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11th, February 2014 Celebrities

Shirley Temple: A Life In Rare And Wonderful Photos

SHIRLEY Temple: April 23, 1928 - February 10, 2014. A life in photos of the child star who in adult life became U.S. ambassador to Ghana and Czechoslovakia, and served as Chief of Protocol of the United States from 1976-1977... More »

11th, February 2014 Photojournalism

Letter Of The Day: RNLI Appeals For Donations In Flooded Datchet

AS BERKSHIRE residents deal with flooded homes and raw sewage (think of the rats) Chris Spence @tophlammiepie spots a note pushed through his through his postbox this morning... More »

11th, February 2014 Flashback 1

1980s Video Game Hell: 5 Cartridges of Shame

ONCE the Atari 2600 hit its stride in ’81, there was simply no stopping the tsunami of video game offerings. But with this influx of new entertainment came a cornucopia of bad games. Here are five of the worst offenders... More »

11th, February 2014 Reviews 1

Iraq: Teacher Blows Up Class Of Suicide Bombers

TO Baghdad, where the Suicide Bombing Class has ended..abruptly.. More »

11th, February 2014 The Consumer

Austrian Designers Klemens Torggler Reinvent The Door - But Old Doors Win

Their Evolution Door is an invention based on rotating squares, The special construction makes it possible to move the door sideways without the use of tracks... More »

11th, February 2014 In Pictures

Commuting Artist Gives Fellow Travellers Comic Heads

Here to help brighten the trip is the artist who turned your head into a cartoon character. Rest easy - you're being watched and lampooned... More »

11th, February 2014 Photojournalism

The Best News Pictures Of February 11, 2014: James Herbert Does Somerset

THE Anorak’s pictures of the day brings you the very best images of February 10, 2014, from around the UK and the rest of the world... More »

11th, February 2014 Film 2

Stairway To Heaven? Six Genre Movies That Depict The After-Life

THE greatest unanswered question of human life is, paradoxically, about death. What follows our duration on this mortal coil?... More »

10th, February 2014 Celebrities

Anti-news: Clooney Won't Be Joining Twitter

APART from sex scandals and tapping people's phones, there's little more the newspapers like doing than reporting on non-news. Now, that's not to say they write about things that some might find uninteresting, but rather, stories about things that the stars won't be doing... More »

10th, February 2014 Sports

Sochi Olympics Laugh In: Journalist Receives This Insane Letter From Hotel Commissar

Dear guest! Please do not put your personal belongings on the second bed. Otherwise... More »

10th, February 2014 Music

IceJJFish Sings On The Floor In The Manner Of The Bar Mitzvah Boy Whose Voice Broke Mid Verse

It's out latest instalment of World's Got Talent. Previous hits for the compilation album... More »

10th, February 2014 TV & Radio

Adorable Tot Gets Excited Watching Superman Fly

While sitting on his dad's lap, this happy 16-month-old boy has his eyes glued to the screen, quietly watching Man of Steel... More »

10th, February 2014 Flashback

Never Meet Your Heroes: In 1984 A Teenaged Fan Met 'Poofy' Duran Duran And Came Away Unimpressed

"He [Simon Le Bon] was expecting me to like him but I didn't like him so much because he was expecting me to like him. He's big -headed. He had a pack of fags in his hand he was trying to hide them when the photos were being taken"... More »

10th, February 2014 Flashback

Scary Home Movies Are The Best Things On 8mm You've Seen Today

HOME Movies. Not the sort you record on your smart phone and show off to strangers in Facebook. We're talking about those 8mm home movies filmed on clunky, whirring cameras. YouTuber Lance R has compiled some old homemade films into Scary Home Movies... More »

10th, February 2014 Reviews

Banana Carrying AK47 Arrested For Soliciting In Texas

GOLF is so very popular because there is always a golf sale on. It's a bargain too good to resists or many of us who spot men holding signs advertising "GOLF SALE' and a large arrow pointing towards a shop. Derek Poe hoped the approach would work for guns... More »

10th, February 2014 Photojournalism

The Best News Pictures Of The Day – February 10, 2014

The day in photos... More »

10th, February 2014 Flashback 2

70s Rock Bands: When It Was Cool To Look Homeless

FOR some reason, it became a thing of pride for 1970s rock musicians to look as homeless and ungroomed as humanely possible. We may have chided the '90s grunge bands for wallowing in filth, but that was nothing compared to the unwashed hordes of unkempt '70s rock bands... More »

10th, February 2014 Celebrities

Lookalikes: Manchester United Fan Mick Hucknall Is Charlie Drake

WATCHING Manchester United's Premier League match with (there's only one 'f' in) Fulham, Anorak was struck by a figure in the crowd... More »

9th, February 2014 Flashback

You'll Blow Your Mind Out In A Car: The Hellish Rolling Stone Mag Beatles Tribute Of 1977 (Video)

In 1977, Rolling Stone Magazine booked Ted Neeley (Jesus in Jesus Christ Superstar), Patti Labelle, Ritchie Havens, Yvonne Elliman (she was his Mary Magdalene) and more for A Day In The Decade, a rendering of A Day In The Life... More »

9th, February 2014 Reviews

Keep Your 95 Krone: You Lucky People Can See Marius The Giraffe Murdered And Chopped Up For Free (Video)

MARIUS the 18-month-old giraffe was murdered at Copenhagen zoo this morning. He was shot... More »

9th, February 2014 Music

Tainted Love Played By 13 Floppy Disc Drives and One Hard Disk Drive

And they said electronica would never catch on... More »

9th, February 2014 In Pictures

Phone Cases To Make You Stand Out As A Weirdo Or A Comedy Genius

YOU like you phone so much you want to personalise it. You want the rest of the world to know that you care about your iProp, which validates you and says something about the kind of dude you are... More »

8th, February 2014 Reviews

Pathetic Students Are Scared Of This Nearly Naked Man Statue

"The highly lifelike sculpture has become a source of apprehension, fear..." More »

8th, February 2014 Reviews

Man Turns His Back Into A Living Geopolitical Atlas

BILL Passman has a tattooed outline of the world on his back. Every time he visits a country he gets that part coloured in. Most recently, he's visited Russia. The whole land mass was inked a brownish red. But did he go to each of Russia' 14 Republics?... More »

8th, February 2014 Flashback

The History of Football In Three Minutes (With Billy Joel)

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