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Daily View 2×2: 21 January 2010

1920s woman in silk kimono smoking using a cigarette holderGood morning and welcome to Daily View. If you submit a tax return, there are hardly any days left to get on with it.

On this day in 1908, New York City voted to ban women from smoking in public. Two years ago, Black Monday did a number on the world’s stock markets.

In birthdays, we sing a song to Commander in Chief star Geena Davis and Christian Dior, who were born today.

And in deaths, we remember George Orwell – and use him as an excuse to pimp this link – a cartoon that fears that when it comes to dystopias, it was Aldous Huxley who nailed it, rather than George Orwell.

2 Big Stories

Stop the presses!

Men are wearing shorts in the snow in New York.

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    How come France doesn't adhere to the UNHCR ? ...A tented city in Calais as opposed to a hotel in the UK. As for British homeless it's a political choice - gove...
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    @Peter Martin 24th May '25 - 1:01pm.. We have all seen the horrific results of those same sentiments, albeit in a different place and time.. A perfect exam...
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    @Greg Hyde 24th May '25 - 7:18am........A hotel room and three meals a day + a weekly allowance is far more gracious than a tented city. If you was a British ma...