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23rd, August 2013 Sports 1

Transfer Balls: Moyes says 'disgusting' Manchester United are trying to 'destabilise' Everton over Baines and Fellaini

How's David Moyes getting on at Manchester United? Well, he's after Everton's best players... More »

23rd, August 2013 Sports

Transfer Balls: Arsenal want Defoe from Spurs, Benzema from Real, Manchester City's Richards and three goalkeepers

Talking Arsenal balls... More »

23rd, August 2013 Money

Italian smuggles his factory to Poland

And it's Italy, so he can't fire anybody or lower wages or anything. So, over the annual shutdown he simply packs up all the kit and exports it to Poland... More »

22nd, August 2013 Flashback

The Top 12 tunes from the Golden Age of Pop that continue to be sung at British football grounds to this day

The top twelve tunes from the Golden Age of Pop that have served with distinction in the football grounds of Britain, and continue to be sung to this day… More »

19th, August 2013 Reviews

In pictures: murder and mayhem in Egypt

Madness... More »

19th, August 2013 Strange But True

Bigfoot is real! Maybe! Watch this Sasquatch video and decide for yourself

The short clip shows a large hairy ape-like creature, tootling across a forest hilltop before disappearing out of sight... More »

19th, August 2013 Money 1

Have more sex: you'll earn more money!

They really have found that those who shag more get more money. So the obvious recommendation is that you should shag four times a week or more and then the boss will give you a pay rise.... More »

17th, August 2013 Sports

Transfer balls: Arsenal leave Suarez, Rooney and Higuain out of squad

Balls.. More »

17th, August 2013 Reviews

Views on the crisis in Egypt: the Muslim Brotherhood gain supreme moral authority

Meanwhile, as the West rows of abuse of women on Twitter, scores of churches burn in Egypt... More »

17th, August 2013 Sports

Arsenal balls: referee Antony Taylor 'started refereeing in Aston Villa League'

The internet reacts... More »

17th, August 2013 Sports 1

Transfer balls: Liverpool's Luis Suarez desperate to be part of the Arsenal apology

Luis Suarez heading to Arsenal from Liverpool... More »

17th, August 2013 Sports 2

Moyes complains about imagined anti-Manchester United conspiracy

Poor old Manchester United. Everybody hates them and the powers that be have had a conspiracy against them... More »

17th, August 2013 Reviews

Hemel Hemstead is the ugliest place in UK

It's worse than places in the Lake District that are freezing, inhospitable dung heaps... More »

17th, August 2013 Music

Channel 4 turns One Direction fans into its latest freak show

Completely ignoring the millions of perfectly normal young people who like nothing more than singing 1D songs and dancing around their bedrooms with a hairbrush, Channel 4 squarely looked at the boyband's obsessive following, which prompted a rather angry response... More »

17th, August 2013 Politicians 3

Russian athlete defends anti-gay laws

Russia's ideas about gays are at odds with everything the sporting event stands for and now, the Russians athletes are towing the party line, either through choice or fear... More »

17th, August 2013 TV & Radio

Whodunnit in Scotland: 'It wasn't me'

Anorak presents a Whodunnit, Scotland style... More »

17th, August 2013 Money

Lion starts barking in Chinese zoo

End of days... More »

14th, August 2013 Reviews

1 in 10 couples haven't had sober sex for 6 months

They were asked, 'When did you last make love to your partner without being under the influence of alcohol?', with 11% answering more than half a year ago... More »

14th, August 2013 Flashback

The 25 ugliest babies in Renaissance art

In the Renaissance babies were ugly... More »

14th, August 2013 Money 1

BT's really screwing up this broadband, isn't it?

Much of the rest of the piece is about how awful it is that BT is being used. Slow and expensive apparently. No, not their service, but their putting the wires into the ground. We're offered a shining vision of what could be done though... More »

14th, August 2013 Sports

QPR boss Harry Redknapp sets about talking up the opposition

Says Harry of his side's big match win the Championship against mighty Huddersfield Town: "Huddersfield are a big club. I remember them being in the top division and doing well...." More »

14th, August 2013 Celebrities 1

Jeremy Paxman issues beard statement to the pognophobic BBC

There has been quite the hubbub about Jeremy Paxman and his beard this week, with some people near-orgasmic in praise, while others somersaulting in disgust... More »

14th, August 2013 Reviews

Shropshire iPad scam ends pair in cold water

“When the gentleman came to the counter and said he wanted to do a special delivery I did notice the package had damp patches on it.." More »

14th, August 2013 Strange But True

Pet cats eat Hampshire woman called Mrs Veal

Nominative determinism watch: the woman eaten by her own cats was called...Janet Veal... More »

14th, August 2013 TV & Radio

Channel 4 to broadcast from a public toilet

Channel 4 - fast becoming the bottom feeder that we all thought channel Five would own for years... More »