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16th, May 2011 TV & Radio

N-Dubz Tulisa To Take Dannii Minogue's Place On X Factor

Britain at large is transformed when The X Factor rolls into town. Basically, the whole country is carved up into two camps - those that hate the show and those that don't watch it... More »

16th, May 2011 Key Posts 2

Osama Bin Laden Lies: Media Can't Agree Distance Between Compound And Military Academy

Osama Bin Laden was killed 100 yards away from the Pakistan Military Academy in Abbottabad. Well, so says the Daily Mail. Others disagree... More »

16th, May 2011 Film

Iron Sky Is The Best Nazi Moon Film Of The Year

Iron Sky is the best sci-fi-Nazi-dark-side-of-the moon film you'll see this year - maybe. It's inspired by the fine men and women at the Daily Sport... More »

16th, May 2011 Film

Tree Of Life: Brad Pitt Plays The Draconian Father You Can Write About

We should talk about the film, but something nags.. More »

16th, May 2011 Politicians 5

Taxi For Chris Huhne: A Tale of Revenge, Sex And Nick Clegg's Salvation

Did he get his then wife Vicky Pryce to accept his three penalty points for driving too fast past an Essex speed camera in 2003 to avoid him risking a driving ban?.. More »

16th, May 2011 Reviews 3

Local News Watch: Dog Bites The Finger In Cambridge

Local News Watch takes in the Cambridge News were the story is: "Campaigner's anger as dog bites finger through letterbox." More »

16th, May 2011 Reviews 6

Daily Mail Uses A Vandalised Bikini Poster To Turn All Muslims Into Criminals

Mail places all Balsall Heath Muslims in frame for vandalism... More »

16th, May 2011 Photojournalism

Great Faces Pulled At The 2011 World Table Tennis Championships

To the 2011 World Table Tennis Championships, where the usual and unusual faces are in evidence... More »

16th, May 2011 Reviews 2

Every Joke Explained, Maybe

Can humour be explained? Is this mantra enough: someone else falling ower is funny; you falling over is a tregedy. A professor has tried to make sense of every joke... More »

16th, May 2011 Madeleine McCann 1

Madeleine McCann: The Met's TV Show, A Backlash And Privacy

Anorak’s at-a-glance look at Our Madie in the news: A Wembley show, the MET's TV show and a backlash... More »

16th, May 2011 TV & Radio

The Deer Eats A Live Bird: Peta Confused

You want a portent of dooom. You want to confuse Peta? You want meat..? More »

16th, May 2011 TV & Radio 2

Man Licks Shoes Clean On New York Subway: New Standards In Elegance

It is all about standards, readers. Shiny tongue - shiny shoes. It's the stuff on which the British Empire was built... More »

16th, May 2011 Royal Family

Queen's Visit to Ireland: Remembering The Bombs In Dublin, Monaghan And Birmingham

The impoverished country, bailed out by the EU-International Monetary Fund, has found some cash for the Queen’s first State visit to the country... More »

15th, May 2011 Music

Rebecca Black Pregnancy Photo: Pregnant Or Not?

There now follows some Rebecca Black pregnancy news... More »

15th, May 2011 Reviews

Syria Foments Trouble in Israel: Gaddafi Was Right

After a brief hiatus, Syria and Islamists have placed Israel back on the mainstream news. The break in the usual obsession even caused the monocular Yasmin Alibhai-Brown to shift slightly... More »

15th, May 2011 TV & Radio

The British Soap Awards 2011 In Photos: The Shaggable Take On The Mentally Negligible

The British Soap Awards pits the shaggable against the non-shaggbale, and EastEnders againt Coronation Street. This year EastEnders was crowned the Best British Soap... More »

15th, May 2011 Reviews 2

Eurovision: Jedward's Gibert & George-Themed Pop Magic Too Good for Euro Wonks

They referenced Gilbert & George: high concept pop or what... More »

15th, May 2011 Reviews

Toby Young Waylaid By Pirates On His Way To Rally Against Debt

Young says the Rally Against Debt is vital. He tells Telegraph readers: "All those who care about Britain's future should attend the Rally Against Debt..." More »

15th, May 2011 Key Posts 18

Madeleine McCann: Facing Facts With Lee Rainbow

Cameron’s decision to involve Scotland Yard was defended by Downing Street officials as a whirlwind of complaint struck with cries of "Foul" around claims intervention was a “PR exercise”. Others say the move could take years and cost millions... More »

15th, May 2011 TV & Radio

Dannii Minogue Is Despatched To Simon Cowell's Colonies

Big news form telly land is that X Factor Judge Dannii Minogue is no longer X Factor Judge Danni Minogue, having been replaced by N-Dubz’s front woman Tulisa... More »

15th, May 2011 Key Posts 4

Madeleine McCann: The Making Of Our Maddie - A Media Commodity

Four years ago Madeleine McCann vanished - and then she became Our Maddie, the a media commodity... More »

14th, May 2011 Madeleine McCann 9

Madeleine McCann: Who Pays The Met?

The London Evening Standard persists. The Met is to investigate the disappearance of the innocent child. Good... More »

14th, May 2011 Sports 4

Manchester City Stop The Stretford End Clock: Do Manchester United Fans Care?

And so it came to pass that 35 years after last winning a tropy, it only took a couple of hundred million pounds to win Manchester City another one... More »

14th, May 2011 Sports

The Greatest Sports Clips Ever: Bruce Forsyth's FA Cup Final

Anorak goes back to the FA Cup final of 1974, when Liverpool played Newcastle United and Bruce Forsyth did for red Comfi-Slax... More »

14th, May 2011 Sports 1

ITV Fail As Patronising Adrian Chiles Is Cut Off By The Adverts: Stoke City Fans Relieved

Manchester City win the FA Cup and ITV’s Adrian Chiles performs a majestic fail... More »