artist Formerly Known As Prince Willem-Alexander? Very little? Well, fear not.

Just click through our slideshow of 15 fun* facts about the boy born to be king...

The UK government will hand over 'hate preacher' Abu Qatada to the glamour model also known as Katie Price, Theresa May confirmed today.

The agreement - also being called a "twin strategy" - will see Qatada move into the £4m Hampshire mansion Jordan is currently considering buying with her third...

A boyband has split up due to musical indifference.

Britain woke up to the shocking news on Wednesday morning, made some jokes on Twitter, and then went back to sleep.

“We never wanted to overstay our welcome. We never wanted to be that band where people...