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7th, October 2013 Money

Now Silk Road has been taken down where will we all buy drugs?

he bits of the story that make it fun (for a certain meaning of "fun" of course) are that the guy running it was so aggressive that he actually took out two contracts to have people he believed were crossing him in business killed... More »

7th, October 2013 Sports

Harry Redknapp said the FA always make the right decision - and they didn't choose him

Compare and contrast these Harry Redknapp quotes... More »

7th, October 2013 Sports

Harry Redknapp newsflash: Liverpool's Brendan Rodgers is as English as Fabio Capello

Redknapp's autobiography is high on the news cycle. In it, he comes across as bitter at not getting the England job he wanted and thought was his... More »

7th, October 2013 Sports

Harry Redknapp wanted Liverpool's Brendan Rodgers as his assistant England manager

It’s fairly common knowledge that Redknapp was, outwardly at least, in the running to get the England job after Fabio Capello was ousted in early 2012 though, much to the chagrin of every single buddyish journalist on Fleet Street who had been lobbying in unison for months to get their man installed, ‘Arry was thankfully passed over and the top job was given to someone who wasn’t and isn’t a cartoon character... More »

7th, October 2013 Flashback

James Brown teaches us to dance like Mr Bo Jangles' Funky Chicken

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7th, October 2013 Music

Slavoj Žižek explains Gangnam Style

Isanyone still dancing Gangnam Style? Aren't all the dancing dads now twerking at weddings and work Christmas parties?.. More »

7th, October 2013 Arsenal

Arsenal: the best and worst Jack Wilshere puns

The puns came thick and fast. But are they any good? Let's look at the best and the worst... More »

7th, October 2013 Celebrities 8

Miley Cyrus: Annie Lennox and Sinead O'Connor are waiting for the inevitable crash

Having irked Sinead O'Connor, Disney angel gone bad girl Miley Cyrus has now gotten up Annie Lennox's nose... More »

7th, October 2013 The Consumer

Who stole Thomas Dambo's My Little Pony statue? He soon finds out

Who stole Thomas Dambo's My Little Pony statue? He soon finds out.... More »

7th, October 2013 Reviews

Surrey police threaten to arrest 'annoying' children playing sport in the street

How's that Olympic legacy getting on in Southville Road, Thames Ditton?... More »

7th, October 2013 Reviews

Local News: Hackney man dies in fireball (again)

Twice is suspicous.... More »

7th, October 2013 Flashback

Abraham Lincoln's wold-be killer Lewis Powell was a Shoreditch hipster

Old faces renewed... More »

6th, October 2013 Fashion

How Barack Obama, Michael Jackson and Britney Spears can help you evade the NSA and Facebook spooks

How can you prevent your face from being known by the authorities searching the American-corporation-owned web?... More »

6th, October 2013 Flashback

In 1901 Ladies Home Journal predicted the world would look like this in 2001

So many are correct... More »

6th, October 2013 Sports

Impossible ping-pong tricks of the day

Waft-waft got serious... More »

6th, October 2013 Sports 4

Spurs: Police evict Tottenham fans for calling themselves Yids as West Ham fans respond with a little Hitler humour

They marched the Yids out of the pub. And all was right in the world.... More »

6th, October 2013 Sports

Manchester United: Adnan Januzaj wants to play for how many teams?

How many countries is Manchester United's Adnan Januzaj, eligible to play for?.. More »

6th, October 2013 Arsenal

Spurs fans tweet an easy win over West Ham United and Arsenal fans say 'get Wilshere off'

Is predicting the outcome of a football match easy..? More »

6th, October 2013 Sports

Arsenal v West Brom: Baggies only turn up to make Jack Wilshere shine

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6th, October 2013 Key Posts

10 great Halloween party songs that aren't naff

Halloween is coming. You want to host a party. This is the music you need to play... More »

6th, October 2013 Key Posts

Irony Overload: The Guardian says the Daily Mail is anti-Semitic

When it comes to talking of anti-Semitism in newspapers, who better than the Guardian to bring the Daily Mail to order over its Ralph Miliband hatchet job?.. More »

6th, October 2013 Books

King v Kubrick: The Shining sequel will be as unfilmable as all great books are

Are some books unfilmable? Does reading the book first spoil the film?... More »

6th, October 2013 Strange But True

Grandfather took girl out of Kent school and to the doctor's without realising he had wrong child

Staff presented the man with the wrong child, who had the same first name as the right one. She had a doctor's appointment. So. the man took the six-year-old on a bus to the Gillingham Medical Centre a mile away. .. More »

6th, October 2013 Strange But True

Edinburgh's most wanted: Who rubbed the paint off Greyfriars Bobby's nose?

Who is buffing the nose of Edinburgh statue Greyfriars Bobby, the dog who stood for 14 years by his owner's grave?.. More »

6th, October 2013 Madeleine McCann

Madeleine McCann: Barrister says he knows where Maddie is (road sweepers scoff)

As the McCanns pursue Goncalo Amaral for libel damages in Portugal, the British press publishes a welter of new Maddie news... More »