4th, March 2014
Flashback
FLASHBACK to March 1935. We’ve trawled the archives to bring you a look at life in that month. All captions are the original AP and PA ones, written in the style of the time... More »
4th, March 2014
Celebrities
LIKE him or not, Ricky Gervais has managed to forge himself a career where he can do exactly as he pleases. Films? Sure. Children's books? Done. Animations of podcasts he did ages ago? Fine. Making a star out of his mate by sending him on holiday? Remarkably, yes... More »
And so, to Kurt's old roommate who says he's selling a load of the deceased Nirvana shrieker's belongings on Craigslist. Y'know, to save you from actually having to graverob in the first place... More »
4th, March 2014
Celebrities
A well-heeled lady makes a shocking discovery.... More »
4th, March 2014
Celebrities
ON March 4 Charlie Chaplin was knighted. He had met The Queen in 1952... More »
4th, March 2014
Flashback
The chair designed by Peter Banks is the theme of the display by Banks Heeley Plastics Ltd., at the furniture show, which opens at London's Earls Court on February 6., 1972... More »
4th, March 2014
Music
Funnily enough, the record industry is exactly that. However, TV talent shows have the chutzpah to actually do it live on air. They don't hide it away and pretend to be philanthropists. The entertainment industry is one of the cruellest on Earth and while Jake Bugg may have never have his dreams shattered by record companies, there's millions in his position who have... More »
4th, March 2014
Flashback
BBC Radio 1 1 was established in 1967 as a successor to the BBC Light Programme. Radio 1 would give the cool kids what they wanted. The likes of Radio Caroline had been made illegal by Act of Parliament. That might have made it cooler. But if the kids wanted State-run pop, Radio One was the only one for them. On 30 September 1967, Tony Black burn set the airwaves alight. This is the story of the Radio 1 in the 20th Century in photos... More »
4th, March 2014
Flashback
1 Hollywood experience could be responsible for this Popeye the sailor pose of Edward R. Baker, Phom 3/c, of North Hollywood, Calif. Baker is a former film industry employee stationed at advance naval headquarters in the Pacific on June 23, 1945... More »
4th, March 2014
Money
WE'VE the usual suspects out today trying to tell us that smoking is very very bad indeed and all who do so must be held to account. The particular method today is to show how much production is lost by people going off on smoking breaks... More »
4th, March 2014
TV & Radio
In The Necessary War, Sir Max – which sounds like a brand of aftershave from the 70s – banged the drum for Britain kicking the arses of those uppity Jerries and suggested that not doing so would have been a bally old dereliction of duty. Then Ferguson barrelled up three days later to suggest that the whole thing was a disaster that Britain just made worse... More »
4th, March 2014
Flashback
HERE'S a handful of adverts, records and photographs which probably didn't plan on having a disturbing or sinister element, but there it is. The passage of time has lent them an air of mystery to 21st century eyes. I won’t claim these will cause you to shriek uncontrollably and alarm your co-workers; but I do guarantee a brief spell of heebie jeebies... More »
3rd, March 2014
Flashback
Birmingham City's George Moore and Tommy Bell prepare to paste up a poster advertising the forthcoming fixtures taking place at St Andrew's... More »
3rd, March 2014
Music
CAN EVERYTHING be made better with Yakety Sax, even a Benny Hill sketch? Homer "Boots" Randolph III 's 1963 record is a joyous thing. Originally released as the flip side to Boots' first single release Percolator, it's been an enduring hit.... More »
3rd, March 2014
The Consumer
CAN Kermit makes New York muppets more British? Isn't that what Lipton's - makers of a really sweet, horrible tea - mean by making American "more tea? They mean more courteous, polite, civic minded, chivalrous and chilled. That's the British, right. Just no-one tell Lipton's and the Yanks that the modern Briton lives by the motto of which is Dipso, fatso, Tesco, Asbo... More »
3rd, March 2014
Flashback
When the Germans invade the Soviet Union inn 1941, they thought victory would be swift. It wasn't. It never came. German aggression cost millions of lives and created untold suffering. One plan was to coerce the Soviets into surrender... More »
3rd, March 2014
Music
You may be aware that Oasis fans were promised a big, lovely surprise to be announced on Wednesday February 26th. Everyone hoped it might mean the return of the band, however, what they got was news of a reissue to mark the 20th anniversary, due on shelves in May... More »
3rd, March 2014
Flashback
Life and death in the Crimea More »
3rd, March 2014
Flashback
ALAN Pardew’s ‘head pushing’ antics raised heckles in some quarters and smiles in others. Soccer - Barclays Premier League - Hull City v Newcastle United - KC Stadium Whether it deserves to butt into our arbitrary Ten Great Football Headbuts list is for you to decide. Judge for yourselves, dear readers… More »
BETTING fans are being offered the chance to make money on the Oscar Pistorius murder trial... More »
3rd, March 2014
Celebrities
IN the November 28, 1970 issue of TV Guide Sonny and Cher were cheering for The Bible... More »
3rd, March 2014
Flashback
1 ON March 3 1982, Queen Elizabeth 2 opened the Barbican Centre for Arts and Conferences in the City of London. This is the story in photos of the centre's inception and those who graced its halls in the 1980s... More »
3rd, March 2014
The Consumer
1 AN addition to our list of Bad Souvenirs “Canned Radiation” from Three Mile Island produced by Brenster Enterprises of Etters Pennsylvania... More »
3rd, March 2014
Reviews
3 IS this the most Guardian and error correction of all time? Probably... More »
3rd, March 2014
Technology
“They are looking at me, and my markers have shown exactly that I have been actually reversing my ageing and getting younger,” the 70-year-old says... More »
