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19th, October 2013 Reviews

Bad Juxtaposition: American Airlines Advert Illustrates 'Belgium Plane Crash Kills 11 Parachutists'

The advert is unfortunate... More »

19th, October 2013 Celebrities

Tamara Mellon On Jimmy Choo, Mr Mellon Head And Her Therpay Bashing Mother

In My Shoes: a Memoir by Tamara Mellon with William Patrick, tell the story if the woman who helped Malaysian cobbler Jimmy Choo become a to-die-for brand of the well-heeled... More »

19th, October 2013 Arsenal

In 2007 The Daily Mail Predicted This England Team: Only Arsenal's Walcott Made It

Dean Parrett is away... More »

19th, October 2013 Flashback

Girls' Romance 1971: 10 Things You Must Never Tell A Boy

IN 1971 Girls' Romances had advice. It had "10 THINGS TO NEVER TELL A BOY". .. More »

19th, October 2013 Sports 5

Spurs: Andros Townsend Earns Makes Manchester City's Adebayor Look Even Luckier

A look at the England new great hope... More »

19th, October 2013 Strange But True

Christian Pastor Wears Elk Head And Antlers For Annual Elk Hunting Sermon

"I've been thinking about it all autumn. I wanted to do something fun and a little different. I really wanted it..." More »

19th, October 2013 Reviews

RIP Boogie: Marathon Running Dog's Death Is A Warning To All Fun Runners

Marathons. They really aren't good for you at all... More »

19th, October 2013 Royal Family

Kate Middleton 'show off', 'flaunts' and 'parades' her tummy at Sports Aid (photos)

The Duchess of Cambridge, Patron of SportsAid, was playing volleyball during her visit to the Copper Box at the former Olympic Park, in east London... More »

19th, October 2013 Flashback

Hitler's Fifth Column In Photos: The Story Of The German American Bund And Fritz Julius Kuhn

In 1936, Nazis established the German American Bund, or German American Federation (German: Amerikadeutscher Bund; Amerikadeutscher Volksbund, AV). It would be Germany's “Fifth Column”... More »

18th, October 2013 Madeleine McCann

Not Madeleine McCann: Blonde Found On Greek Gypsy Camp Gives Hope To Ben Needham's Mother

A new Maddie... More »

18th, October 2013 Flashback

Patsy's Reflections: Learn to Cook by Pictures Or How To Be A Domestic Goddess In 1946

IN 1946, Daily Mirror Newspapers produced Ambrose Heath's cooking book Patsy's Reflections: Learn to Cook by Pictures. In it, Patsy learns to cook in the company of Peter, Joan Featherpenny, Mum, Dad and Mrs Always. Patsy cooks fish supplied by Mr Crabtree.... More »

18th, October 2013 In Pictures

12 More Cleverly Defaced Exam Questions And School Books

All hail the student artist... More »

18th, October 2013 Gifs

Amazing Gif Of A Goblin Shark Gobbling A Big Fish

This is hypnotic... More »

18th, October 2013 Strange But True

Three hens found lurking in Guernsey toilets

Police and GSPCA officers have located three hens in the men’s toilet at North Beach car park in St Peter Port. More »

18th, October 2013 Sports

Monkey Typo Of The Week: The Times Says Roy Hodgson Did Not Want To 'Say Anything Appropriate'

At least we can laugh at Roy's gaffe in the Times, which quotes the England manager as saying... More »

18th, October 2013 Sports

West Ham United's Sam Allardyce Dances Gangnam Style (Video)

Anorak presents West Ham manager Samuel Allardye dancing Gangnam Style before an episode on A League of Their Own… More »

18th, October 2013 Reviews 7

Spurs Monkey Balls: Mixed-Race Loveable Yido Andros Townsend Is Enslaved By The Ridiculous Society of Black Lawyers

Comment of the day comes Peter Herbert of an outfit known billed as the Society of Black Lawyers, a name that manages to be both sinister and laced with a pretentious Sixth formers ideas of grandeur... More »

18th, October 2013 Technology

Image Processing Guy Creates Incredible Picture of Saturn

You think you know Saturn and then Saturn Gordan Ugarkovic creates the hereunder magnificent picture of the planet... More »

18th, October 2013 In Pictures 2

18 Ordinary Household Things Made Seen Under A Microscope

Your eyelashes are green.... More »

18th, October 2013 Celebrities 2

Manchester United: When Erica Cantona Nixed Morrissey 'Like A Fatty At The Church Steps'

Another gem from Morrissey’s new autobiography... More »

18th, October 2013 Politicians

Boris Johnson Can't Keep His Legs Together In China - Photos

We're flicked through Boris's photos and can't help but notice his seating position... More »

18th, October 2013 Madeleine McCann

Still Looking For Ben Needham - He's No Maddie McCann

Where is Ben Needham? Ben vanished on Kos when he was 21 months old. That was 199... More »

18th, October 2013 Reviews

FAIL: Sydney Morning Herald 'Enjoys' The Bush Fires

As the New South Wales bush fire rage, the Sydney Morning Herald looks back and smiles on its live blog... More »

18th, October 2013 Celebrities

1981: Heather O'Rourke Gets Her First Barbie Doll

Thanks to this doll, Heather was able to channel the full demonic experience in the guise of Carol Ann in Poltegeist... More »

18th, October 2013 Money

But Boots Isn't Avoiding Any Tax So What Are They Blathering About?

It appears that the next part of the increasingly creaky tax campaign is to go after Boots... More »