17th, April 2014
Books
Gabriel García Márquez 1927-2014
Gabriel García Márquez RIP... More »
17th, April 2014
In Pictures
Philippines Holy Week 2014: The Penitents Flagellate Themselves
ilipino penitents flagellate themselves as part of Maundy Thursday rituals to atone for sins in suburban Mandaluyong, east of Manila, Philippines... More »
17th, April 2014
Key Posts
Watch These Epic Videos To Ensure You Are Ready For The Rapture
THIS Easter, take care not to be left behind at the Rapture. It can, of course, happen at any time. It happend in 2011. Well, it could have done. And when it does, boy will they be right and you be wrong. The Rapture is believed true. It is an end-times event when all believers in Christianity will be taken from the earth by God into heaven. The rest will be left behind (including the pets). In preparation, we've compiled a library of Rapture Guide Videos. Study them hard. Questions later.... More »
17th, April 2014
Key Posts
1 Heaven Is For Real: Colton Burpo Proves Christianity, My Little Pony And Sarah Palin Are Right
HAVE you seen Heaven Is For Real, the film about the boy who "had a trip to Heaven". Sony Pictures acquired had actioned its rights on the book Heaven Is For Real: A Little Boy’s Astounding Story of His Trip To Heaven And Back, written by Todd Burpo and Lynn Vincent... More »
17th, April 2014
Flashback
1978: Weapons Seized Before West Ham Against Millwall At Upton Park
FLASHBACK to October 7 1978... More »
17th, April 2014
Sports
Chelsea Balls: The Daily Mail's Attack On Andreas Christensen Is Based On A Hunch
HOW football reporting works: The Daily Mail obliges its promise to feature one story a day on the big clubs. It tweets: "On £20,000 a week...and he plays for Chelsea's youth team..." More »
17th, April 2014
Sports
Manchester City Balls: In the Rush To Bury The Citizens An Error Occurs
THE Manchester Evening News was as one with the mainstream press in lamenting City's 2-2 home draw with Sunderland last night... More »
17th, April 2014
Sports
Bale & Ball: Real Madrid Star And Adidas Brazuca Crack Another Case Of Desperate Marketing
GARETH Bale scored a terrific goal last night to win the Copa Del Rey for Real Madrid. But he never thanked God, as many players do. Bale thanked the ball. He thanked the Adidas Brazuca for obeying his foot and not behaving like a beach ball on a windy day on a Bridlington beach. ... More »
17th, April 2014
Celebrities
1936: Josephine Baker Performs The Danse Sauvage In A Rubber Banana Bikini for The Ziegfeld Follies
IN these photos from 1936, American-born French expatriate entertainer and singer, Josephine Baker, wins over the crowd... More »
17th, April 2014
Money
Starbucks Is Relocating Its HQ To The UK: Hurrah!
OR at least Starbucks is going to be relocating it's European HQ to the UK. Which, after all that fuss about how much tax Starbucks was or was not paying in this country is a bit of a turnaround... More »
17th, April 2014
Flashback
1936-2000: The Radio City Rockettes In Photos
They were founded by Russell Markert: * When he saw the Ziegfeld Follies in 1922, he found them short and lacking in choreographic versatility. Yet, he marvelled at their wondrous precision and vowed to one day get 16 taller American girls, who could kick higher and do lots of tap dancing. He got that chance.... More »
17th, April 2014
Strange But True
Belfast's Hottest New Comedy Act Is A Dead Man In An Urn
WHEN Kevin Dorothy, 53, died in December 2013, he was unable to fulfil his desire to preform at the city's Pavilion Bar comedy showcase. But he became a double-act. Because Kevin's friend Stephen Mullan wasn't alone when he appeared at the show. Next to him was Kevin, in ash form and urned (see photo).... More »
17th, April 2014
Strange But True
Bored Panda: Lonely Scarlett Is Given A TV To Watch
THIS might well be the most depressing story of the year. Having removed two pandas, Macy and Qianqian, from the Yunnan Wild Animal Park, China, Scarlett was alone... More »
17th, April 2014
In Pictures
Prostitutes of Guatemala: A Photo Essay Of Life On La Linea
AN ANORAK photo essay: life on La Linea, a Guatemala Prostitution Strip. Photographer Alexandre Meneghini looks at the women in the rented love rooms.... More »
16th, April 2014
Sports
BackPages: Manchester City Lose 2-2 And Sunderland Are Invisible
It's not all about the big clubs... More »
16th, April 2014
Reviews
Daily Star Front Page: 'Mutant Rats In Your Kebab'
Which is, of course, an improvement in what most of us find in the things.... More »
16th, April 2014
Flashback
1966: Bunny-Eared Rockettes Rehearse The Easter Show at New York's Radio City Music Hall
FLASHBACK to 05/04/1966.... More »
16th, April 2014
Flashback
1962-1985 Taikonaut Tykes: Chinese Space Babies Posters
IF the Russians could have Santa in outer space, the Chinese could do it with babies... More »
16th, April 2014
Gifs
The Greatest Weight Loss Gif Of All Time - Ever!
THANKS to Reddit user dignityblows, aka Amanda, we get to see the world's best ever weight loss Gif. And it might also be the world's best ever cured-of-wearing-glasses-gif, too... More »
16th, April 2014
Key Posts
2 Dead And Rotting Cyril Smith Stinks Less Than When He Was Alive
THE Liberal Democrats claim they had no idea Sir Cyril Smith, the Labour mayor of Rochdale who became the town's Liberal MP and that Party's chief whip, was a pervert.... More »
16th, April 2014
Music
1 Damon Albarn and Noel Gallagher To Make A Record Together?
THE animosity circus that was Britpop, with everyone trying to outdo each other by saying "we're the best band in the world" and slating other bands was fun for 10 minutes. When bands like Scotland's The Gyres started calling themselves the best band in the world, everything got a bit claggy.... More »
16th, April 2014
Flashback
1930 Grand National: Jockey G Goswell Is Helped To An Ambulance As His May King Flounders In The Beecher's Brook Ditch
FLASHBACK to March 28 1930... More »
16th, April 2014
Film
1 Back from the Dead: The 5 Lamest Horror Movie Monster Resurrections
THROUGHOUT cinematic history, our most beloved monsters -- from Dracula and The Wolf Man to Freddy Krueger and King Kong -- have returned again and again to haunt our nightmares, and our movie screens. In any horror movie or monster movie sequel, the primary challenge is thus always quite specific: how do we get our beloved monster back after so thoroughly and completely defeating him at the end of the previous movie? How do we snatch defeat from what seemed like victory?... More »
16th, April 2014
Music
Dentist Plans To Clone John Lennon From A Tooth And Raise Him As A Son
A CLEARLY bonkers Canadian dentist called Dr Michael Zuk has spoken of his not weird and distressing at all plans to clone dead Beatle John Lennon and raise him as a son... More »
16th, April 2014
The Consumer
Regretful Reviews: Supertaster Amanda And Paddy Spend 10 Minutes Reviewing A Terry's Chocolate Orange
IN this regretful review 'Supertaster Amanda' and Paddy Uglow spend 10 minutes reviewing a Terry’s Chocolate Orange?... More »
