This week Luke Glassford has taken the 7 Reasons sofa to a field far, far away. Luke is the chief music writer for music news and review site, All-Noise.co.uk and has been to Glastonbury more times than he would ever admit.Yes people, it’s that time of year...

You’d be forgiven for missing this news, but yesterday the Cornish Pasty was awarded protected status by the European Commission. Or at least the term ‘Cornish Pasty’ has. It now means that a Cornish Pasty can only be called a Cornish Pasty if it has...

Rather disappointingly, Valentine’s Day 2011 went without hitch. I say disappointingly because no doubt you were expecting a tale of pure muppetry featuring me, a lasagna and a cactus. Sadly, such a disaster did not occur. Instead we are going to take a look at...

It’s Snovember!  Here are seven reasons to love it.1.  The Title.  As a portmanteau word combining both weather and a month, Snovember works better than almost any other.  In snow terms, its closest rivals are Snarch, Snuly and Snebruary, and although...

At 7 Reasons we’ve never brought you exclusive celebrity news before, but now we have some.  A letter has been erroneously delivered to one of us (the York based one) with exciting details about the private life of an icon of both the large and the small screen. We...

Last week in Huntingdon, a couple walking along the high street were approached by a man they didn’t know, who offered to sell them a rucksack containing an iPhone and a laptop for £650.  They agreed to this and, after visiting their bank, headed off to a car park...

In Britain, it’s often said that we’re not very good at protesting, and we’re always compared unfavourably with the French in that regard.  But now, public protest in the UK has reached an all-time low because, last weekend, several men in Dorset...

It’s the last day of the papal visit to the United Kingdom and, somewhat to my surprise, I’ve been inspired by it.  I used to believe that the bicycle was the correct vehicle for the urban environment, or that a tank would be practical, but I now realise that...

Yesterday, A picture of a squirrel eating a KitKat was printed in the York Press.  It struck us that squirrels eating KitKats was a bad thing.  Here are seven reasons why.1.  Health. As humorists, we don’t know much about the internal workings of squirrels...

One of the most bizarre aspects of the Raoul Moat story earlier this year was the arrival of Gazza during the police stand-off with Moat.  Gazza turned up in a taxi with some beer, a fishing rod, some cans of lager and a chicken.  This seemed like a one-off...

If you haven’t been near a news source for the past couple of days, you’re probably looking at the title and thinking “er…what!”, or something similar.  So, in case you missed it yesterday, the BBC website – amongst many others...