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24th, November 2013 Flashback

To-Do Lists: Why Johnny Cash, Benjamin Franklin And The Rest of Us Make Them

Do you make lists? More »

24th, November 2013 The Consumer

Putin Responds To That Jean-Claude Van Damme Advert

Russia reacts... More »

24th, November 2013 Sports

Great Ads: Mike's Golf Clubs

Just one man and a camera phone... More »

24th, November 2013 Arsenal

Arsenal Balls: Reasons Why Spurs Will Finish Above Arsenal (According To Experts)

Spurs have been thrashed 6-0 by Manchester City. Arsenal are top of the Premier League. Let's review what the experts said... More »

24th, November 2013 Flashback

Delia Derbyshire: The Woman Who Gave Voice To The Ghost In The Machine

Delia Derbyshire is the mathematics and music scholar most famous for creating the whirling intro to Dr Who... More »

24th, November 2013 Politicians

David Cameron Puts Away His Huskies And Wind Turbine To Re-Toxify The Tories

Dave might have been pretending... More »

24th, November 2013 Reviews 1

London Slaves: Love Letters From Pretty Smiling Zombies Trapped In A Marxist Cult

More about those so-called slaves... More »

24th, November 2013 Technology

Woof To Wash: The Wonderful Dog-Operated Washing Machine

Woof to Wash enables specially-trained dogs to work an adapted washing machine with a footpad. The machine starts with a 'woof'... More »

24th, November 2013 Strange But True

Reno Man's Hillside Apology To Lover Runs Out Of Steam

"I was trying to write 'Tina', the name of an old girlfriend I'd treated badly. I rented a truck.." More »

23rd, November 2013 Celebrities

Two British Actors Reenact A YouTube Comment Fight Between Justin Bieber Fangirls

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23rd, November 2013 Celebrities 2

Ajay Devgan Versus Jean Claude Van Damme

Bollywood V Brussels... More »

23rd, November 2013 Reviews

Slaves Of Brixton: The Three Women Weren't Slaves But Lived In A Free Collective

Today we learn that the older women - the 57-year-old Irish woman and a 69-year-old Malaysian - were in a "political collective with captor"... More »

23rd, November 2013 Flashback

JFK: The Story Of Murder And Mayhem At Parkland Memorial Hospital, Dallas - In Photos

This is the story of life at the Parkland Memorial Hospital, Dallas, over a few days of unprecedented turmoil... More »

23rd, November 2013 Flashback

JFK Death: The Moving Letter To Parkland Memorial Hospital Staff

CJ Price writes... More »

23rd, November 2013 In Pictures

Birmingham Comic Con 2012 - Photos

Dressing up is fun... More »

23rd, November 2013 Celebrities

I'm A Celebrity Shocker: Matthew Wright And His Pet Insects

The Sun has an I'm Celebrity Scoop... More »

23rd, November 2013 Reviews

Real Fruity Sex V Online Filth - A Video Study

Spot the difference... More »

23rd, November 2013 The Consumer

The World's Most Offensive Greeting Card

At least you're special... More »

23rd, November 2013 Flashback 2

Sir Nicholas Winton: How One Man Saved So Many Lives

The power of one... More »

23rd, November 2013 Reviews

Sad Cambridge Fish In Toilet Row

Sad fish is sad... More »

22nd, November 2013 In Pictures

Brides Throwing Cats: The Best Of

Ronseal... More »

22nd, November 2013 Celebrities

Grandstanding For Haiyan: The Beckhams Sell Their Clothes

Grandstanding is good... More »

22nd, November 2013 Reviews

The Postman Saw Your Chicken - Notes Of Note

I saw your chicken... More »

22nd, November 2013 Celebrities

Flashback: When Maggie Philbin And Keith Chegwin Had Brown Sauce

Flashback uncovers a few great photos of Keith Chegwin and Maggie Philbin, who were, once upon a time, stars of BBC tea-time telly... More »

22nd, November 2013 Reviews

Barcelona's Neymar Used To Sell Finest Cocaine In Brazil

NEYMAR has reason to feel very proud today after learning that his face is being used by Brazilian drug sealers as a kind of ‘stamp of excellence’ which they proudly display on their very finest cocaine. More »