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31st, March 2014 Flashback

Camoflauged Ships Of World Wars One And Two: The Norman Wilkinson Dazzle

It's not easy to make 1000s of tons of steel vanish from view with paint. But you can try... More »

31st, March 2014 Film

1970: Kate O'Mara And Keith Prowse Horror of Frankenstein Playing Cards

YOU can buy Horror of Frankenstein playing cards, reliving the Hammer House of Horror 1970 blood and babes fest in the comfort of your own game of Patience... More »

31st, March 2014 Celebrities

David Hasselhoff Sells Huge Statue Of Himself Dressed As A Lifeguard (Photos)

DAVID Hasselhoff is so rock and roll. And now you can roll him into your room and rock him gentle as you straddle his back and surf along to his greatest hits as a woman in red tosses salty water in your face. You see, David Hasselhoff is selling a David Hasselhoff statue he owns at a Beverly Hills auction... More »

31st, March 2014 Music

Copyright Law Result: Tonight We're Going To Legally Burn CDs Like It's 1999

That's right; the incredibly up-to-date government has put through some legislation to update copyright law which means, from June 1st, people in the UK will be at their ease when copying music music and media purchased on one device, but intended for use on another... More »

31st, March 2014 In Pictures

The Scottish Tattoo Convention 2014 - The Photos

Shirt and tie optional... More »

31st, March 2014 Film

Hammer House Of Horror - It Was All About These Buxom Babes In Peril

HAMMER Horror films were British-made between the 1950s and the early '70s. They featured, blood, Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Gothic settings, vampires, monsters and lots and lots of cleavage... More »

31st, March 2014 Sports

Chelsea Balls: Jose Mourinho Explores Sewing Dog Ears To A Crystal Palace Ballboy's Head

THERE is something unsettling about Jose Mourinho, the Chelsea manager now in his second coming to the Blues. A successful man in his chosen field of expertise, Mourinho would be expected to be confident enough to play it straight. But instead he has all the grandeur of a puppy sat next to a pile of poo... More »

31st, March 2014 Money 2

Everything You Heard About Climate Change Is Wrong

TODAY'S the lovely day we all find out how we're going to fry in that latest report from the IPCC. You know, the scientific consensus on how climate change is doing damage to the planet and what it is that we might do about it. And what we all get told about what we ought to do about it is entirely wrong... More »

31st, March 2014 TV & Radio

Mic Wright's Remotely Furious: Line Of Duty And W1A

IT'S over a week since Line of Duty came to its sometimes thrilling, sometimes galling conclusion and even now the face of Lindsey Denton as the cell door closed keeps drifting onto the screen of the busted CRT in my mind’s eye. The second series of Jed Mercurio’s show about bent cops and the marginally less bent cops who set out to catch them was a thing of beauty... More »

31st, March 2014 Reviews

Huge PVC Whale Banned From London Park For Being Too Religious

KIDS can strike off climbing inside a 5oft PVC whale from their list of holiday days out. It's a matter of billing. When the whale beached in the park opposite Tower Bridge was part of a pirate adventure, it was fit for purpose. Pirates who slit your throat and rape your granny are good wholesome fun. Moreover, their pet whales... More »

31st, March 2014 Flashback 1

Miracle Appliances And The Desperate 1970s Women That Loved Them

WHEN mankind emerged from the primordial ooze that was that was the 1940s, homes began a rapid upgrade. The Western nations’ economies grew in tandem with technology, and the benefits began to enter the home in the form of appliances that promised to transform the household. Now you could own a toaster – oh, the possibilities!.. More »

30th, March 2014 Flashback

Manchester United 1974: Stretford End Tourists Fight Cardiff City Fans

FLASHBACK to August 31 1974: The casual in the Stretford End butcher's coat gets a butcher's hook... More »

30th, March 2014 Reviews 1

Cliffe Bonfire Society Meeting Hired Lewes' Phoenix Theatre Destroyed By Fire

FIRE has gutted the newly refurbished Phoenix Theatre and Studio building on North Street in Lewes. Witness Adrian Sunderland says the venue had been hired by the - get this - the Cliffe Bonfire Society... More »

30th, March 2014 Flashback 1

Watch The Blight: A Wonderful Documentary On Glasgow's Barrowfield Gang Lands In 1982

GLASGOW has a tough reputation. In 1982, the BBC documentary department went on safari in Glasgow, reporting on the city's gangs... More »

30th, March 2014 Music

Nebbish Rap: Dave In Charge Takes His Ghetto Rhymes To The Mean Streets Of Hampstead

“I DISCOVERED rap from a young age," says David Palmer, 25, who performs under the name Dave In Charge. He's the grandson of Monroe and Susette Palmer, now life peers Lord and Lady Palmer of Childs Hill, Barnet, London... More »

30th, March 2014 In Pictures

Rotary Club of Accra-Legon Hatches Cunning Plot To Murder All The Country's Drivers

EPIC sign of the day in Accra, Ghana... More »

29th, March 2014 Strange But True

Other Parents’ Kids With Stupid Names: 'Elektra Esmerelda, a little sister for Dorothy, Wulfstan and Cleopatra'

Gilly and Rupert Easter welcome Elektra Esmerelda, a little sister for Dorothy, Wulfstan and Cleopatra... More »

29th, March 2014 In Pictures

Britain's First Gay Wedding In Photos - March 29, 2014

TODAY actor Andrew Wale and guesthouse owner Neil Allard were the happy couple in the UK's first gay wedding. The groom and groom tied the knot at the Music Room of the Royal Pavilion, Brighton, as the new law permitting same sex marriage in England and Wales comes into force... More »

29th, March 2014 In Pictures

Teetering On The Edge of The World: The Cottages at Birling Gap, Sussex

Nature 1 - Man 0... More »

29th, March 2014 Flashback

Spurs And Chelsea Fans Fightiing In 1978: The Lone Hooligan On The Roof

FLASHBACK to November 18, 1978: Rioting Tottenham Hotspur fans tear down a section of iron railings in a bid to reach the Chelsea supporters before a Division One game at London's Stamford Bridge ground... More »

29th, March 2014 Flashback

West Ham United's Peter Brabook Gets Stuck Into A Joint in 1967

BEFORE footballers earned the GDP of mid-size African countries, they had second trades. You can read about them in our story of the British sportsmen who ran their own shops... More »

29th, March 2014 Flashback

1975 Football Hooliganism: West Ham And Manchester United Fans Fight On The Terraces

FLASHBACK to October 25, 1975: Trouble flares at Upton park, London, as fighting on the terraces and crowd invasion of the field caused a 19 minute stoppage of play in the match between West Ham and Manchester United... More »

29th, March 2014 Flashback

Police And British Football Hooligans - 1970 to 1980

Photos of clashes on the terraces... More »

29th, March 2014 Flashback

1978: Caged Spurs Fans Peer Through The Bent Steel Mesh At Southampton

FLASHBACK to April 30 1978: Southampton are playing Tottenham Hotspur at The Dell in the Second Division... More »

28th, March 2014 Reviews

Adam Weinstein V Alan Weinstein: Polluting Gawker And The World With Dad's Boat Engines

ADAM Weinstein says Climate change deniers should be "arrested". He says so on Gawker: We have laws on the books to punish anyone whose lies contribute to people's deaths. Contributing to deaths seems to include creating pollution, as the picture by his story implies... More »