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28th, March 2015 Celebrities

A new highpoint for Twitter: Russell Crowe narrates the story of The Hat

It was just after dawn... More »

28th, March 2015 Arsenal

Transfer Balls: Chelsea sell Petr Cech To Arsenal twice

Transfer Balls: Are Chelsea going to sell Petr Cech? Are Arsenal going to buy him? The Daily Telegraph says Chelsea might be. And Arsenal will pay £10m... More »

28th, March 2015 Reviews

Police burning massive pile of marijuana get entire own stoned

There's something in the air over Palmerah, a sub-district of West Jakarta. And that something is the sweet-smelling smoke from a 3.3-ton heap of marijuana... More »

28th, March 2015 Reviews 1

These racist cakes have caused a row in France

Baker Tannick Tavolaro's “Gods” and “Goddesses” cakes are in the forms of two obese people fashioned from gingerbread and chocolate mouse enrobed in dark chocolate. The tips of their primary sexual characteristics are in a pink fondant... More »

27th, March 2015 Reviews

Germanwings Flight 9525: Andreas Lubitz's act of madness

CAN we says that Andreas Lubitz was nuts? What about insane? Mad? What word can you use to describe the man who polityed Germanwings Flight 9525 into a mountain killing all 150 people on board?... More »

27th, March 2015 Strange But True

Why panda bears are endangered (video)

Here's why panda bears are endangered... More »

27th, March 2015 Sports

Grand National: Aintree bans photos of 'typical' Liverpool women

News is that Aintree racecourse wants to ban photographs of women in 'inappropriate' poses... More »

27th, March 2015 Reviews

Daily Star Forum Watch: Mrs Hugh Jarse and and Corrie's 'Fat Faye'

Daily Star Forum Watch: a look at highlights from the Daily Star's 'FORUM' page. Today the page turns into an contact magazine for men seeking 'cuddly' women. Mrs Hugh Jarse is away... More »

27th, March 2015 Chelsea 1

Chelsea Tales of the Unexpected: John Terry was Dennis Wise's toilet 'fag'

Chelsea "legend" John Terry has been talking with the Chelsea website about his apprenticeship at Stamford Bridge... More »

27th, March 2015 Politicians

How the tabloids cover the Cameron v Miliband v Paxman leadership debate

Anorak Towers marked the televised leadership debate in much the same way we do the Super Bowl: we went out. What did the tabloids do? Did they feature the big showdown between Labour Party leader 'Red' Ed Miliband and Tory Prime Minister 'Blue' Dave Cameron? And why was Cameron sat by a skip?... More »

27th, March 2015 Celebrities 2

Zayn Malik: sex, drugs and other reasons he left One Direction

We've heard many reasons why Zayn Malik left One Direction: he wanted their next song to be about crystal meth; he realised that depsite the money and the fame One Direction isn't a proper band; he bought a second album and realised that he wasn't singing The Best Song Ever; and so on... More »

26th, March 2015 Chelsea

Transfer balls: Gareth Bale joins Manchester United for £90m and Chelsea for £150m

Transfer Balls: So, how much is Gareth Bale worth to Manchester United, Manchester City and all the usual suspects lining up to buy the Real Madrid star? ... More »

26th, March 2015 Reviews

CNN produces this tasteless report on the Germanwings crash

So. How does CNN repoft the news that the co-pilot locked the pilot out off his cockopit and steered German A320 Airbus flight 4U 9525 from Barcelona to Duesseldorf and killed all 150 people on board?... More »

26th, March 2015 Reviews

Daily Star Forum Watch: Mandy the Page 3 belly dancer

The Daily Star 'FORUM' is the most rewarding page in British newspapers. In today;s ediution, 'cornish blue' shares his thoughts on 'mandy page 3'... More »

26th, March 2015 Celebrities

Russell Brand is the thinking girl's sound Prospect at 30

The Daily Star reports that Russell Brand is the "fourth most imporant thinker". Well so says "upmaket magazine" Prospect. Brand's aim is to be entertaining. And he is. His flowery language to espouse whatever Left-wing claptrap he's just read garners lots and lots of comment... More »

25th, March 2015 Reviews 1

Daily Star Forum Watch: Alex Jones off The One Show and other topless stunnas

The Daily Star is now the only mainstream British daily newspaper with a topless stunna on Page 3. The Star is proud of this, using the fact as its main selling point... More »

25th, March 2015 Sports

Transfer Balls: the West Ham United star who left for Spurs, Liverpool and Manchester United

Transfer Balls looks at the affairs of West Ham United's Winston Reid... More »

25th, March 2015 Arsenal

Transfer Balls: Arsenal 'buy' Dybala for £31m, chase Cavani, want Marco Verratti and miss Benzema

Arsenal tranfer news... More »

25th, March 2015 Celebrities

Watch Aretha Franklin sing 'RESPECT' in 1970 live at the Antibes Jazz Festival

Today Aretha Franklin turns 73. Back in 1970, the 'Queen of Soul' prefomed her her version of Otis Redding’s 1965 song Respect at the 11th Antibes Juan-Le-Pins Jazz Festival... More »

25th, March 2015 Strange But True

Kickstarter: polish a turd with the Poop 'n Pull Potty trainer

Mums and dads are invited to "turn your child's potty training milestone into a fun, interactive and successful experience". But how can you polish a turd? Why, with Poop 'n Pull. The Ultimate Potty Training Experience... More »

25th, March 2015 Liverpool

Liverpool balls: Mamadou Sakho gets English lessons from Joey Barton

Liverpool news now. The Sun says that Mamadou Sakho used to speak French to his teammates. Is that good or bad? The Liverpool team that lined up against Manchester United featured five native English speakers... More »

25th, March 2015 manchester united

Manchester United balls: Falcao cries, Di Maria sulks and boots don't talk

Having been told that Radamel Falcao has been "reduced to tears" at Manchester United, the Sun leads with news that his teamamte Angel Di Maria has been told off for playing badly... More »

24th, March 2015 Key Posts 2

#NUSWomen15: jazz hands are the new clapping and other beyond parody motions

#NUSWomen15: Putting Policy into Action. So runs the slogan for the National Union of Students get together... More »

24th, March 2015 Key Posts 1

The Ashya King 'miracle' hits the Coalition with a £250m NHS proton therapy lie

When Brett and Naghmeh King told the story of their son Ashya King's treatment to the Sun, the scoop was front-page news. Readers wanted to know what happened next to the desperatly ill child - Ashya is age 5 - who went on the lam from the NHS in search for alternative proton beam therapy treatment... More »

24th, March 2015 Reviews

Transfer balls: Chelsea and Liverpool fight to spend a fortune of Manchester United's Radamel Falcao

Talking Balls wonders how much Manchester United's Radamel Falcao is worth? The Colombian earns £265,000-a-week at Manchester United. Given that Harry Kane is on around £30,000 a week at Spurs, it's looks like failing Falcao is the world's most-overpaid footballer.... More »