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1st, March 2011 Film 3

Helen Mirren And Helena Bonham Carter's Road To Damascus: Photo

For all the pneumatic glamour models and painted WAGs that Britain pumps out and up, the country still exports a different kind of sex appeal to the American mould... More »

1st, March 2011 Reviews

The Downing Street Cat Hoax: BBC Radio Norfolk Fooled

Margaret Sutcliffe loved that cat 'Jo' "like her own foot". David Cameron needs to give Larry back... More »

1st, March 2011 Sports 2

London Olympics: A Look At The Tat On Sale In Heathrow Airport

You can buy mugs, key fobs, pens, pencils, a one-eyed ten-pin phallus called Wenlock or Mandeville - the creepy monsters come dressed as a Beefeater or Palace guard... More »

1st, March 2011 Politicians

The Three Most Stupid Things Said About Libya By Western Experts

Martin Kramer has compiled a list of the three most stupid things Western boffins have said after visiting Gaddafi's Libya.... More »

1st, March 2011 Celebrities

This Woman Has a Dread Fear Of Something Unusual: Video

This woman has a dread fear of something unusual. Ready... More »

1st, March 2011 Money 1

The BT Phone Scam: Nigeria's Latest Wheeze

I received a call from a 'representative' of BT, informing me that he was dis-connecting me because of an unpaid bill. Only... More »

1st, March 2011 Sports 4

Iran Says Olympic Rings Are Jew Bagels: Threatens To Withdraw Both Athletes

THE London Olympics logo, the one that look like Lisa Simpson performing oral sex, spells ZION. Well, so say the Iranians... More »

1st, March 2011 Sports

Footballer Luís Moreno Kicks An Owl Off The Pitch

The match between Pereira and Atlético Junior is interrupted when a ball strikes the owl... More »

1st, March 2011 Sports

Alternative Olympic Sports: Downhill Cycling

Anorak continues its look at the alternative Olympics with Downhill Cycling... More »

1st, March 2011 Celebrities 2

That Video Of John Galliano Prising Hitler

The entertaining Mr Galliano... More »

1st, March 2011 Film

RIP Jane Russell: A Life In Photos, Playtex And Bullet Bras

She came to early for the cougar to be fashionable. But in her youth, her looks did her fine... More »

1st, March 2011 Politicians

Libya: The SAS Have Gaddafi In Their Sights: But What's The Exit Strategy?

The American Six Fleet is in the area – at least one aircraft carrier and attendant ships. The SAS are in the country. We told you that before anyone else.... More »

28th, February 2011 Technology

James Corbett's Steampunk Car Sculptures: Gallery

James Corbett makes sculptures from old and vintage car parts... More »

28th, February 2011 Politicians

Why Arabs Should Thank George Bush For Revolution In Egypt, Tunisia And Libya

Did Abu Ghraib and US torture and abuses in Iraq and beyond open the eyes of the Arab world to the value of Human Rights? Shadi Mokhtari says they did... More »

28th, February 2011 Key Posts 1

Blackburn Teen's 'Death' Was Hoax: Thousands Of Mourners Duped On Facebook

RIP Jaydon Rothwell. The Facebook page has been created to his loving memory.... More »

28th, February 2011 Reviews

Abortion Is Safer Than Having A Baby: For Who?

The Telegraph has great headline about abortion - one based on the opinions of experts... More »

28th, February 2011 Reviews 10

Turkey's Pedicure Garra Rufa Fish Give You Cancer, Maybe

The Mail says the treatment (a "craze" that is "sweeping the country") “has prompted a health warning” from “experts”... More »

28th, February 2011 Sports

Steven Davies Is Out

OUT! More »

28th, February 2011 Reviews

The Plot Against Wikileaks Supporters

Greenwald comments on the ruling that will see Julian Assange extradited top Sweden Ruling, the persecution of Bradley Manning, and a campaign to hurt WikiLeaks supporters... More »

28th, February 2011 Politicians

North Korean Soldiers Starving: Army to March On Kim Jong-eun's Stomach

In North Korea, the people are starving. Not all of the mind. Kim Jong-Il's son Kim Jong-eun has been fattened up as an emergency source of protein for the hungry.... More »

28th, February 2011 Reviews

BA Worker Rajib Karim Guilty Of Conspiring To Blow Up Plane

Rajib Karim, the former British Airways computer expert, has been convicted of conspiring with a wanted terrorist to blow up a plane.... More »

28th, February 2011 TV & Radio

VW Driver Attempts To Mass Murder Cyclists At Critical Mass Ride In Brazil

It's not a viral ad for cars and VW. At least we think it isn't... More »

28th, February 2011 Film

The Razzies: Jessica Alba Excites Ashton Kutcher's Wood

As ever Ashton Kutcher is the worst actor. Mr Demi Moore is so wooden he should star in Robin Hood remake as Sherwood Forest... More »

28th, February 2011 TV & Radio

BBC Presenter Tightrope Walks Across Battersea Power Station: Photos

She did it for Children In Need, the BBC's telethon in which BBC employees you pay for get to do good deeds in the public eyes and on company time.... More »

28th, February 2011 Politicians

Chuka Umunna's Joke Of The Day

Labour MP of the moment Chuka Umunna has a view... More »