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3rd, May 2011 Celebrities 1

Robert Pattinson And Reece Witherspoon Attend UK Premiere Of Water For Elephants - Pictures

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3rd, May 2011 Music

Eurovision 2011: Blue Are Now A Cartoon

Blue the UK entry into the Eurovision Song contest, have been turned into a two cartoon... More »

3rd, May 2011 Key Posts 3

Ian Tomlinson Was Killed By A Rogue System: Harwood Is Just A Product

PC Simon Harwood, a member of the Metropolitan Police's Territorial Support Group, used "excessive and unreasonable force" against Ian Tomlinson at the G20 protests in London... More »

3rd, May 2011 Music 3

Mariah Carey Wants Everyone To Guess Her Twins Names

Mariah Carey is, of course, more mental than a tree filled with talking toasters. She became pregnant with twins, which left the universe considering implosion briefly. Could the human race stand Mariah gloating about her working ovaries? Could we collectively take the cloying... More »

3rd, May 2011 Royal Family

Royal Wedding Royals: Kings And Queen's Of Nowhere

They are regents of land that does not want them and having thrown them out changed its name to make re-entry problematic... More »

3rd, May 2011 Royal Family

Prince Charles Flies By Jet To Talk About Sustainability

Charles, the heir who invited us to "travel back in time to see the world as the ancients saw it", has gone by private jet the US... More »

3rd, May 2011 In Pictures 2

The Killing Of Ian Tomlinson In Photos

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3rd, May 2011 Reviews 1

Police Break Up Rave On Isolated Saddleworth Moor With Predictable Results

Did you got to the rave on “isolated” Saddleworth More, the one that ended with, as the MEN reports, “attacks on police cars”... More »

3rd, May 2011 Reviews 1

Megan McArdle Was Wrong About Martin Luther King

McArdle highlights a tweet doing the rounds after Osama Bin Laden’s death was confirmed by official sources... More »

3rd, May 2011 Royal Family 2

Pippa Middleton, Alexander Guy Rushworth Loudon And Life At Olantigh Towers

"So what went wrong for Loudon, an Old Etonian, who left Durham University to spend two seasons with Kent and a further three with Warwickshire.." More »

3rd, May 2011 Madeleine McCann

Madeleine McCann: A Private Mass Appeal At Four Years Missing

It's four years since Madeleine McCann disappeared. For those of you who have followed the story on Anorak, the story began here... More »

3rd, May 2011 Key Posts

Princess Beatrice's Hat Is Now A Meme: Photos

Beatrice's hat - the shagging swan sperm she wore to the Royal wedding of Kate Middleton and Prince William - is now a meme... More »

3rd, May 2011 Strange But True

Three Men In A Rubber Boat Win Andy Flintoff Award For Sailing

They were dressed in the appropriate Flintoffian attire of shorts and T-shirts, and buffed against cold, pirates and cabin fever by a bottle of wine... More »

3rd, May 2011 Photojournalism

Photos Of The Day: Glasgow Drivers Outsmart Clampers

In Glasgow, the keepers of law, order and appropriate parking can keep the clamped car... More »

3rd, May 2011 Reviews

Osama Bin Laden Dead: Newspaper Front Page Push Fear, Joy And Hate

Osama bin Laden is dead and the news media use the demise of the Al Qaeda leader to push their own agendas. Let’s look at the those front page-headlines: More »

3rd, May 2011 Reviews 5

Like The 9/11 Victims, Osama Bin Laden 'Had It 'Coming'

The Guardian‘s Michael White: "...friends of mine – muttered quietly when they watched the twin towers fall in Manhattan that “the Americans had it coming”... More »

2nd, May 2011 In Pictures

Osama Bin Laden's Life In Photos: Mass Murder And Jokes

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2nd, May 2011 Politicians

Bush Haters Say Obama Won The War On Terror: Hillary Clinton Disagrees

Obama killed Osama. That's the gist of the chant outside the White House. "Yes we can," comes the chant... More »

2nd, May 2011 Key Posts 2

Who Faked Osama bin Laden's Death Photo?

Anyone looking for a conspiracy, won't have to look far... More »

2nd, May 2011 Politicians

Ed Miliband Plays Cricket With A Tennis Ball And Gets Off With Girls

Anorak wondered if this marked the beginning of Miliband’s campaign to revisit all his old failures from his youth... More »

2nd, May 2011 Reviews 8

Osama bin Laden Joke Of The Day: Sandals In The Bin

The world's most wanted man has been "disposed" of at sea. You might snort and roll your eyes.... More »

2nd, May 2011 Royal Family

Herald Says Royal Wedding Was jjhkjhkjh kjhkjhkjhk jhjkhj kjhkjhkjhkjhkjhkjhkjhkjh

A "day of paradoxes"... More »

2nd, May 2011 Key Posts 3

Who Killed Osama Bin Laden? A Story Of US Delight And Pakistan Duplicity

Bin Laden dead. He was hiding by the Pakistani cricketers. Who killed him? More »

2nd, May 2011 Politicians

US Keeps Osama Bin Laden Reward: Bounty Hunters Chase James J Bulger And Victor Manuel Gerena

Bin Laden is dead. You know how that reward - the $27m for the capture of America’s most wanted man – was going to stave off your personal recession? Well, the Americans have kept it... More »

2nd, May 2011 In Pictures 3

The 9/11 Anniversary In Pictures

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