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16th, April 2013 Reviews

Boston Marathon bombs: all the facts

The facts... More »

15th, April 2013 Celebrities 5

Judy Garland to anti-Thatcher mob: 'I’ve sung, I’ve entertained, , I’ve pleased you—YOU SONS OF BITCHES!'

When the BBC banned Judy Garland and The Wizard of Oz, we wondered about the singer... More »

15th, April 2013 Key Posts 2

Bombs kill three and maim many more at Boston Marathon (photos)

Madness. More »

15th, April 2013 Reviews

Who took 1000 pigeons from Trafalgar Square and can we all praise him?

Who has removed / stolen 1,000 pigeons from Trafalgar Square? And can we all give him a round of applaus?... More »

15th, April 2013 Money

Who really believes that Germany is poorer than Spain or Cyprus? The European Central Bank does

"Measured in terms of the median, German households occupy the last place among all eurozone countries..." More »

15th, April 2013 Reviews

Massive wuss of a policeman has a massive cry thanks to marijuana cake

The additional ingredient of cannabis left him feeling disorientated and confused. Then a bit horny. Then hungry. Then amused. Then sleepy. Possibly... More »

15th, April 2013 Reviews

Bras are useless, so burn them (take them off first)

Rouillon also decided that braless ladies had firmer and less saggy breasts... More »

15th, April 2013 Reviews 1

Amy Child launches Spazio

Words can change... More »

15th, April 2013 Sports

Panorama - Millwall 1977: when The Den was a zoo and Tottenham Hotspur were 'northerners'

In 1977, Millwall FAC's fans were the subject of a BBC Panorama documentary. Terrace hard nuts luke The Halfway Line, the Treatment and the F-Troop, were glamourised... More »

15th, April 2013 Sports

Video of Newcastle United fan punching a police horse named Bud

Tenderising the burger... More »

15th, April 2013 Sports

Was the Millwall FA Cup semi-final fight triggered by a row over a man bag?

What to blame? More »

15th, April 2013 Music

"Great music is 'as good as sex'": Err, no, no it isn't

What's actually happening is that the same part of the brain lights up when listening to music we're interested in as the part of the brain that lights up when we're having sex... More »

15th, April 2013 Reviews

The 2003 Harvard school quiz: 'Was your rough sex wedding listed in the New York Times?'

Did you go to Harvard? Matt Yglesias did (@mattyglesias). He's posted this Harvard class reunion survey question on Twitter... More »

15th, April 2013 Celebrities 1

Justin Bieber was an Auschwitz doctor working on non-surgical mass sterilisation through sound

"His job was to test sounds to see if they could create non-surgical mass sterilisation..." More »

15th, April 2013 Film

B-Movie Watch: Malibu Express and Hard Ticket To Hawaii

Bullets, Bombs and Babes... More »

15th, April 2013 Reviews 3

Murdoch's Times accuses BBC of using bribery and blagging to get stories (bit rich for the LSE's North Korea mission)

LAGGING and bribery at the BBC? When the tabloids don it, we're told it's tawdry, toxic and worthy of State control. When the BBC does it, do we have a different view? More »

15th, April 2013 Flashback 1

In 1970, the Fairfax County Bunny Man was terrorising the locals

Fairfax County police said yesterday they are looking for a man who likes to wear "white bunny rabbit costume" and throw hatchets through car windows.... More »