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19th, July 2013 Celebrities

Passports of the rich, famous and enviably photogenic

In this gallery of passports, we see how the rich and famous coped with posing for tiny picture that would be scrutinised by lantern-jawed officialdom.... More »

19th, July 2013 Flashback 2

Political memories: Hang Nelson Mandela before it's too late (and Saddam Hussein was a 'friendly' guy)

As the mawkish and ghoulish media hover around Nelson Mandela's hospital bed, we look back to when the aged ANC leader was not South Africa's number one tourist attraction... More »

19th, July 2013 Strange But True

Mother offers car to any women who will have sex with her Harvard-bound son

A loving mother is calling for a "sugar baby" to have sex with her son before he heads to Harvard More »

19th, July 2013 Flashback

Conversations with my hotdog - an anti-LSD and meat film from the 1960s

Conversations with my hotdog - an anti-LSD and meat film from the 1960s.... More »

19th, July 2013 Technology 1

The pill that replaces going to the gym

Oh, joy. They're developing a pill in Florida to replace the gym... More »

19th, July 2013 Celebrities

Pictures of famous people posing with animals

Are the pets just props..? More »

19th, July 2013 Key Posts 1

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev pictured at the moment of his capture beats Rolling Stone for cool and iconic

Sgt Murphy says his pictures show the "real Boston bomber, not someone fluffed and buffed"... More »

19th, July 2013 Reviews 1

Vegetables of Walmart: Fukushima radiation creates ‘mutant’ fruit and veg?

Have your vegetables been nucleated by fall-out from Japan's Fukushima nuclear disaster?... More »

19th, July 2013 Royal Family

Royal baby: Lupo the dog picks out the names 'Ace', 'Kirk' and 'Joey'

Still awaiting for the arrival of Kate Middleton's baby, we turn for news to Hello! magazine. Lupo, Wills and Kate's dog, has been talking,,, More »

19th, July 2013 Celebrities

Star gets different boobs for different occasions

Former Atomic Kitten singer Jenny Frost has been taking about plastic surgery. Will she let her children have some?... More »

18th, July 2013 Celebrities

Carly Rae Jepsen throws worst baseball pitch, like, EVER

epsen was left amused and embarrassed by her lame attempt at throwing the first pitch at a baseball game... More »

18th, July 2013 Money

Austin Mitchell's tax rate is lower than that of the Prince of Wales

Mitchell announced that the Prince of Wales pays tax at a lower rate than the poor do. He reached this conclusion by doing something fairly interesting:... More »

18th, July 2013 Reviews

Hebden Bridge couple freed from sexy times by Fire Brigade

After a bit of bondage, the couple found that they'd lost the key for their handcuffs and as such, had to be cut free by firefighters... More »

18th, July 2013 Celebrities

Pop culture: the hand-painted Elton John toilet seat

Lift the seat, Rocket Man... More »

18th, July 2013 Royal Family

Royal Baby Tat Watch: The Sick Bag

Kate Middleton gets a discount... More »

18th, July 2013 Books

In 1929 Jean-Paul Sartre took mescaline - that's when the crabs started to follow him

"Yeah, after I took mescaline, I started seeing crabs around me all the time. They followed me in the streets, into class. I got used to them..." More »

18th, July 2013 Flashback 1

The Great Train Robbery - the story in photos

The Great Train Robbery was the 1963 crime immortalised in film, books, TV shows and folk lore. It was dubbed 'Great', as in Great Britain... More »

18th, July 2013 Strange But True

Want to see a bee give a pub drinker a high five - here you go

Forget dogs who can shake-a-paw - we're all about totally rad insects now. Have a look!... More »

18th, July 2013 Reviews

The Chinese police don't fight crime - they fight each other (video)

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18th, July 2013 In Pictures

Dogs in socks

Ronseal... More »

18th, July 2013 Reviews

Rolling Stones Boston Bomber Cover inspires NME: 'Pol Pot - The Sultry Misunderstood Genius Behind Cambodia's Summer of Love'

Mindful of this marketing coup, let's see what some other not-dead-yet magazine are looking for feature on their covers: More »

18th, July 2013 Key Posts

Wati Holmwood: photos of the hated State of Origin streaker

Streaker of the year is Wati Holmwood, who invaded the St of Origin ruby match, very possibly ruining it... More »

18th, July 2013 Sports

The Ashes Balls: Brad Hiddin 'waited' but Stuart Broad 'cheated'

Compare and contrast... More »

18th, July 2013 Strange But True

Cornwall woman trapped for days in patio furniture

"She was in the sun all of the time too so she was dehydrated and quite brown..." More »

18th, July 2013 Sports

Transfer balls: Arsenal and Real Madrid swap £50m in chase for Liverpool's Luis Suarez

Transfer balls... More »