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18th, October 2013 Celebrities

Prince Harry and Cressida Bonas' Wedding Feast: Iced Swedes

“Harry’s been training in Iceland . . . and has fallen in love with the country. He wants to take Cressida to the famous Ice Hotel and then pop the question.” But... More »

18th, October 2013 Reviews

Smoking Graphic Shows How Cigarettes Make You Hairy, Wrinkled And Less Likely To Pull A Celebrity

The Cancer Society of Finland has produced Tobacco Body, a graphic showing how smoking can damage the body. For the purposes of education, it's picked two lithesome blondes... More »

18th, October 2013 Strange But True

Killer Spider In Battle To The Death With Kent Tot (Or, Er, Not)

We told you the best way to eradicate invasive species is to eat them... More »

17th, October 2013 Flashback

In Time of Emergency: A Citizen's Handbook on Nuclear Attack, National Disasters (1968)

What to do when they drop the bomb... More »

17th, October 2013 Flashback

Erich Priebke And The Society of St Pius X Shame Italy And Evoke Its Nazi Past (Photos)

Erich Priebke lived to be 100. In 1998 the former SS office was given a life term for his part in the 1944 slaughter of 335 Italians at Rome's Ardeatine Caves. But Erich was old when the law finally caught up with him... More »

17th, October 2013 Reviews

Marijuana Is For Us: Seattle Cannabis Cooperative Celebrates Legalisation

We went to look around Shy Sadis The Joint, a medical marijuana cooperative in Seattle... More »

17th, October 2013 In Pictures

Tattoo Jam In Doncaster - Photos

Are tattoos addictive..? More »

17th, October 2013 Reviews

In Photos: St Anthony Of Padua Goes On Tour In Ireland

There is nothing at all superstitious about relics, he said: “It’s love that is the real meaning of a relic, a link of love between you and that person...” More »

17th, October 2013 Music

Vinyl Music Sales At A 10 Year High

Vinyl bores are a terrible, terrible thing. However, some nice news is that vinyl sales are at a 10 year high. Driving demand are releases from Daft Punk, Arctic Monkeys and David Bowie (and a whole bunch of great compilations and reissues)... More »

17th, October 2013 In Pictures 4

A Week's Shopping In Different Countries (Photos)

A week's shopping... More »

17th, October 2013 Reviews

Church Erects Father Ted Tribute Mural

It says ARISE.... More »

17th, October 2013 Sports

WTFifa? Even Though They Haven't Qualified For 16 years, Colombia Seeded Above Italy And Holland

The seeded teams are Brazil, Spain, Germany, Argentina (so far, so fine), Colombia, Belgium, Switzerland and provided they don't lose to Jordan in a play-off, Uruguay... More »

17th, October 2013 Fashion

15 Stylish Mugshots of Criminals From The Early 20th Century

The dapper villain... More »

17th, October 2013 Reviews

Leeds School Let Kids Smoke In The Playground

Can it true that teachers at Elmete Central School in Roundhay, Leeds, has been, as the Sun reports, "allowing 11-year-olds to smoke – with teachers dishing out fags at break times..?" More »

17th, October 2013 Books

Peter Serafinowicz Sings The First Page Of Morrissey’s Autobiography

Singing books... More »

17th, October 2013 Arsenal

Arsenal's Jack Wilshere Loses His Car At Wembley Stadium

How did the England v Poland game go for Arsenal's Jack Wilshere? Well Charles Sale tells Daily Mail readers... More »

17th, October 2013 In Pictures

Doreen Lawrence's Rise From Grieving Mother To Baroness Lawrence of Clarendon in Photos

A woman rises... More »

17th, October 2013 In Pictures

The Best Signs From The National Union of Teachers And NASUWT Strike

In all, 3,492 schools are shut or partially closed... More »

17th, October 2013 Sports 18

Spurs: The Sun Goes Looking For Racism In Andros Townsend's Space Monkey

That the Sun has little time for Roy Hodgson is no great shock. He is, after all, guilty of not being the Sun's columnist and England would-be legend Harry Redknapp... More »

17th, October 2013 Reviews

Striking Essex Fire Brigade Tells Residents: 'Avoid Kitchen Fires By Not Using Your Kitchens'

Essex County Fire and Rescue have advice for anyone looking to cook a meal during the Brigade's strike: don't... More »

17th, October 2013 Flashback

James Taylor Is Backed By The Beatles In This 1970 TV Show

The first American signed to The Beatles' Apple label, Taylor sang Carolina in My Mind with Paul McCartney and George Harrison.... More »

17th, October 2013 Sports

English Football Is A Brat Factory: Manchester United and West Ham Prospects Row

In the England Under-21 game against Lithuania, the Three Lions ran out 5-0 and that would've been something to celebrate... More »

17th, October 2013 Celebrities

Gumby Creator Art Clokey Describes His Experience On LSD

"You've got the put his on television. This is fabulous"... More »

17th, October 2013 Strange But True

Who Stole Gumby?

Who stole Bob Malkin and Barbara Pokras' 7-ft tall, 50-pound Gumby from their lawn in Saugerties, New York?.. More »

17th, October 2013 TV & Radio 4

Mic Wright’s Remotely Furious: The Five Gay Men On British TV And (Golly!) A Dancing Black Man In Julian's Country Church

There's only about five gay men in television. Or rather five gay men allowed to present things.... More »