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19th, June 2013 Politicians

The best 44 photos from the G8 Summit and golf tour 2013

Highlights of the Enniskillen Golf Club ladies day (they let Angela Merkel in so long as wore a blue tie)... More »

19th, June 2013 Fashion 1

China teens wear Kardashian legs to deter perverts

How do you deter a Chinese pervert? No, not a question to Roy Chubby Brown's audience, rather one posed to millions of women on Weibo (China's Twitter)... More »

19th, June 2013 Reviews

Albrecht Dürer and 20th and 21st Century studies on the proportions of the human body

Has the human body changed. In Albrecht Dürer's study of the human body, the figure seems natural. Compare and contrat with Erin's updated version below... More »

19th, June 2013 Celebrities

Rupert Murdoch divorce mystery: the clues in his one-name tweets

News that Rupert Murdoch is divorcing Wendi Deng, has yet to reach the media man's twitter account... More »

19th, June 2013 Sports

Spurs: Gareth Bale becomes Real Madrid's Eleventh Galactico (nine others missing)

Former Brazil star Zico (formerly "The White Pele") says Bale has "to compete in the Champions League"... More »

19th, June 2013 Reviews

Fish tank thief caught when he returned to buy pet fish

“I went to buy some goldfish but had to fill out a form with my details on it. That’s what got me...” More »

19th, June 2013 Reviews

Modern mysteries: who decapitated Nessie the Arlington dragon?

Who killed the Allen Saxe Park dragon? The city of Arlington, Texas, wants to know who cut off the dragon's head?... More »

19th, June 2013 Celebrities 1

Farrah Abraham's breast augmentation surgery in photos

They told her to get a proper job. so she did, sort of... More »

18th, June 2013 Sports

Joe Kinnear aims to make Newcastle United Division One Champions

But do not panic. Kinnear has serenaded his own return by popping up on TalkSPORT radio. He duly mispronounced many names on the Newcastle's squad, the pick of which is Greek centre midfielder, "Yohan Kebab"... More »

18th, June 2013 Flashback

In 1969 Pippi Longstocking (aka Pippi Långstrump) celebrated the word 'spunk' (video)

In this clip, Pippi hangs out with her neighbours Tommy and Annika. The action has been subtitled in English... More »

18th, June 2013 Film

Disney Rotoscopes: animated film stars superimposed with their actors

Here are classic Disney characters superimposed onto the actors who played them... More »

18th, June 2013 Money

Polly Toynbee on the terrors of the tax system - Denmark is cheaper than the UK

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18th, June 2013 Money

Magician turns dollar bills into hundreds for the homeless

Stuart Edge took to the streets of Utah to search for people in need of a hand and so, after withdrawing $1,000 of his savings, he goes about turning $1 bills into $100 notes... More »

18th, June 2013 Reviews 1

Judge doesn't like lawyers in short skirts

nd so, to America, where a judge has issued a strict dress code to female lawyers in Tennessee who are no longer allowed to wear 'inappropriate outfits'... More »

18th, June 2013 TV & Radio

7 videos of animals opening doors

The first video is extraordinary... More »

18th, June 2013 Sports

The Daily (Gareth) Bale: the secrets of Spurs' special partnership with Real Madrid

Anorak's daily look at the Sours player in the news.... More »

18th, June 2013 Strange But True 2

Professor of snot: biochemist researchers benefits of eating bogies

"Snot has a sugary taste and that may be a signal to the he body to consume it and derive information for the immune system, " says Scott Napper, professor of biochemistry at the University of University of Saskatchewan... More »

18th, June 2013 Celebrities 1

The Dumbest Beauty Pageant Answers Ever

The question and answer session is the key moment in the beauty pageant, when the hopeful stops shaking her chest and waggling her backside to flex her mind... More »

18th, June 2013 Reviews

Miss USA: Miss Utah, Marissa Powell, contemplates gender inequality (video)

"I think we can relate this back to education and how we are continuing to try to strive to..." More »

18th, June 2013 Reviews

Experts says 50-1 all humans are dead by 2100

There’s a one in two chance that by 2100 there’ll be no human beings left on this planet..." More »

18th, June 2013 Film

Beautiful Polish film posters for banned American films

Before the Wall came down and the EU came knocking, Polish film posters for American film were handmade... More »

18th, June 2013 Flashback

34 photographs of New York City in the 19th century

New York back then... More »

18th, June 2013 Reviews

After Leveson and hacking the Sun supports Prism and the Big Brother State

What did the Sun have to say about Prism, the pact between technology companies and the US and UK Governments to store data on all internet users?... More »

18th, June 2013 Flashback

The New York Subway - a wonderful history in 60 photographs

It's not all glamour on the New York Subway. Our pictorial history takes in murder, robbery, graffiti, vigilantes, protests of fare hikes, Union strikes and sweltering and cramped conditions. But there is also a dash of love... More »

17th, June 2013 Key Posts

For sale: This Game of Thrones suit of armour for your guinea pig

This hand-made scale-mail and tiny steel helmet will keep you guinea pig protected and secure in all situations... More »