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31st, January 2011 Reviews

Antony Gormley's Transport Is Hell Raising

Gormley's Transport hangs in the eastern crypt of Canterbury Cathedral in Kent. It's what Thomas Becket would have wanted... More »

31st, January 2011 TV & Radio 1

Blue Are Back For Eurovision As The Official Sound Of The BBC

Blue were chosen for the job by the BBC, so making the young middle-aged dudes the official sound of the state broadcaster. And how cool is that!.. More »

31st, January 2011 Reviews

Daily Mail Warns That American Muslims Are Coming

Steve Doughty’s piece is illustrated by photo of a woman in a burka ready to march across a map of the world. The impression is that more Muslims is not a good thing... More »

31st, January 2011 TV & Radio

Is That Sexism On Soccer AM Or A Prelude To A Murder?

On the Soccerettes pages of Sky Sports Saturday morning show Soccer AM, you can see this photo. Is it sexist..? More »

31st, January 2011 Strange But True 3

British Thug Spared Jail So He Can Emigrate To Australia

The good news is that James O'Neill, 28, of Cleethorpes, will not be jailed for assaulting two men - leaving both with fractured bones – because he's off to Australia... More »

31st, January 2011 Film 1

Elton John Show Off Zachary At Gnomeo Premiere: Photos

To the premiere of Gnomeo and Julie (it is as it sounds – gnome meets lover; gnome losers lover; gnome impales himself on fishing rod barb)... More »

31st, January 2011 The Consumer

Toxic Waste Candy Contains Actual Toxins: Kids Love It

That Toxic Waste candy does exactly what it saw on the packet: it is packed with lead... More »

31st, January 2011 Reviews

Immigration Officer Kept Pakistani Wife Away By Placing Her On Watch List

Who is the immigration officer who in a bid to keep his wife from returning to the UK from Pakistan placed her name on a terrorist watch list..? More »

31st, January 2011 TV & Radio 1

Mon Petit Cat Will Now Juggle For You

With five tins of Mon Petit on its head the cat-tastic Great Stupendo will thrill you... More »

31st, January 2011 Technology 1

Jackie Stallone's Changing Face: Surgery Timeline

Jackie Stallone illustrates how cosmetic surgery can change you not always for the better, know that last year 9,430 women had boob jobs... More »

31st, January 2011 Reviews 1

Egypt Is No Hell For British Tourists: Just Ask the Israelis

As the British tourists arrive back in the UK, the Sun screams from its front page: “30,000 Brits in riot hell”. It's not... More »

30th, January 2011 TV & Radio

Not Even Kim Kardashian's Breasts Can Save Piers Morgan

Can Kim Kardashian's breast save Piers Morgan from a slump in the TV ratings? No... More »

30th, January 2011 Key Posts

Christian Cull Talks About The Troubles In Egypt On BBC News: More Nominative Determinism

The name of the UK travel expert talking to BBC News 24 about the troubles in Egypt – where the Muslim Brotherhoods are looking to gain power – is… More »

30th, January 2011 Key Posts 1

One Direction Take On The Groupies: X Rated X Factor Photos

What happened to sort-of-singing, sort-of-dancing X Factor boy band One Direction following their defeat and Harry Styles’s famous on-air comment to show winner Matt Cardle..? More »

30th, January 2011 Reviews 2

Bloody Sunday At 39: The Last March (Photos)

Following last year’s Saville Report, this might well be the last official march. Well, so goes the PR... More »

30th, January 2011 Key Posts

Egypt's Troubles Delight Algerian Football Fans

Chen wants us to look at the country's football fans and their readiness for battle... More »

30th, January 2011 Key Posts

Egypt Revolution: Country On The Brink As Tanks Roll Into Cairo (Photos)

This is a revolution that might really happen. At one moment a soldier left his lines to go over to the crowd. They hoisted him high on their shoulders... More »

30th, January 2011 Reviews 1

Adam Potter Falls 1000ft Down Mountain And Lives: Photos

Potter responded to the challenge “Last one down’s a Frenchman” by falling from the summit of Sgurr Choinnich Mor... More »

30th, January 2011 Madeleine McCann 3

Madeleine McCann: Breaking Into The Phone Hacking Scandal

Kate and Gerry McCann will have their book serialised in the Sun. Over in the Express, there is the talk of Team McCann having their calls hacked... More »

30th, January 2011 Reviews 10

Black Three-Year-Old Child Found Alone At Night On Essex Street: No Big News, Then

In Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex, a man have been placed on police bail after a non-blonde three-year-old girl was on her own in the street late at night... More »

30th, January 2011 Sports 2

Scots Hero Andy Murray Loses Again: England Watching FA Cup Highlights

Scottish minority sports enthusiast Andy Murray fails again... More »

30th, January 2011 Technology

New York Muslim Sues Facebook For Religious Discrimination And Being A Police State

To New York, where Montenegro-native Mustafa Fteja has lsot all his freinds in a Facebook meltdown... More »

30th, January 2011 Strange But True 1

Australian Student Doctors Perform Unauthorised Anal And Gential Examinations On Drugged Patients

Australian medical students are experimenting on anaesthetised patients... More »

30th, January 2011 Key Posts 13

'It' Girl Louise Glass Sues Sky Over Richard Keys Smashing Her Life

This is no longer a tabloid report into a crass comment; it’s an episode of Judge Judy in which the victim enters the hushed courtroom... More »

30th, January 2011 Celebrities

Katie Price Sleeps With A Minder To Keep Alex Reid Away: Inflatable Doll On Stand By

Price was so desperate not to dry hump Alex Reid that she ordered a security guard to sleep across her bedroom door and so bar the Walking Toffee Crisp from gaining entry... More »