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2nd, April 2010 Technology

Greg Packer is Mr FIRST The iPad, Harry Potter, New York Giants Screamer

Greg Pecker is the man at the head of the line to buy an iPad. Expects – get his – there’s no line. With his iPad, Mr Pecker (and nominative determinism cannot be ruled out here) can list how many times he screams “FIRST” at a shop assistant... More »

2nd, April 2010 Celebrities

RIP John Forsythe: A Career in Pictures

RIP John Forsythe. You were the head of Dynasty... More »

2nd, April 2010 Reviews

In Pictures: Good Friday In Westminster Abbey, Holy Island And Folkestone

It's Easter. And that means the Good Friday procession as it passes along... More »

2nd, April 2010 Politicians

Jay Martin Joins The Barack Obama Death Cult On Twitter: All The Tweets And Pictures

Jay Martin is 19. Jay Martin lives in Washington state, Jay Martin was so upset by the health care vote that he vowed to murder Barack Obama... More »

2nd, April 2010 Reviews 4

Headline Of The Week: Bankers - 'They Deserve To Be Shot'

The Daily Star Ireland delivers the headline of the week... More »

2nd, April 2010 The Consumer

Holland's Muslim Sex Shop And The Pakistan Fetish Factory

SKY News reports on the “first Muslim sex shop”. Whish it isn’t. The online El Asira sex emporium is not the world’s first Muslim sex shop... More »

2nd, April 2010 Celebrities 9

Peter Doherty Spits Up On Live At Five

Live From Studio Five features Pete Doherty in the vicinity of Minnie Stephenson, one of the actual hacks who appear on the show to remind you that Ian Wright rolling his eyes and rocking back and forwards like a demented Weeble is not necessarily hard news. More »

2nd, April 2010 Politicians

Poseidon Adventure Remake To Be Filmed In Guam, Says Hank Johnson

Guam is doomed. Georgia Representative Hank Johnson House tells the Armed Services Committee that Guam is the Poseidon Adventure in 3D: More »

2nd, April 2010 Strange But True

'Keer Kleep' In Royston Hertfordshire

To Garden Walk, Royston, Hertfordshire, where the advice on the road is “KEER CLEAP”... More »

2nd, April 2010 Celebrities

Sandra Bullock In Bum Flashing Shocker: Video And Pictures

SANDRA Bullock is now the subject of media feeding frenzy. (The media's even gunning for Bullock because she's part German and he's a comedy Nazi)... More »

2nd, April 2010 TV & Radio

Claudio Montuori Is Today's Musical Interlude

In Lisbon, Portugal, Claudio Montuori is waiting to be discovered. Spike Jones - eat yer heart out... More »

2nd, April 2010 Reviews 11

Jon Venables: After The Heated Debate The Cool Dissemble

Jon Venables, one of James Bulger’s killers, is awaiting the result of the Parole Board to discover his fate. And the buzzword is dissemble... More »

2nd, April 2010 Key Posts

In Pictures: Drunks Behaving Like Michelle McGee

Anorak delivers a collection of photos showing what can happen when you’re drunk... More »

2nd, April 2010 Celebrities 1

In Pictures: Peter Andre and Kerry Katona's 'Romance' And Katie Price's Shrink

The story of Peter Andre and Kerry Katona’s love for one another - the love story set in the offices of Can Associates PR – now encompasses Katie Price... More »

2nd, April 2010 Reviews 1

Vote Labservatice For More Of The Same Cameron - Bown Arrogance

The Conservative response to this lunacy is not only to support it, but to extend it, potentially bringing the annual cost to £60 billion a year... More »

1st, April 2010 Sports

Tiger Woods And Mrs Miodrag Gidra Stojanovic

Tiger Woods and the women: for your delictation, ladies - while you await Tiger's return to the apres-golf circuit.. More »

1st, April 2010 TV & Radio

Sophie Dahl's Eton Whores And 9/11 Cricket

Sophie Dahl hs written Miss Dahl’s Voluptuous Delights. It’s a cook book to go with her cooking show. The Telegraph digests and features Dahl in conversation... More »

1st, April 2010 Reviews 1

In Pictures: The Memorial And Death Of Ian Tomlinson

One year ago Ian Tomlinson died. He was 47. He died on a London Street. He was pushed to the ground by a policeman – a British policeman at the G20 protest. The story in pictures... More »

1st, April 2010 Celebrities

In Pictures: Debbie Reynolds At 78

One day all celebs you’ve not heard of for decades will do a show called Alive and Fabulous, or “I Used To Be… More »

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In Pictures: Amanda Seyfried's Minge Tattoo (Leighton Meester Reads On)

Amanda Seyfried has the word “minge” tattooed on her foot. The left one... More »

1st, April 2010 Reviews 4

Jon Venables And Child A, The 6-Year-Old Girl Abused By 23 Classmates

Jon Venables: Anorak’s at-a-glance look at one of the killer’s of two-year-old James Bulger in the new, featuring Child A, girl sexually abused for six months by 23 classmates. More »

1st, April 2010 TV & Radio

BBC Radio 5 Live's Nicky Campbell's Epic Hunting Fail

BBC Radio 5 Live’s Mr Nicky Nicky Campbell is objective in his views on hunting and any breaking of hunting laws... More »

1st, April 2010 Celebrities

Heather Mills And The Making Of A Media 'Lie'

Is the media interest in the Heather Mills v Sara Trumble shaping the tribunal? Are the parties playing to the hacks? More »

1st, April 2010 Reviews

Koc Fighter: Wood Green Pitbull Is Monobrow Of The Week

Mehmet Koc, 19, from Haringey, north London, is not only a victim of nominative determinism but also our Monobrow of the Week... More »

1st, April 2010 Reviews

April Fools' Day Quiz Question 1: Carbon Neutral Donkeys?

A game of April Fools’ Day of true or false for you to play now as we bring you news – or is it..? More »