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22nd, March 2013 Reviews

Pope Francis' first tweet: 'Pray for me'

"Cos it's all about me... More »

21st, March 2013 Books 1

Books with Googly eyes

That's more like it... More »

21st, March 2013 Film

Guns replaced with thumbs-ups in famous films

The Fonz is armed and dangerous... More »

21st, March 2013 Key Posts 3

The decline of English centre backs is a myth

In "Dying breed: The decline of the English centre back is bad news for Hodgson" Martin Keown laments the state of English-born defenders. He illustrates the decline with some examples... More »

21st, March 2013 Reviews

Giant asbestos tarantula found in Welsh attic

The Cardiff Reptile Centre has said that the spider - probably a Chilean Rose Tarantula - has invariably grown to a nauseating 7 inches in diameter since it shat its skin off... More »

21st, March 2013 TV & Radio

How to ruin a live TV show...

...or how to make live TV show monumentally funny... More »

21st, March 2013 Celebrities

The Bill Cosby Pokeymon Pentagram

This is a picture of Bill Cosby in the centre of a pentagram... More »

21st, March 2013 Sports

Sports analysis of man who won't share ice-cream at the Orlando Magic and Indiana Pacers game

British sporting coverage is lousy compared to what you can see in the States... More »

21st, March 2013 Money

George Osborne wants house prices to remain in a bubble

There are bad budgets and then there are bad budgets. And this one is a true stinker in at least one respect. Osborne's decided to try and pump up house prices. The simpleton fool... More »

21st, March 2013 Reviews

Nibbles the hamster goes looking for help on Spey Street in Leith

If Skippy, Slipper and Lassie taught us one thing it is that animals will do anything to save a human life... More »

21st, March 2013 Flashback

Destination Freedom: Richard Durham's radio show educated with stories of 'negro' life

Destination Freedom was a politically driven half-hour radio drama that gave a voice to African Americans... More »

21st, March 2013 Celebrities 1

Audio: tolerant Michelle Shocked's anti-gay message to the intolerant

"I was predicting the absurd way my description of, my apology for, the intolerant would no doubt be misinterpreted..." More »

21st, March 2013 Politicians

Chris Huhne given two fingers in prison

Huhne is in prison. He's been as newsworthy inside than he was outside. To date we have been told... More »

21st, March 2013 Music

Elvis Costello might marvel at the irony overload in the Mail and Telegraph

Daily Mail spots a censorship horror at the BBC. It's over use of the word ****** More »

21st, March 2013 Politicians

Blame the system not the journalist for the Evening Standard's Budget leak

Readers of the London Evening Standard knew what was in the Chancellor's Budget before George Osborne had adressed Parliament... More »

21st, March 2013 Reviews 1

Tadpole fancier drank pets to smuggle them onboard plane

When security at Guangzhou International Airport spotted the female passenger's bottle of liquid. she was told to drink it or toss it away. She drank it. But she refused to swallow... More »