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13th, October 2013 Sports

Kuwait's gay test gets Qatari World Cup approval: homosexuals can't play football in face-melting heat

Kuwait has banned gay footballers. It will test anyone coming into the country for gayness. That includes members of the Gulf Cooperation Council, of which World Cup hosts Qatar are members... More »

13th, October 2013 Politicians 4

Who dunnit? Basildon mayor Mo Larkin births a Ball through her camel toe in cartoon video

Is this cartoon “appallingly offensive”? It features Basildon mayor Mo Larkin with a camel toe... More »

13th, October 2013 Strange But True

Deer get basketball stuck in antlers after multi-point shot

I see your three points... More »

13th, October 2013 In Pictures

Only in England - 10 things we love about the English

Only in England... More »

13th, October 2013 Madeleine McCann

Madeleine McCann: the questionable timeline and the arrested man who wasn't

That timeline and the Sunday Mirror's suspect story... More »

13th, October 2013 In Pictures

The Kelpies at The Helix: photo of Falkirk's monument

Face of the day... More »

12th, October 2013 Madeleine McCann

Madeleine McCann: a version of events on Crimewatch and the truth is out there

Anorak's at-a-glance look at the Missing child in the news: the timeline questions.≥. More »

12th, October 2013 In Pictures

Zombie Day 2013, the London photos

Zombies ahoy... More »

12th, October 2013 Reviews

The BBC and the Guardian's London chatterati v Paul Dacre and the Daily Mail's Middle England

Paul Dacre, editor of the Daily Mail, has written a reply to the fallout from his paper's article on Ralph Miliband, Ed Miliband’s Jewish, Marxist father. The article appears in the Mail and the Guardian... More »

12th, October 2013 Arsenal

Arsenal: Jack Wilshere pulls on his blazer and auditions for a role at the FA

To Jack an Englishman is a no-nonsense, pie and potatoes bloke... More »

12th, October 2013 Photojournalism 2

Exploding toilet leaves injured man too scared to flush (with epic local news photo)

“I’m afraid to flush the toilet right now,” says Mr Pierre, 58,... More »

12th, October 2013 Royal Family

Princess Diana: Soldier N says the SAS didn't kill her but the Daily Express isn't listening

The Daily Express continues to report on the SAS and the death of Princess Diana. Today, the paper of repetition presses f9 on the keyboard to create the headline: "DIANA: POLICE ORDERED TO HUNT FOR SAS ASSASSIN"... More »

11th, October 2013 Celebrities 1

Possibly the best Samuel L. Jackson picture ever

Shnakes on aplane..?! More »

11th, October 2013 Technology

Cyclist ticketed for not riding in bike lane makes video of himself crashing into things in bike lanes

An accident wanting to happen... More »

11th, October 2013 Celebrities

Black East New Yorkers charge white people $20 to see the Banksy wall

"They have been guarding it for a while drinking heavily, so who knows. They are pretty angry about how many white people are coming here..." More »

11th, October 2013 Reviews 2

United States fakes the return of its Vietnem War dead in ceremonies

The US military has been faking repatriation ceremonies for dead American servicemen killed in Vietnam or the Second World War... More »

11th, October 2013 Reviews

The Hackney's Atheist Church: can Sandi Toksvig replace God?

All hail Hackney's Atheist Church. The HAC will "do good without God"... More »

11th, October 2013 In Pictures

Krokodil: photos of the drug that makes your skin fall off and makes you wish heroin was legal

What is Krokodil? Gavon Laessig tells us that it's a version of desomorphine, a super-strong opiate. Reports are that it's made form mixing codeine with petrol, paint thinner, hydrochloric acid, iodine and red phosphorous More »

11th, October 2013 Key Posts

Shutdown US Government deems parks and underfed babies less essential than the Congress heated pool and arresting poor blacks with drugs

Who the hell decides what is and is not “essential”? That’s not a philosophical question about life, the universe and everything; I’m asking specifically about the idiotic “let's play chicken with the whole country” federal-government-shutdown thing playing out here in America... More »

11th, October 2013 Celebrities

Someone buys Breaking Bad underpants for nearly $10k (NOT FOR CHARITY)

On the Mental And I Love It side of things, one fan spent $9,900 on the underpants worn by Walter White from Breaking Bad... More »

11th, October 2013 Money

HTC's creates tacky golden bling to celebrate black music at the MOBO awards

Is overpriced golden blong really the way to celebrate the best of black and urban music at the MOBO Awards?... More »

11th, October 2013 Reviews

Want to listen to weird 999 calls? Why didn't you say so?

The London Fire Brigade have decided to shame some simpletons who haven't quite grasped what the number is for... More »

11th, October 2013 Key Posts 2

Manchester United’s teenager Adnan Januzaj is just like Tony Dorigo - the Italian-Australian who became English for glory and money

Manchester United’s teenager Adnan Januzaj should not play for England, they say. Fair enough. He might not want to. But Anorak recalls one foreign-born player who did pull on the England shirt... More »

11th, October 2013 Liverpool 6

Arsenal great Ian Wright says any England win with Liverpool's Raheem Sterling would be hollow

Kevin Pietersen let his country down — but Jack Wilshere hasn’t, say Ian Wright, who adds in his Sun column... More »

11th, October 2013 Sports

Arsenal and Manchester United's Wilshere and Rooney owe England £1.5 and their souls

The pressure on Arsenal player Jack Wilshere's shoulders so no signs of abating... More »