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4th, November 2013 Reviews

False Black Widow Demands Chance To Eat A Celebrity Or Real Black Widow Dies

The autumn has been marked by a series of panicky stories about spiders... More »

4th, November 2013 In Pictures

Just The Two Of Us: Photographs Of Cosplayers At Home

Do you like to dress up? If you do, do you consider it a form of acting? Are you just getting into character? What, dear boy, is your motivation?.. More »

4th, November 2013 In Pictures

Petrified Animals Of Lake Natron

Petrified animals... More »

4th, November 2013 Reviews

Wind Turbine Plot To Murder Bald Eagles

Chicken nuggets... More »

4th, November 2013 Madeleine McCann

Madeleine McCann: Finally We Get A Black Suspect (And He's Dead)

Having rounded up and let the gypsies go (for now) the Daily Mirror tells readers that the latest "suspect" is a black man... More »

4th, November 2013 Strange But True

Man Who Pooed On Penzanze Pub Tables Placed On Restorative Justice Programme

The entertainment in Cornwall pubs is niche... More »

4th, November 2013 Strange But True

Doctor Guilty Of Placing Tongue In Patient's Mouth Who Bit Part Of It Off

The Roane County Circuit Court calls former MD Kenneth Seen, 52, of Spencer, West Virginia... More »

4th, November 2013 Strange But True 1

Woman Repeatedly Ran Over Boyfriend Who Refused To Stop At McDonald's

File under Low Blood Sugar this story of the Tennessee woman who wanted her boyfriend to stop at a drive-thru McDonald’s... More »

4th, November 2013 Music

Jimmy Somerville Joins Berlin Busker In Rendition Of Bronksi Beat's Small Town Boy

A buskers sings a duet... More »

3rd, November 2013 Fashion 3

Meowfits: Cats In Tights

Tights on cats... More »

3rd, November 2013 Celebrities

Mr T Has An Inscrutable Cat On His Forehead (Photo)

Cat is thinking... More »

3rd, November 2013 Celebrities

Paul Gambaccini: The BBC's Gay American DJ Had An MI5 Christmas Tree By His Name

Paul Gambaccini speaks... More »

3rd, November 2013 Flashback

Charlotte 'Lottie' Collyer And Daughter Marjorie Recall How They Survived The Titanic Sinking

It was on a Wednesday we took the train to Southampton. Some of our friends were at the station to see us go, and some of them saw us off on the boat, I didn't think there was any boat in the world as big as the Titanic. .." More »

3rd, November 2013 Celebrities

TV Stripper Tells Of Magical Nights In Ashley Cole's Chelsea-Themed Vomitorium

It turns out that the way to seduce Ashley Cole is not offer him a deal for a lucrative marriage nor write 'puke here' on your face but to compliment his feet... More »

3rd, November 2013 Flashback

On This Day In Photos: Bush And Cheney Beat Kerry And Cheating Edwards To Win US Election

On This Day In Photo: George Dubya Bush wins a second term as US President... More »

3rd, November 2013 Flashback

On This Day In Photos: Laika The One-Way Cosmonaut Dog Takes Off

On This Day In 1957 the Soviet Union launched a dog named Laika (Woofer) into space... More »

3rd, November 2013 Books 2

William S. Burroughs Sings Songs Of Poets From The Beatnik Book

William S. Burroughs collaborated with rock musicians in the 1990s... More »

3rd, November 2013 In Pictures

Fighting Kids: Up Close With Muay Thai Fighters

I've seen pre-teens fighting in Thailand in the UK. It is brutal. It can be hard to watch, especially as the adults and coaches ringside egg them on... More »

3rd, November 2013 Caption Competition

Dickie Bird Caption Challenge: Barnsley's Raised Finger Raised

Former cricket umpire Dickie Bird was displeased that persons unknown were hanging things from his famously raised finger - bras, knicker, pizzas etc... More »

3rd, November 2013 Sports

Transfer Balls: Robert Lewandowski Snubs Manchester United And Heads To Chelsea And Bayern Munich

More balls... More »

3rd, November 2013 Sports

James Keene: The Only Englishman Playing Champions League and Europa League Football Overseas

How many English footballers representing non-British clubs have played in the group stages of this season's Champions League and Europa League?.. More »

3rd, November 2013 Arsenal

Local Views: Liverpool Create No Chances As Arsenal Celebrate Easy Win

Local news watch... More »

2nd, November 2013 Celebrities

If Shaun Ryder Can't Convince Us Of Alien Life Can Flava Flav?

Convinced from an early age that UFO’s exist after spotting one in the sky above his house in Salford, Shaun sets off on a quest to find out the truth... More »

2nd, November 2013 The Consumer

Selly Telly: Prize Island And Jonathan Ross For Guinness Milk ITV's Stupid Viewers

When Selly telly went mainsgream... More »

2nd, November 2013 Arsenal

Arsenal: Ozil Spotted Looking Youthful In Argentina

The pain of being a lookalike... More »