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17th, May 2014 Sports

FA Cup Balls: Arsenal Win And Get Slagged Off By BT Sport's Danny Baker

DANNY Baker's FA Cup final tweets should make for an interesting topic for his meeting with his bosses at BT Sport... More »

17th, May 2014 Sports 1

Arsenal Balls: Thierry Henry Says 'Footballing' Americans Are Idiots (The Irish Might Laugh)

Henry, the Arsenal great now earning a buck in the USA, is bemused why Americans insist on calling Gridiron 'football' when they use their hands not their feet... More »

17th, May 2014 Arsenal

When Arsenal Broke Hull City Hearts In The 1930 FA Cup

ON the way to their first FA Cup win in 1930, Arsenal defeated Hull City. The first semi-final at Elland Road, Leeds, finished 2–2. The replay at Villa Park, Birmingham, ended 1-0 to the Arsenal. The Hull local paper was noble in defeat... More »

16th, May 2014 Arsenal

Arsenal Balls: You'll Never Guess Who Else Is Planning An FA Cup Victory Parade

THE Sun picks up on the Yorkshire Post's story that Arsenal have already prepared for victory in the FA Cup Final.... More »

16th, May 2014 Flashback

Guinness Was Once The Nazi Beer Of Choice: Black Beer For Black Shirts (The Posters)

Giving the Nazis the bird... More »

16th, May 2014 Celebrities

Larissa Riquelme: Paraguay's Number 1 And Number 2 Fan Gets In Shape For Brazil 2014

BY now you'll be wondering what Paraguayan model Larissa Riquelme has been up since showing off her mobile phone holders at the World Cup 2010?... More »

16th, May 2014 In Pictures

Photos of The Week - May 16 2014

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16th, May 2014 Flashback 1

Listen To This 1972 Tribute To Norwich City: When White People Called Reggae 'Calypso'

ORIGINALLY released on 7″ vinyl in 1972, what we have hear is a cracking little pop ditty about Norwich City by a band by the name of The Chic Applin Sound from back when white people called reggae “calypso”. Give it a listen, it’s a bloody belter… More »

16th, May 2014 Celebrities

Liberace And Elvis Jam On Guitar And Piano In 1956

Liberace, piano virtuoso who became known as Mr. Showmanship, is shown with Elvis Presley at the Riviera Hotel in Las Vegas in November, 1956.... More »

16th, May 2014 Film 2

The 5 Greatest Giant Monster Movies of All-Time

I would suggest that the following five films deserve consideration as being among the greatest giant monster movies of all time... More »

16th, May 2014 Key Posts 1

Listen As Nigel Farage Gets Vigorously Shafted By An Invisible Romanian On The James O'Brien Show

FINALLY! UKIPS' one-man-band Nigel Farage is exposed by LBC's James O’Brien to be the crap politician he surely is. .. More »

16th, May 2014 Celebrities

You Can't Take The Piss When You're Famous, Rihanna

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16th, May 2014 Books

'We Go To The Gallery': Enjoy Miriam Elia's Twisted Spoof On The Peter & Jane Books

'WE Go To The Gallery' is artist Miriam Elia's twist on Ladybird children's books Peter & Jane... More »

16th, May 2014 Arsenal

Arsenal Balls: Hull Plan To Copy Gunners Victory Parade

THOSE arrogant Southern sods at Arsenal have only gone and planned an FA Cup victory parade before the match has even kicked off.... More »

16th, May 2014 Arsenal

Transfer Balls: Chelsea Sell Luiz To Barcelona But Bayern Munich Sign Him

TRANSFER Balls: Compare and contrast the scoops on Chelsea's David Luiz... More »

16th, May 2014 Reviews 1

The War On Free Speech: Professor Lennart Bengtsson And The McCarthy-Style Witch Hunt On Dissenting Scientists

IF you value free speech, you'll be interested in the news that sceptical views on man-made climate change are being squashed... More »

16th, May 2014 Celebrities 1

The Top 10 Greatest Afros of Yesteryear

After their radical hair statement hit televisions screens across the US, it didn’t take long for it to become widely accepted. "Say It Loud, I'm Black and I'm Proud," sang James Brown, who had also adopted the look.... More »

15th, May 2014 Sports

World Cup Balls: The List Of Things Out To Kill England Fans In Brazil

THINKING of heading to Brazil to watch England in the World Cup? The media have been doing their best to put you off... More »

15th, May 2014 Politicians 1

Just Like The Greens, UKIP Try To Shut Down Free Speech

THE METRO heralded the arrival of "the tweet police", the anti-free speech brigade who nick you for saying nasty things (but only if the target is a popular one). The story went that the twitter cops had called on Green Party member Michael Abberton. He had mocked UKIP in a "fact checking" UKIP’s ten-point party policy... More »

15th, May 2014 Flashback 2

Zoology Discography: 10 Records By Animal Named Bands

OVER the years, there have been a veritable zoo of musical acts with animal names: The Monkees, The Turtles, Three Dog Night, Gorillaz, Echo & the Bunnymen, The Eagles, The Byrds, A Flock of Seagulls, etc. We could go on all the live-long day. And while that may be a fun mental exercise, there’s not much sport in it. We’re hunting rarer game – so, here are 10 records by lesser known musical species... More »

15th, May 2014 Money

Omega 3 Fatty Acids Do Absolutely Bugger All For Your Heart

IT'S a generally accepted bit of health woo that there are good animal fats and bad ones. The nice tasty kind, lard, beef dripping and so on are very bad for you: cause a heart attack as soon as you look at them. There's also the good ones, like from fish, seal and whale blubber, known as Omega 3 fatty acids. These must be good for you because they taste like crap... More »

15th, May 2014 Reviews

Nominative Determinism: Nick Childs Reports For BBC On The Nigerian Schoolgirl Kidnappings

NOMINATIVE determinism: the BBC's reporter on the kidnapping of over 200 Nigerian girls by Islamist nutjobs is called... NICK CHILDS... More »

15th, May 2014 Liverpool

Transfer Balls: Liverpool Shedding Between 7 And 15 Players, Say Experts

TRANSFER Balls, with the Liverpool squad, So. How are Liverpool going to reshape their squad ready to go one better next time and win the Premier League?... More »

15th, May 2014 Reviews

BringBackOurGirls Is The Narcissism of Social Activism

You could literally stay in your pajamas all day, watching TV and gorging on Doritos, and still be a key member of the BringBackOurGirls movement.... More »

15th, May 2014 Celebrities

Elvis Presley After His Arrest With Sweet Pea The Dog: 1956

ELVIS and Sweet Pea the dog on 18/10/1956... More »