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14th, October 2013 Strange But True

Watch a weatherman eat cat vomit, live on air

An American news report took a turn for the worse when a weatherman ate cat puke live on air. ... More »

14th, October 2013 Film

Boris Johnson race gaffe? London mayor tells Chinese Harry Potter's Scottish lover Cho Chang was a foreigner

The London Mayor, for it is he, was appearing as Bozza at Peking University. In an effort to cement Sino-Anglo relations he noted that Harry Potter's lover was Chinese... More »

14th, October 2013 Books

The 1962 Lolita Lobby cards and why Kubrick and Nabokov worked on a 'love story'

“It is overwhelmingly nauseating, even to an enlightened Freudian. To the public, it will be revolting. It will not sell, and will do immeasurable harm to a growing reputation... I recommend that it be buried under a stone for a thousand years” ... More »

14th, October 2013 Books

Stanley Kubrick explains the meaning of 2001: A Space Odyssey

In 1969, Kubrick told Joseph Gelmis... More »

14th, October 2013 Celebrities 1

Madeleine McCann: Guardian fingers Madonna in hunt for 'kidnapper'

The Guardian see a scoop... More »

14th, October 2013 Sports

Panama's Critica newspaper repsonds in industrial English to Mexico's World Cup winner

The English language is Britain's gift to the colonies and the world... More »

14th, October 2013 Celebrities

Gordon Ramsay shows us his body on Twitter - but he's not fat enough to trust

Panicky TV chef Gordon Ramsay has been showing his body on Twitter... More »

14th, October 2013 Reviews

Man destroys entire booze section (video)

When you cock-up at work, with some sly behaviour, you can get away with murder. However, if you work in a supermarket, surrounded by CCTV, it isn't so easy... More »

14th, October 2013 Arsenal

Arsenal's Theo Walcott only needs to beat Spurs 'superstar' Theo Walcott to be a World Cup legend

Should the Arsenal winger be unsettled? Well, not if he read what Cascarino had to say about him waaaaay back in August... More »

14th, October 2013 Politicians

The 'decapitated' EDL: Quilliam Foundation wrests Robinson from Pamela Geller

How is the EDL getting along under new leader Tim Ablitt.... More »

14th, October 2013 Celebrities

Look what Kris did to Bruce Jenner - photos of the Kurbed Kardashian's changing looks

He's had multiple cosmetic surgery procedures which have given him a taut, yet melty appearance.... More »

14th, October 2013 TV & Radio 2

The Green Dragon cult: Environmentalism is seducing your kids and killing Christianity

The Green Dragon is feeding the minds of your kids. It is a "spiritual deception". It is "deadly". It is killing Jesus... More »

14th, October 2013 Reviews

St. Petersburg LGBT rally ends with the usual traditional arrests - photos

No-one wins, do they? More »

14th, October 2013 In Pictures

Photos of a smuggling tunnels found between Gaza Stripand Israel

Tunnels under the rock and sand... More »

14th, October 2013 The Consumer

Banksy sells his art from a New York street stall for a bargain price (video)

Not everyone's a mug... More »

14th, October 2013 Strange But True

The world's longest chip is not a cheating French Fry

Is this the world's longest chip? The 28-inch mega-fry was found by Tuscaloosa resident Gary Young with his Arby's beef and cheddar meal.... More »

14th, October 2013 The Consumer

As seen on eBay: 'Half-Chewed Cole Haan Wingtip by Emerging Canine Artist, Left Shoe, Size 11.5D'

The dog is an artist... More »

14th, October 2013 Reviews 3

Woman straddled like Jesus as drawbridge rose (photos)

Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it's a woman hanging onto a raised bridge in Fort Lauderdale, Florida... More »

14th, October 2013 Key Posts

The 20 indignities at English football grounds (featuring Arsenal, Aston Villa, Celtic, Charlton, Fulham, Newcastle, QPR, Spurs and Wolves)

Football fans and all decent people everywhere will have been cheered to hear that Fulham Football Club has finally got round to taking down the statue of Michael Jackson that has besmirched Craven Cottage for the past few years... More »

13th, October 2013 Madeleine McCann

Madeleine McCann: all front-page pictures of the latest 'suspect' snatcher

Stranger danger... More »

13th, October 2013 In Pictures 1

22 creatures found in the London Underground Tube Map

With Angel the Angle fish and his pals... More »

13th, October 2013 Celebrities

Uri Geller buys Shropshire gorilla made of spoons

News is that... Well, we'll let the BBC tell you: "Entertainer Uri Geller has commissioned a sculpture of a gorilla made from 5,000 spoons"... More »

13th, October 2013 Books

Princess Michael Of Kent: 'Don’t be up too late, darling' and notes on a plain Ryvita

Princess Michael of Kent shows off some remarkable gems. She remains very uncommon in the Sunday Times interview... More »

13th, October 2013 Celebrities 2

Miley Cyrus: like her black homies the twerking minstrel knows ghetto

Oh, the irony. Miley Cyrus is talking with Camilla Long in the Sunday Times about twerking at the VMAs... More »

13th, October 2013 Books 1

Malala Yousafzai: father regrets not protecting her from Bono and extracts from her auobiography

To write I Am Malala: The Girl who Stood up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban, Christina Lamb spent a year in Birmingham with Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani girl shot by the Taliban. A few extracts from it.... More »