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12th, December 2014 Celebrities

Tom Jones get to grips with Paloma Faith's chest in the BBC Vine Booth (SFW)

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12th, December 2014 In Pictures

Meme highlights of the Senate Intelligence committee report on the CIA's use of torture

The Senate Intelligence committee report on the CIA's use of torture has been all over the media. Less menions is how the CIA learned everything about handsfree torture from the British... More »

12th, December 2014 Reviews

UVA rape: time to name the victims and challenge the lawyers

The Rolling Stone's pisspoor story on an alleged gang rape at the University of Virginia continues to unravel... More »

12th, December 2014 Sports

Regret the error: Sefton Hall and QPR suffer from the cuts

New Jersey's The Record has news. It is "number one for breaking local news"... More »

12th, December 2014 Technology

How to Survive A Helicopter Crash: grab the clip and don't let go

In Airspace Mag you can learn How to Survive A Helicopter Crash. The simplest way, of course, is never to get inside a helicopter... More »

12th, December 2014 Technology

Gawker counts the cost of attacking its customers

“The cost to Gawker Media of its ridicule and viciousness toward video gamers was ‘seven figures’ in lost advertising revenue..." More »

12th, December 2014 Film

Being Stavros: jibes and snides when a 30 stone man enters Mr Gay UK

When Stavros decides to enter the Mr Gay UK beauty pageant nothing goes quite to plan. This is the story of one man's unbreakable spirit - a tale of triumph, heartbreak and how to wear your underpants... More »

12th, December 2014 The Consumer 1

London's Cereal Killer cafe and Belfast's Slum shack in race to a hipster's runny bottom

East London's Cereal Killer cereal cafe is riding high on the news cycle. Eating cereal for dinner, lunch and tea is more likely to give you chronic diarrhea than cool... More »

12th, December 2014 Technology

Police advice: 'don't jerk and drive'

No jerking... More »

12th, December 2014 Sports

College field trip to Millwall studies 'working class culture and habits'

Varndean College in Brighton says the trip will give students the chance to learn about 'working class culture and habits', 'issues around sexuality, race and ethnicity' and 'women challenging gender norms'... More »

11th, December 2014 Manchester City 2

Talking Balls: Manchester City never did run from Manchester United in 2012

Writing in the Sun, Martin Blackburn has news on Manchester City's affable manager Manuel Pellegrini... More »

11th, December 2014 Reviews 1

Everything the CIA knows about torture it learned in Northern Ireland

Patrick Corrigan links the CIA torture units to the British Army in Northern Ireland. The British taught the American all they know about "enhancned interview techniques"... More »

11th, December 2014 Sports

Hereford United debacle continues as club suspended by FA

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10th, December 2014 Key Posts

False rape: the Scottsboro Boys become the model for UVA and campus crimes against men

Remember the Scottsbroro Boys? They were the nine Afro-American men tried and jailed for the rape of two white women in 1930s Alabama. The men - all of them - were innocent... More »

10th, December 2014 Reviews 1

Shrien Dewani is innocent: but worse than that he's 'gay'

When lawyers for Shrien Dewani slapepd his bisexuality on the table in a South African court they quashed the entertainment and the case against their client. Not gay, Shrien could still fancy his murdered wife Anni Dewani... More »

10th, December 2014 The Consumer

Riot Police toys: teaching boys but never girls to smash rebellion

Only men get to smash rebellion... More »

9th, December 2014 In Pictures 1

Knitted Morrissey is wonderful (and Johnny Marr agrees)

It's not just the brow that are knitted on Morrissey. It's all of him.... More »

9th, December 2014 Arsenal

WOOF! Watch Aaron Ramsey's sublime stike against Galatasaray

Arsenal fans calling for Arsene Wenger's head. The naysayers who want Wenger out. The doom merchants and plastic fans who crave only success and weep and wail when they don't get it. Piers Morgan. This is not for you... More »

9th, December 2014 Reviews

The Ugly Girls Club is out of your league, lads

Have you see the Ugly Girls' Club? Members convene at the Royal Holloway’s feminist society... More »

9th, December 2014 Liverpool

The Best of Man United v Liverpool

THE Merseyside derby... the Manchester derby... the North London derby... they're all well and good, but having a rivalry based on your postcodes is really very, very predictable... More »

9th, December 2014 Fashion

Fashion Fails: the 'Don't Open 'Til Christmas' WTF children's onesies

Fashion brand Hatley has some intersting items for the kids... More »

9th, December 2014 Reviews

Rape Fantasises and Rolling Stone: sticking to the narrative in place of facts and truth

Sabrina Rubin Erdely's story on gang rape at the University of Virginia was all about the narrative. She looked for a tale that would fit her agenda... More »

9th, December 2014 Celebrities

BBC Balls: Star Wars in horrible no news story

The BBC at work... More »

9th, December 2014 Sports

Transfer Balls: Marco Reus in the Daily Express and only Liverpoool miss out

The Daily Express continues is exercise in trust online with its latest report on footballer Marco Reus... More »

9th, December 2014 Reviews

Trees get email in Melbourne

Can you hear the trees talking? No. Maybe you should try writing to them. It turns out that trees love to email.... More »