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13th, May 2013 Flashback

Things that existed: the Phone Relief Ultimate Hands-Free Headset

In the early 1990s, the world was in peril. Telephones were falling into pies, to the floor from desks and very possibly being mistaken for carrots. But help was at hand. The Phone Relief Ultimate Hands-Free Headset was here. More »

13th, May 2013 Flashback

This 1950s safety manual was called It’s Great to Be Alive! (aka: when bicycles attack!)

In the 1950s, the powers that be created a comic book to tell kids what hideous fates could befall them if they took risks and failed to spot danger signs... More »

13th, May 2013 Money 3

A hearty well done to the European Union for boosting unemployment to Sub-Saharan levels

Going a little further, what you want is, when countries do not make up such an optimal currency area, some way of making the necessary adjustments easy... More »

13th, May 2013 Reviews

So, Melanie Philips and Barbara Hewson: what percent of paedophiles read the Daily Mail?

The Daily Mail's staff meetings must be wonderful... More »

13th, May 2013 Royal Family

In photos: Prince Harry meets the cheer leading display team at the US Air Force Academy base in Colorado Springs

Harry wins hearts and minds... More »

13th, May 2013 Money

The silly idea of an international minimum wage

If we actually have an international minimum wage of 50 cents an hour then everyone whose output is worth less than that loses their job... More »

13th, May 2013 Reviews

Stuart Hazell did murder Tia Sharp

He did it. We all knew he did. But now he's admitted it... More »

13th, May 2013 Celebrities

How Matt Drudge became a posture

“I needed her touch, her observations and her humanity."... More »

13th, May 2013 Reviews

Hole to another dimension opens up in Brighton - council ignore warnings

“I was recently walking my affenpinscher (a toy breed of dog) around the Hanover area of Brighton when I noticed that a wormhole or vortex has opened up on Montreal Road..." More »

13th, May 2013 TV & Radio

'Tired and emotional' BBC radio DJ is pulled off air

Paula White never got to finish her last BBC Radio Stoke show. She kicked off at 1pm on Friday afternoon but 30 minutes later she was hooked off... More »

13th, May 2013 Strange But True 4

Is nothing safe? Man arrested for having sex with a dead peacock

Nothing is safe... More »

13th, May 2013 Sports

Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson sings I Would Walk 500 Miles (he's no Terry Venables)

The great man sings... More »

13th, May 2013 Sports

In 28 photos: Alex Ferguson's final match for Manchester United at Old Trafford

A late winner, naturally... More »

12th, May 2013 Reviews

How can Simon Singh donate to Hacked Off?

Singh is an interesting donor. He once took on the libel system and won.... More »

12th, May 2013 Flashback 2

The Coca Cola Swastika

In 1925, Coke got unlucky... More »

12th, May 2013 Technology

Bang With Friends: the only people anonymous are the sex site's creators

Bang With Friends is pretty to the point and should appeal to reporters looking for a story and women trying to trap their man into admitting that he fancies HER. It will branch out into other areas... More »

12th, May 2013 Celebrities

October 1985: Morrissey and Pete Burns were 'The Very Odd Couple'

"A Friendship Made In Heaven"... More »

12th, May 2013 Flashback

In 1981 technology stopped the 'Arctic region becoming equatorial and the tropics suddenly changed to polar temperature'

The sudden melting of the vast ice fields would produce another glacial flood ; the present race would disappear, and the man of the quaternary would begin life ever again at the antipodes.. More »

12th, May 2013 Strange But True

One of the best spot squeezing videos ever is utterly disgusting

Ice-cream..? More »

12th, May 2013 Reviews 1

Man did pretty well during the last Carbon dioxide peak of 400 parts per million

We are all doooooooomed... More »

12th, May 2013 Reviews 3

All the mad and dangerous views on Barrister Barbara Hewson's words on Operation Yewtree and child abuse

Hewson has a record of speaking truth to power. So. What do we make of her views on Operation Yewtree, the Met's investigation of historical sex abuse sparked by revelations on Sir Jimmy Savile?... More »

12th, May 2013 Flashback

The top ten FA Cup Final Songs ever (plus rosettes, goal action flick books and Super-8 films)

Once upon a time, we are always told, the FA Cup Final was one of only two games shown live on television each year. And in the days before video recorders, there were few opportunities to relive those magical moments... More »

11th, May 2013 Sports

Wigan win the FA Cup but Manchester City are the real winners (photos of the Cup final)

The silver goes to Wigan Athletic, a club that has placed little emphasis on building the global brand and turning their kit into a nylon Mao suit for the throbbing Eastern fan base... More »

11th, May 2013 Royal Family

In photos: Prince Harry's anti-landmine trip to the landmine loving USA

Harry is in the USA. The focus is on the girls cooing for the guys and his work with the Halo Trust... More »

11th, May 2013 Music

Fan banned from The Vaccines gig for being unable to name lead singer is lead singer of a band named The Uninvited

Oh, the irony... More »