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31st, July 2013 Books 1

JK Rowling crime writer identity was revealed over a Twitter chat

We know JK Rowling was 'Robert Galbraith', writer of the crime novel The Cuckoo's Calling because a friend of a solicitor at Russells, her lawyers, told someone on Twitter... More »

31st, July 2013 Sports 11

Liverpool say Luis Suarez can call black staff a negrito but Yids and poofs are banned

NO need to worry any longer what words and phrases are acceptable at Anfield. Liverpool Football Club have provided its staff with a list of "unacceptable" utterances off the pitch... More »

31st, July 2013 Royal Family

Prince Charles cashes in on Prince George with a range of tat and drugs paraphenalia

Ker-ching! More »

31st, July 2013 Sports

Farrah v Bolt: The 600 metre Superstars race every sports day needs

Is Mo Farrah going to race Usain Bolt over 600 meters, a distance at which neither of them are champions?... More »

31st, July 2013 Key Posts 4

Kyron Horman: the magical August 1 deadline and what mother puts a price on her son's head?

The Kyron Horman case is 'heating up'. It's been 3 years and 2 months since the seven-year-old boy went missing from the Skyline Elementary school in Portland Oregon... More »

30th, July 2013 Key Posts 1

One Direction fans threaten to rape, stab and kill everyone at GQ magazine - the pick of the Tweets

Looks like the Twitter police are going to be busy... More »

30th, July 2013 Strange But True

Fire service announce weirdest things they've have to free idiots from

Forget cats getting stuck up trees - we're talking about human beings getting caught in a variety of dimwitted scenarios... More »

30th, July 2013 Strange But True 3

Girl asks 100 guys for sex... what do you think happens?

"I wanted to do a social experiment comparing and contrasting how males and females respond differently to being outright asked if they want to have sex..." More »

30th, July 2013 Money

It goes down: that's what the minimum wage is supposed to do you dimbulb idiot

This is just silly: if all wages go down then why not the minimum wage go down? And of course it entirely ignores the basics about wages and taxation in the UK.. More »

30th, July 2013 Books

Mickey Mouse and the Medicine Man - when Disney's mouse sold speed to Africans

In this 1951 comic strip Disney's tame rodent sold amphetamines to Africans... More »

30th, July 2013 Strange But True

Nike Jordan arrested for barging into a woman's home and claiming to be Jesus

Name of the day belongs to man suspected of barging into a female stranger's home, shaking her and telling her she was a sinner who needed to be saved... More »

30th, July 2013 Sports 2

Spurs legends Pleat, Redknapp and Hoddle portray Gareth Bale as an idiot

Today, former Spurs manager David Pleat says Bale, 24, is too young to work abroad... More »

30th, July 2013 Sports

Transfer balls news round-up: Spurs sell not-for-sale Gareth Bale for less than Real Madrid offer

Transfer Balls: Gareth Bale's move to Real Madrid is occupying the back pages. And not a single source has a clue what is going on... More »

29th, July 2013 Flashback

THIS is an undated image showing a circa 1780 newspaper advertisement by the slave-trading dealership of Austin, Laurens and Appleby announcing the arrival of African slaves to the American colonies at Ashley Ferry outside of Charleston, S.C.

"A choice cargo..." More »

29th, July 2013 Strange But True

Twitter troll apologises when someone threatens to tell his mum

Dear mum... More »

29th, July 2013 Flashback 1

1900: The smallest shop in London

In 1900, this was the smallest shop in London - a 1.2 square meter shoe shop... More »

29th, July 2013 Reviews

Leslie Cohen Berlowitz is 'clearly a victim of the patriarchy’s obsession with facts and evidence'

Looks like massaging your CV pays off... More »

29th, July 2013 Sports 1

Transfer Balls: Spurs chairman Daniel Levy cuts short holiday to shun Gareth Bale

The Daily Bale, in association with Transfer Balls - a look at what experts in the media are saying about the Spurs star... More »

29th, July 2013 Sports 1

Liverpool: Pepe Reina shows Luis Suarez how loyalty works in an open letter to the fans

. In an open letter to Liverpool fans Reina bemoans the club's lack of loyalty to a proud servant of the club.. More »

29th, July 2013 Books

50 Shades of Rainbow Dash: My Little Pony erotic fans fiction exists (extracts)

Just WTF? More »

29th, July 2013 Flashback 1

Star Wars crisps: selling the Luke Sky Walkers

In 1997, Star Wars salute Ham Solo... More »

29th, July 2013 TV & Radio

Is the answer 'India, Graham?' The Australian radio quiz gets serious

Is it India..? More »

29th, July 2013 Reviews

Gwent police appeal for return of stolen pie

We would not say that Gwent police are busy; more that they are diligent.... More »

29th, July 2013 Flashback

The Documerica Project: photos of Chicago's black community in the 1970s

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) hired freelance photographers to capture images relating to environmental problems, EPA activities, and everyday life in the 1970s... More »

29th, July 2013 In Pictures

Women behaving badly

Nice women behaving badly... More »