24th, March 2015
Reviews
Diners at the 'Chinese Restaurant', at the junction of Galana and Lenana roads in Kilimani, Nairobi, a politely requested not to be black after sunset... More »
When Manchester United beat Liverpool 2-1, the point scoring had only just begun. The Daily Mirror's man with an abacus used various esoteric techniques to award his scores out of 10 to the game's players.... More »
So. How did the tabloids react to the sight of Liverpool player Steven Gerrard stamping on Manchester United's Ander Herrera? Did they lead with a photo of the 'horror' foul?... More »
23rd, March 2015
Reviews
Have they found a secret Nazi hideout in Argentina? Researchers at the University of Buenos Aires have found old German coins dated between 1938 and 1941 and bits of 'Made In Germany' china in buildings deep in a remote part of the jungle... More »
Transfer Balls - a look at drivel presented as football fact by the mainstream media. Today the Press return to France and Juventus star Paul Pogba. And news is that he's on his way to Chelsea and Manchester United... More »
23rd, March 2015
Celebrities
Meet Eleanor Calder. Who she? Well, she is the ex-loved to One Direction singer Louis Tomlinson. Today's Eleanor's on the cover of the Daily Star. "Pain is etched on her face" after Louis was pictured kissing a "half-naked mystery girl"... More »
22nd, March 2015
Reviews
What do we know about the anti-Semitic attack on a synagogue in London's Stamford Hill, a place with a notable Jewish population?... More »
Can you poo on demand? They can in Jharkhand, eastern India, where around 60 locals protesting the Narendra Modi government's land reforms squatted and defecated on demand in front of the Barwadih office block... More »
Liverpool lost 1-2 at home to Manchester United in the Premier League. We at Anorak always like to see what the local newpapers of both sides thought of the game.... More »
21st, March 2015
manchester united
1 Banned for spitting at Newcastle United's Papiss Cisse - who then returned fire with interest - Manchester United's Jonny Evans is talking to the Times. The headline - "If I'd genuinely spat, Mum and Dad would have been disgusted" - gives readers heads-up as to what the kind of nonsense they can expect. ... More »
20th, March 2015
Key Posts
To China, for what must be the greatest news pun of the century. The story involves Wu Hsia, 21, his ex-girlfriend Jun Tang, 20, and his new lover Rong Tsao, 22... More »
20th, March 2015
Reviews
1 To the London School of Economics, where students love the place so much they are occupying it. Occupation is good, say the LSE students shut inside the Vera Anstey Suite meeting room, now dubbed the 'Free University of London'... More »
20th, March 2015
Strange But True
Sunderland magistrates' court calls David Hutchinson, 48. So. Why ddi he have an unpaid for £35 Rampant Rabbit marital aide device in his pocket he left the Ann Summers store?... More »
To Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada, wher the local Medican Hat News has been reporting on Medicine Hat College Rattlers men’s basketball player Guilherme Carabagiale... More »
20th, March 2015
Politicians
Only the Daily Mail leads with the story on its front page. Readers hear news of "Another Cyril Smith Cover-Up"... More »
Transfer balls: The big football news in the Daily Mirror is that Arsenal's Theo Walcott is off to Liverpool. Maybe he will "Never Walc Alone"... More »
19th, March 2015
Reviews
To India, where 40-year-old Bhagwat Singh has been spotted taking his daughter to school in Uttar Pradesh, India.... More »
Madeleine McCann: a look at reporting on the missing child... More »
19th, March 2015
Reviews
Disguise of the day: the man dressed as Darth Vader who robbed bank in Pineville, North Carolina... More »
Ashers Baking Company didn't want to bake a cake decorated with slogans supporting gay marriage. The Northern Ireland bakery doesn't want to make a statement about gay marriage, which remains illegal in the country. It also goes againt their religious convictions as Christians. So. Thanks for your enquiry but no thanks... More »
19th, March 2015
Reviews
Westminster paedophiles: a look at the story of VIP crimes against children during the 1970s and 1980s. The tabloid Press have been hot on the news of corruption in high places. Let's look at today's coverage... More »
18th, March 2015
Reviews
Pimp my stereotype: an occasional look at subverting racial and cultural stereotypes. .. More »
18th, March 2015
Reviews
Jia Haixia is blind. Jia Wenqi is a double amputee. And rather than sitting around doing nothing they have set about enlivening the barren landscape around Yeli Village in northeastern China.... More »
18th, March 2015
Politicians
Dead Liberal MP Cyril Smith did not only paddle boy's bottoms. In the 1980s, he was arrested in London as part of an investigation into alleged sex parties with teenage males. It is further alleged the arrest was kept secret by police, who abused the Official Secrets Act to protect the alleged pervert... More »
Transfer balls spoits the Daily Express story that Chelsea will spend £150m this summer. Anthony Chapman calls this "incredible". And it would be... More »
