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17th, September 2013 Strange But True 2

Man arrested for drinking tea in a "suspicious manner"

Mr Vijay Patil, a 49-year-old restaurant owner from Kolhapur, was arrested for drinking tea in a "suspicious manner" at a road side stall near Shivaji University in Kolhapur, India... More »

17th, September 2013 In Pictures

24 WTF local newspaper stories you might have missed

Local newspapers are great. The stories, the people, the adverts and the photos are informative and entertaining... More »

16th, September 2013 Sports 9

Should Spurs fans say the word 'Yid'?

This again... More »

16th, September 2013 Reviews

Police recruit has 'F**k The Police' tattoo

A former punk rocker has been admitted to Hendon Police College despite having a tattoo on his forehead that says "F*** THE POLICE"... More »

16th, September 2013 Music

Music GIF: Beyonce pulled off stage in Brazil

By, then... More »

16th, September 2013 Reviews

Kyron Horman: Dede Spicher cleared and Kaine's steroids to boost the police plot

What news form Oregon? More »

16th, September 2013 Key Posts 3

Ban the veil to save freedom-hating Britain from Muslim women and other perverts

Should a Muslim woman be able to wear a full-face veil in court, in the street or at school? More »

16th, September 2013 TV & Radio

BBC moves towards quotas for women in broadcasting: abbatoir workers, as you were

What's the fairer sex? More »

16th, September 2013 Sports

Real Madrid: media still portrays former Spurs star Gareth Bale of the trademarked fingers a simple lad

Bale the simple man... More »

16th, September 2013 Sports 4

Liverpool: Brendan Rodgers says Pepe Reina is not telling the truth

What facts from Liverpool.... More »

16th, September 2013 Flashback

Calm and laugh at the Nazis: Propaganda, Power, Persuasion and Hitler's Lambeth Walk the British Library

Propaganda: Power and Persuasion is the first exhibition to explore international state propaganda from the 20th and 21st centuries. From the eye-opening to the mind-boggling, from the beautiful to the surprising, posters, films, cartoons, sounds and texts reveal the myriad ways that states try to influence and persuade their citizens... More »

16th, September 2013 Books

Artist turns great books into colour signatures

Turning words into colour... More »

16th, September 2013 Politicians

Syria: Putin blinked as Obama made Russia own the war

“Had we rolled out something that was very smooth and disciplined and linear, they would have graded it well, even if it was a disastrous policy. We know that, because that’s exactly how they graded the Iraq war..." More »

16th, September 2013 Fashion

The 12 worst footballers' haircuts of all time

One day all the cool kids will look like this... More »

16th, September 2013 Strange But True

Handyman clowns terrorise Northampton - who are they? (photos)

Clowning around... More »

16th, September 2013 Celebrities

Superstars and Superfans: Paul Burrell is now as Royal as Princess Diana

The former Royal butler is not one of the obsessives. He's one of the obsessed on. On SKy NEws, Burrell plugs the show... More »

16th, September 2013 Reviews

Wind turbines kill golden eagles and make bats implode

The in beneat their broken wings... More »

16th, September 2013 Reviews

Speeding father on meth wearing prosthetic breasts and no pants with kids in car jailed

Multi-tasking dad arrested... More »

15th, September 2013 Celebrities

Beverly Pilkington photos - the Big D Nuts babe

Pilkington was the original Big D Nuts babe. Her body festooned a thousand British bars, seducing drinkers into buying bags of salty peanuts and thereby seeing more of Big D Bev... More »

15th, September 2013 Flashback 1

In the 1950s Amy Winehouse appeared on the album cover Billy Devroe's Broad Minded?

Anorak has noticed that the female accompaniment on the cover of Broad Minded looks not a lot unlike the late and much missed star Amy Winehouse?... More »

15th, September 2013 Film

Terrible tag-lines: Patrick Swayze trails Next of Kin

In 1989 Patrick Swayze starred in Next of Kin. The trailer was punctuated with Swayze uttering the cracking tag-line... More »

15th, September 2013 Politicians

People despise politicians because someone like Chris Huhne can be one

Murdoch culpa... More »

15th, September 2013 Reviews

Man-made global warming creates 1 million sq miles more Arctic ice, say experts

It's confusing up North.... More »

15th, September 2013 Reviews

Global warming is eating your brains

What can Global Warming not be blamed for? The Courier-Journal reports that it is eating your brains... More »

15th, September 2013 Strange But True

Teen Exorcists: Bob Larson, Margaret Thatcher and hunting Satan for Jesus in London

The programme showed us the Larsons’ (rather plush) home in Scottsdale, and the three young women in action at services in Pasadena and at a New Generation church in Pershotravensk, Ukraine, but for the most part the documentary is about a mission trip to London... More »