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9th, December 2014 Reviews 1

Daily Mail advertises for Portuguese builders

If you build it, they will earn... More »

9th, December 2014 Reviews

Peta says drinking dairy is like being gangbanged by a bull

What do People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) have against women?... More »

9th, December 2014 Madeleine McCann

Madeleine McCann: Robert Murat, looking for 'inconsistencies' and Amaral

Madeleine McCann: A look at the missing child in the news... More »

9th, December 2014 Strange But True

Modern romance: Heidi Creamer punched sister in face over sex toy

To Florida, where 48-year-old Heidi Creamer allegedly punched her twin sister in the face  during an argument over “Heidi’s boyfriend and a sexual toy (vibrator),” according to a police report.

Heidi was “screaming and her body was shaking,” noted an officer, who added that Creamer “attempted to break free from my grasp several times.” After being placed in a squad car, Heidi “began screaming that she was fighting with her sister Holly over a vibrator and her boyfriend.”
Such is life with the Creamer Sisters... More »
8th, December 2014 Sports

Football and Fans: No-one likes us, we don't care

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8th, December 2014 Fashion

Brendan Jordan arrives: the gayest boy in the world advertises for American Apparel

Brendan Jordan, is the 15-year-old who seized his chance when local news filmed in his area... More »

8th, December 2014 Reviews

The UVA rape story is being used to beat and abuse white men

Judith Levine on the culture of using racism and bigotry to attack anyone who seeks evidence of a rape... More »

8th, December 2014 In Pictures

Backseat Lives: Neath taxi driver captures his fares at a time in space

Working as a taxi driver in Neath, Wales, Mike Harvey took a moment to photograph his passengers. This was not to better indentify them in police files. It was a record of his time. As he says... More »

8th, December 2014 Celebrities

Grumpy Cat's £64m fortune is pie in the sky

Facts? Who needs 'em... More »

8th, December 2014 Reviews 2

Shrien Dewani fights to clear his name

Shrien Dewani is free. He did not have a part in the killing of his wife... More »

8th, December 2014 Celebrities

Oh, yes he did: Lionel Blair is not appearing in panto because all adults are suspected sex criminals

Lionel Blair is not appearing in panto. He explains why... More »

8th, December 2014 Reviews 1

Westminster paedophiles: Exaro News and the spectre of Joseph McCarthy

Westminster paedophiles: Anorak's look at the allegations that politicians abused children in the 1970s and 1980s... More »

8th, December 2014 Reviews

Rolling Stone's UVA debacle has traces of Satanic Panic

Margaret Talbot has a view on the Rolling Stone’s UVA rape story. She agrees with us... More »

8th, December 2014 Politicians 1

Ed Miliband eats turkey

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8th, December 2014 Reviews 1

Eleanor de Freitas and Alexander Economou is a tale of victims and causes

Alexander Economou, 35, was accused or raping Eleanor de Freitas, 23. He was innocent. But the police and State would not let the matter drop More »

8th, December 2014 Arsenal

Arsenal balls: fans who want Wenger sacked should support Spurs or godless Chelsea

rsenal manager Arsene Wenger is not going to be sacked, and certainly not dismissed mid-season... More »

8th, December 2014 Celebrities 1

Why is Benedict Cumberbatch 'glum'? That question to the paparazzo with his camera on 'stun'

Why is Benedict Cumberbatch "glum"? The Daily Express tells readers... More »

8th, December 2014 Reviews

You'll never guess how Rose West has become 'creepy'

or those of you who quite fancied Rose Wrest, the woman sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of 10 young women and girls, disappointing news... More »

8th, December 2014 Celebrities

Princess Beatrice implicated in North Korean hacking shocker

Princess Beatrice has been 'HACKED"... More »

7th, December 2014 Key Posts

Jackie said 'no' to Rolling Stone: how the magazine passed the University of Virginia rape story

So. How did Jackie's story of being a victim of gang rage at a University of Virginia fraternity ever make it into Rolling Stone? She didn't want it in print. But the story fitted an agenda. .. More »

7th, December 2014 Reviews

The New Republic becomes clickbait

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7th, December 2014 In Pictures

Same-Sex Couples in 1980s America: Portraits of love on the edge

Sage Sohier's photographs of love - Same-Sex Couples in 1980s America - is a work explained by its time... More »

7th, December 2014 Madeleine McCann

Madeleine McCann: Roderick MacDonald, No Suspects And DCI Nicola Wall

Madeleine McCann: a look at reporting on the missing child in the news... More »

7th, December 2014 Strange But True

For sale: the anti-Christ sword

To Austin, Texas, where a Cragslist advert tells of a cursed, double-handed 18th century broadsword... More »

7th, December 2014 Strange But True

World's oldest two-raced cat is dead

Frank and Louie, the world's oldest living two-faced cat, is no longer the world's oldest living cat. Both Frankie and Louie are dead... More »