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2nd, November 2013 Celebrities

The World's Worst Likenesses Of Celebrities And Persons Of Note

The campaign to put Jane Austen on English banknotes appears to have achieved a somewhat hollow victory, if responses to the proposed portrait are anything to go by... More »

2nd, November 2013 Arsenal

Arsenal: Liverpool's Rodgers Uses Bendtner To Stick Book In Over Suarez Bid

Rodgers looks classy... More »

2nd, November 2013 Reviews

Was German Gestapo Head Heinrich Mueller Buried In A Jewish Cemetery?

One boy never made it to Brazil... More »

2nd, November 2013 Strange But True

Monkey Upset By Barking Dog Throw Toolbox At Cat And Bit Man Who Offered It An Egg Sandwich

“I had to hit ‘em and fight them off me and I went to run and get away and I actually face planted into that tree. And then I ran out of here bleeding..." More »

2nd, November 2013 Reviews

Exploiting Baby P: Sharon Shoesmith Gets Ed Balls' Goat And Jeremy Kyle Baits The Underclass

Who better than Jeremy Kyle, baiter of the poor and slack-jawed, to tell us what we should think of news that Peter Connelly's mother, Tracey Connelly, has been released from prison?.. More »

2nd, November 2013 Politicians

Brent Is A Fracking Free Zone But Cattle Ranchers Eye Barnet

The London borough of Brent is now a fracking-free zone... More »

1st, November 2013 Reviews 4

In Full: Edward Snowden's Letter To Opposition Greens Lawmaker Hans-Christian Stroebele

To whom it may concern... More »

1st, November 2013 Reviews

Peru Day of the Dead: Losing A Loved One At Nueva Esperanza Cemetery

According to local authorities, Nueva Esperanza cemetery is the second largest cemetery in the world.... More »

1st, November 2013 In Pictures

Liverpool's Halloween with a Lantern Carnival In Photos

Pass the leccy bill... More »

1st, November 2013 Celebrities

Donny And Marie Osmond Go Cow Milking On Skis - A 1977 Colouring Book

In 1977, Donny and Marie Osmond were huge. Thanks to this colouring book you could share their adventures... More »

1st, November 2013 Celebrities

Terrible Tattoos: Russell Brand Is West Ham's Jesus

Pussel Prand? More »

1st, November 2013 Music

Iggy Pop, David Bowie and Debbie Harry Faked Lou Reed's Death (Says My T-Shirt)

Insert the icon here... More »

1st, November 2013 The Consumer

Objects Of Desire: Pesto Sauce Served On Cheese Ear Buds

Dan Whalen's crafted the ear-shaped bowl, mozzarella cheese and lollipop stick earbuds and pesto sauce gunk... More »

1st, November 2013 Flashback

Classic Toys: The 1960s Swing Wing Mars Communicator And Neck Muscle Developizer

What you waitin' for? It's the Swing Wing Sixties... More »

1st, November 2013 Reviews 1

Mic Wright’s Remotely Furious: Educating Yorkshire And Refusing To Be Filtered By Hugh Grant And His Thought Censors

The British press is dominated not by truth tellers and the brave but by the privileged, the prickish, the petulant and the pestilent. I chose that last one carefully... More »

1st, November 2013 Celebrities

Banksy Is Now An Action Figure

He's a monkey... More »

1st, November 2013 Sports

Manchester City: Dropping Joe Hart Will Shatter His Confidence And Be The Making Of Him, Say Experts

City's Joe Hart looks set to be dropped by his club. Others players gets dropped all the time when form dips, but for goalkeepers it is, apparently, a bigger deal than for any other member of the team... More »

1st, November 2013 Film

You Can Now Buy Back To The Future Style Hoverboards

People have long moaned that, now we live in the future, where are our hoverboards? Well, glad you asked because some bright spark has decided to do something about it!.. More »

1st, November 2013 Royal Family

Prince George To Find Out Just How Peculiar Human Beings Are

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1st, November 2013 Reviews

I Love New York: Graffiti Orders 'Banksy Go Home'

New York is magick... More »

1st, November 2013 TV & Radio

Good Riddance To Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? A Pointless Spectacle Of Greed

Fifteen years ago - and it seems much, much longer than that - Who Wants To Be a Millionaire? first aired on our screens. And now, it is set to end following Chris Tarrant's decision to leave the show.. More »

1st, November 2013 Reviews

Local News: Bottle Of Wine Stolen In Buckinghamshire

Local news special... More »

1st, November 2013 Strange But True

Cat On Mat Stares at Dragons In Boston, Lincolnshire

To Boston, Lincolnshire, to see Graham the cat making his daily trip to the Pets at Home store... More »

1st, November 2013 Celebrities

'Iron' Mike Tyson And 'Wet Noodle' Brad Pitt Shared A Bed With Robin Givens

When Tyson met Pitt... More »

1st, November 2013 Reviews

Charlene Downes And Paige Chivers: Finally Lancashire Police Take Action

What did happen to Charlene Downes, the Blackpool teenager let down by police who aren't bothered by working class teenage girls? More »