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15th, October 2013 Reviews

Northumberland school writes to parents of boy who defecated in the sink

In hot water... More »

15th, October 2013 Celebrities 2

10 people who can replace Gary Barlow on the X Factor

So, Gary Barlow is quitting The X Factor is he? Naturally, that's the most exciting thing that's actually happened during this year's oddly tedious talent show... More »

15th, October 2013 Celebrities

John Walters tell us the 10 things every role model needs

You can’t have a one-night-stand role model. No one can become a role model in 24 hours. It helps a lot if you knew them when you were young, so they sort of grow or fester with you, like Johnny Mathis was for me... More »

15th, October 2013 Money

The Daily Mail defines Apple's massive iPhone 5c failure for us

Apple may have smashed its own sales records in September by selling nine million handsets in just three days, but figures do not appear to have remained anywhere near that high since... More »

15th, October 2013 Celebrities

Bill Cosby mind control Gif

Jelly for jumpers... More »

15th, October 2013 Sports 2

Andros Townsend Watch: better than Bale and Lennon, the Spurs legend made Arsenal buy Ozil

The Spurs winger is being hailed as the greatest England prospect since...well, the last one. One match and he's a superstar. In the Mail, Adrian Durham has more to say... More »

15th, October 2013 Reviews 2

In praise of 'like': Why banning the word goes against-Shakespeare and good English

A London academy wants to ban use of the world "like". The fools. Jay Henrichs explain their idiocy... More »

15th, October 2013 Reviews

Croydon school issues list of banned words: Coz they are like well dickish, innit

Nothing builds a vocab faster than banning words.... More »

15th, October 2013 Money 1

Markets versus bureaucrats in mobile phones roaming row: Simple Choice defeats the EU telecoms Tsar

We've got a great little example here of how markets and bureaucrats work... More »

15th, October 2013 Reviews

Drugs cop on Irish TV show exposed as an undercover drugs cop in real life

Viewers tuning into Irish TV's crime drama Love/Hate got to watch Garda Kieran Madden in action. And so did the country's villains... More »

15th, October 2013 Books

The collected works of Rainbow Brown: How to become a self-loathing meme troll and other great books

Rainbow Brown invites you to out down your Dummies Guide to... book and pick up one of his/ her works to better understand you and the world wide web... More »

15th, October 2013 Reviews

Plymouth lollipop man 'suspended' for high-fiving the kids

Plymough council have ordered lollypop man Bob Slade to stop high-fiving children at Manadon Vale Primary School... More »

15th, October 2013 The Consumer

Who wrote 'I AM GAY" on a Jetstar passenger's luggage with baggage stickers

The man, a married father-of-two, is "disgusted".... More »

15th, October 2013 In Pictures

Rio’s 18th Gay Pride in photos

It's not Russia, is it... More »

15th, October 2013 Reviews

There is No Such Thing as a Free Press: the Press can never be too free

If you want to know about the importance of Press Regulation in the UK - and why it must be fought - then read Anorak pal Mick Hume's There is No Such Thing as a Free Press and We Need One More Than Ever. Yesterday he wrote in the Times... More »

15th, October 2013 In Pictures

Dubai Idol photos: the Champ of Camps labour talent show

And the winner of the 2013 Champ of the Camps - the "“Dubai Idol" of the the Sonapur Labor camp is... More »

15th, October 2013 Reviews

Private Eye tackles press regulation with Hugh Grant's tame kittens

Hugh Grant is terrific... More »

15th, October 2013 Madeleine McCann 6

Madeleine McCann: what Martin and Mary Smith saw and the cynical Sun brands Our Maddie

Last night BBC's Crimewatch staged a reconstruction of the night the innocent child vanished. It was odd. The reconstruction was very thin. We saw a happy family. Happy friends. And then an empty bed.The media reacts... More »

14th, October 2013 TV & Radio

Cameraman fails compilation

Losing focus... More »

14th, October 2013 Fashion

I want a PSYCHEDELIC CAT SWEATER

In genuine polyester... More »

14th, October 2013 In Pictures

Photos: The 2013 World Conker Championships at the Shuckburgh Arms in Southwick Northamptonshire

Conkerama... More »

14th, October 2013 Madeleine McCann

Madeleine McCann: we know only know one thing for sure - an innocent child vanished

One thing unchanged is that the story has a single fact: the innocent child vanished... More »

14th, October 2013 Politicians 1

Tony Blair's epic bomb selfie goes on display at the Imperial War Museum, Manchester

Wot no flash? More »

14th, October 2013 manchester united

Sir Alex Ferguson Way: the opening of Manchester United's trail of silver, tears and vitriol

Manchester United legend Sir Alex Ferguson opens Sir Alex Ferguson Way, Trafford... More »

14th, October 2013 Flashback

‘In Memory of Little Joe. Died November 3rd 1875': the canary in the mine

19th century coal miners would traditionally take canaries in cages down into the mine with them.... More »