14th, April 2014
TV & Radio
FOR years, David Letterman has been a televisual tour-de-force. However, the rug was getting pulled from under his feet, thanks to being old-school. Of course, the only thing more old-school than Letterman himself, is the business he works in... More »
14th, April 2014
Liverpool
THE hacks spending their days discussing Luis Suarez have yet to create a single word as entertaining as the man himself's actions. The racism and cheating and biting have all been terrible, just terrible. But - boy - has he kept us entertained... More »
14th, April 2014
Liverpool
LIVERPOOL Balls: The very big-spending, foreign-owned Reds are at the Top of Premier League. Having beaten very very very big spending foreign-owned Manchester City 3-2, Liverpool are two points above very, very big spending, foreign-owned Chelsea. To the Daily Mail's Martin Samuel this is a triumph of the English spirit... More »
14th, April 2014
Reviews
“THAT'S your beer sorted out,” said Kieran O'Sullivan, 48, to his sober 12-year-old daughter as they attempted to pay for beer at a Co-op supermarket in Worthing, West Sussex. We say attempted because the cashier heard the quip and banned Kieran from buying the booze.... More »
14th, April 2014
Reviews
WHEN thieves breaking into a store in Barrie, Ontario, failed to crack the safe, they settled on fleeing with $15,000 worth of hair-removal products... More »
14th, April 2014
Flashback
5 THE 1970s was a decade set ablaze with countless Jesus Freaks and Holy Rollers cranking out an untold number of gospel records. There seemed no end to the number of artists Bound for Glory and preaching the Good Word. What holds them all together is not only their brand of music, but also their total inability to produce an album cover that is not jarringly awkward. The hideous fashions, the frightening hair styles, the creepy vibes... each one is a tiny miracle of condensed tackiness and unease. Hallelujah!... More »
14th, April 2014
Reviews
PAUL KEAVENY has news of Jean Booth, known to tabloid readers as "e-cigarette grandma Jean Booth"... More »
14th, April 2014
Reviews
1 THE Sun leads with news of Maria Korotaeva, aka Masha, lover to Andrew Bush, the British jeweller found shot dead at his rented home on Spain's Costa del Sol. His ex-lover Mayka Kukucova is accused of murdering him. Reports suggest she could be carrying his child... More »
14th, April 2014
Reviews
IS there a fear of youth? The LA Times reports on the trials of science teacher Greg Schiller, now suspended because two of his students made projects that "appeared dangerous to administrators". Rogan and Susan Ferguson say district officials confiscated their son Asa's science fair project, "Evolution of a Coil Gun."... More »
13th, April 2014
Flashback
ON August 19, 1975, the third England v Australia Test at Headingley was abandoned following vandalism. A man who said he was a supporter of the George Davis campaign telephoned BBC radio London and claimed the group was responsible. Slogans were daubed outside the ground and the wicket was vandalised with a bit of digging and poured oil... More »
13th, April 2014
Fashion
ANYBODY else think cycling gear has gone downhill since this Claud Butler Whitsun “rigout” was advertised in 1936? More »
13th, April 2014
Celebrities
TAMARA Mellon's ex-husband Matthew Mellon, 50, and his current wife Nicole Hanley Mellon, 36, are the subjects of a 'they-really-aren't-like-the-rest-of-us' feature in the New York Times.... More »
13th, April 2014
Reviews
Because local newspapers matter... More »
13th, April 2014
Reviews
"We're looking for people to be talking about our marketing. You talking about us on the air is the grand slam, I can't tell you how much I appreciate it. I honestly am not trying to offend you as a Christian." ... More »
13th, April 2014
Reviews
Last month, Ramon Benavides, president of a local associations of hoteliers, told the news agency EFE: “When ‘killing Jews,’ it’s best to take it slow and keep track of how much you drink to avoid excesses and its consequences the next day.”.. More »
12th, April 2014
Sports
AT today's FA Cup Semi Final between Wigan Athletic and Arsenal at Wembley Stadium, 96 seats were left empty as a tribute to the 96 Liverpool fans that lost their lives in the Hillsborough disaster of 1989. More »
12th, April 2014
Flashback
1 1950s Space Age technology... More »
12th, April 2014
The Consumer
Come and see 'where the world is heading'... More »
LEEDS United's shiny new owner Massimo Cellino is a thorough sort. Before moving in at Elland Road he ordered a security sweep of the club stadium, which turned up hidden recording devices in both the boardroom and the toilets... More »
12th, April 2014
Reviews
PSST! Wannabe buy Dr Harold Shipman's old medical examination couch? He was Britain's most prolific serial killer, given 15 life sentences for the murders of as many as 215 patients... More »
12th, April 2014
Strange But True
MUG SHOT of the day: Police in Maryland are looking for 30-year-old Antoine Petty, who is wanted in connection with the theft of a gun... More »
12th, April 2014
Film
SO. What does the music for a 1965 West German movie about a New York FBI agent sound like? That question to you, special agent Jerry Cotton, hero of Operation 100 Dollar Gang... More »
11th, April 2014
Celebrities
IN 1941, Jimi Hendrix was born. Named Johnny Allen Hendrix, he was son to James Allen Ross Hendrix and Lucille Jeter... More »
11th, April 2014
Flashback
The Ban The Bomb movement grew after the war. In 1960, tens of thousands of people marched from the Atomic Weapons Research Establishment at Aldermaston, Berkshire, to Trafalgar Square. It was the largest demonstration London has seen this century. This was the third annual Easter march organised by the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND).... More »
11th, April 2014
Music
The show, which has completely failed to set the world on fire, mainly thanks to being somehow more cynical than The X Factor, thanks to it's slapped-on veneer of authenticity, has been plodding along with Tom Jones looking confused, will.i.am. being oddly adorable like someone made a human tamagotchi and then there's Ricky from Kaiser Chiefs who is what he is... More »
