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26th, September 2013 Sports

Heart FM reduces Niki Lauda to 'elderly man' in presence of David Beckham at Singapore Grand Prix

Middle-aged fans meet racing legend... More »

26th, September 2013 Fashion

1960s Space Age fashion - a retrospective

Men never stood a chance... More »

26th, September 2013 Music

Great music videos: Douglas Hart - X Film Plus Ultra

Music and video in harmony... More »

26th, September 2013 Music

Who stole Willie's Nelson stuffed armadillo?

Ol'Dillo is cared for by Aaron Foye, who for the past three years has sat the stuffed creature atop his sound board... More »

26th, September 2013 Reviews 4

Samantha Lewthwaite: getting inside the knickers of 'Pubic Enemy Number 1'

Anorak's at-a-glance look at the British widow of a 7/7 bomber in the news... More »

26th, September 2013 Reviews

Halloween: too much, too soon for our sexy pumpkin fed toddlers

Discount retailer Walmart is even selling what it calls "naughty" costumes for toddlers this year. In context, "naughty" obviously doesn’t mean "refuses to eat vegetables"... More »

26th, September 2013 The Consumer

Mental Patient Fancy Dress Costume makes you look like a typical Walmart shopper

Says one Walmart shopper: "What outfit?" More »

26th, September 2013 Sports 1

Liverpool: Luis Suarez fails to eat a Manchester United player and other views on his return

How did Liverpool's Luis Suraez get on last night as he returned to the Liverpool team after serving a 10 match ban for biting?... More »

26th, September 2013 Sports

Manchester United: Hernandez shoots down Liverpool and Suarez in a welter of puns

Pea Shoots... More »

25th, September 2013 Reviews

Top 10 weird reasons that couples break-up

Number 11... More »

25th, September 2013 TV & Radio

Mickey The baboon cops a feel (video)

Never work with hairy men in Telly... More »

25th, September 2013 Key Posts

Things that exists: Japanese butt pudding

Spoon... More »

25th, September 2013 Sports

Epic photo: Liverpool's Luis Suarez ponders where his next goal will be coming from

I can't stop laughing... More »

25th, September 2013 Celebrities

Jimmy Savile stands in for Chris Evans on BBC Radio 2

The Daily Mail reports that "DJ Chris Evans has courted controversy after impersonating serial sex predator Jimmy Savile live on air to nearly 10 million listeners"... More »

25th, September 2013 Photojournalism

News in photos – September 25 2013: Pearly Kings, Fulham evict Michael Jackson and Liverpool's Luis Suarez is back

Today's in photos... More »

25th, September 2013 Reviews

Trumpington Village Hall, Cambridge, cancels bondage on a budget with tea workshop

The trustees of Trumpington Village Hall have cancelled Peer Rope Cambridge's "relationship meeting" over concerns that the venus has been booked "under false pretences"... More »

25th, September 2013 Strange But True

Doctors grow nose on man's forehead

To China, where Xiaolian, 22, has had his new nose grown on his forehead ahead of transplant surgery... More »

25th, September 2013 Reviews

Samantha Lewthwaite: will speculation on the White Widow kill an innocent woman?

More no-news on Samantha Lewthwaite – the woman dubbed "The White Widow" by British journalists versed in Agatha Christie and melodrama... More »

25th, September 2013 Reviews

Good manners cost Aberdeen DJ his career and his cannabis stash

Why did Aberdeen DJ Lee Falconer sell cannabis? He tells Aberdeen Sheriff Court he did it to be “polite”... More »

25th, September 2013 Money 1

Yes of course Ed Davey's lying about fracking?

You know, politician, lips moving and all that... More »

25th, September 2013 Sports

Arsenal ban BBC show for depicting Gooners as criminal half-wits

Arsenal banned BBC police drama By All Means from using the club’s official kit after taking umbrage with the show for portraying their fans as half-witted, inept criminals... More »

25th, September 2013 Reviews

Deathwise child rides plastic tricycle down busy motorway

When people peevishly say 'go and play in traffic', it seems this little scamp took it to heart... More »

25th, September 2013 Sports

Transfer Balls: Arsenal to buy Pirlo, Reus, Michu, Schar, Draxler, Hernandez and Valdes, experts say

More balls... More »

25th, September 2013 Film

Failed audition tapes: Tom Selleck was Indiana Jones

Once upon a time, Tom Selleck was Indian Jones...briefly... More »

25th, September 2013 Film

Terrible rap: Top That from 1989 film Teen Witch is a horror show

In the 1980s, white rap was routinely terrible. In this 1989 teen dream flick Teen Witch, the cast are forced on pain of death (we presume) to perform a rap called Top That... More »