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8th, July 2013 Reviews

Helen Flaganan gave another woman a'long hard blink'

More recently, Flanagan was in the news because Sinclair has been linked with a Sky TV presenter called Donatella Panayiotou. Being a shy type, Donatella has written an open letter to Helen in Now magazine... More »

8th, July 2013 Money 2

The Wall Street Journal thinks Egypt needs a General Pinochet

What's wrong with that of course is that Pinochet overthrew a democtratically elected President (Allende), tortued and murdered and then, when age caught up with him, brought back that democracy. Sorta... More »

8th, July 2013 Reviews

What are the worst things about modern life? This is the Top Ten

So what's so bad? Well, some people have decided to compile a top 50 list... More »

8th, July 2013 Politicians

Transparent Obama co-opts the librarians in a secret pact

This is beyond parody.... More »

8th, July 2013 Sports

Arsenal Transfer Bid Balls: Gonazalo Higuain stalls, Wayne Rooney fails and Luis Suarez laughs

Anorak's daily look at news of player movements in the national press focuses on Arsenal. ... More »

8th, July 2013 In Pictures

Andy Murray wins Wimbledon 2013 - the best photos

After so many years of enduing Cliff Richard, shouts of "Come on, Tim", trad jazz and tennis players who spent 50 non-Wimbledon weeks sealed inside tin can of balls on the top shelf at a country club shop, Murray saw off Novak Djokovic to take the big golden pineapple... More »

8th, July 2013 In Pictures

Summertime blues - 15 fails in the sun

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8th, July 2013 Reviews 2

92-year-old who married 22-year-old wants someone younger

To Gubban, Iraq, where 92-year-old Iraqi farmer Musali Mohammed al-Mujamaie has married 22-year-old Muna Mukhlif al-Juburi... More »

8th, July 2013 Sports

Police arrest man for decapitating referee who murdered footballer he'd sent off

When football referee Otavio Silva Cantanhede Jordan, 20, (seen above) red-carded Josenir Abre (below right), Silva took out a knife and stabbed Abreu. He died. And then it got nasty... More »

8th, July 2013 Reviews

Surfer wiped out by whale at Bondi Beach recalls a 'very beautiful experience'

Dr Rajapakse's epic anecdote features him losing lost consciousness for about 10 seconds, fellow surfers helping him to the beach, paramedics and a stay at St Vincent's Hospital... More »

8th, July 2013 Sports

Andy Murray wins Wimbledon: the newspaper front and back pages

For those of you who love reading about football in the newspapers - or for that matter, politics, weather, celebs, wars etc. - you'll having to find it amid reams and rams of Murray Mania... More »

7th, July 2013 Key Posts 1

Council wants to ban the 'intimidating' England flag - St George's Cross makes you look white working class

Welwyn and Hatfield Community Housing Trust wants it tenants to stop flying flags. It says the flags could be "intimidating". But they can be flown when they are in reactions to national celebrations or a sporting occasions... More »

7th, July 2013 Reviews

News headline fail: Sky News says 'Church of England Approves Sex Abuse'

The perils of truncated headlines are evidence in this from Sky News: More »

7th, July 2013 Flashback 1

Fartgate: the great ‘iconic’ wind-passing moments from the cultural archives

As The Archers Fartgate rumbles on, we look back at those great ‘iconic’ wind-passing moments from the cultural archives... More »

7th, July 2013 Sports

BBC agrees to only show fit and sexy female tennis players

Another sexism row.... More »

7th, July 2013 Flashback 3

In 1978 Sex Pistol John Lydon told the BBC he'd like to murder Jimmy Savile (audio)

1978 was another place... More »

6th, July 2013 Fashion

Portraits of men wearing their girlfriends’ clothes is entertaining stuff

You ever wear your girlfriend's clothes..? More »

6th, July 2013 Books

Objects of desire: the goth colouring book

Paint it black.... More »

6th, July 2013 Madeleine McCann

Madeleine McCann: the Daily Express spins a single thread into suspects and arrests

Anorak's at-a-glance look at the missing child in the news... More »

5th, July 2013 Sports

Transfer Balls: Liverpool sell Luis Suarez to Arsenal and Chelsea in time for 'massive game'

A look at Liverpool's Luis Suarez. When we last saw Suarez he was being misquoted and sent packing o Real Madrid and Bayern Munich. This is the more recent news (since June 30)... More »

5th, July 2013 Strange But True 1

Police issue warning after burglar cooks eggs in the nude

Constable Brian Montague told The Province. "This story highlights how many break-ins happen because people leave their doors or windows open."... More »

5th, July 2013 Sports

Andy Murray squeezing toothpaste - the photos

How tough is Muzza? This tough.... More »

5th, July 2013 Key Posts

Kate Middleton: The most hateful Royal baby souvenirs

DUCHESS Catherine Windsor, nee Kate Middleton, is expecting a baby. The excitement outside the maternity wards at London's St Mary's hospital is at fever pitch. They are there to stare. But not only stare. Somr have prepared gifts. Let's take a look at them: More »

5th, July 2013 Books

In 1935 Ernest Hemingway wrote this letter in praise of 'the bottle'

“P.P.S. Don’t you drink? I notice you speak slightingly of the bottle. I have drunk since I was fifteen..." More »

5th, July 2013 Reviews

Correction: Catholic priest was not beheaded in Syria - he was shot eight times

An apology.... More »