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5th, March 2013 In Pictures

Unintentionally sarcastic quotation marks

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5th, March 2013 Money

Put not your faith in Government promises: the solar panels fiasco

Only four years ago, hundreds of start-ups optimistically built factories and churned out solar panels to meet rising demand. Now, closures and failure loom for many... More »

5th, March 2013 Reviews

Yorkshire terrier-rist found aboard Tel Aviv to London jet

Such is the level of security at Ben-Gurion that dogs get onboard without being frisked... More »

5th, March 2013 Celebrities

Brendan Fraser can't get by on $205,7 04.04 a month

Fraser is contesting Afton Smith's appeal for $900,000 a year in alimony and child support... More »

5th, March 2013 Celebrities

Peter Wyngarde: when 'Rape ' was King and gross indecency wore vinyl and velvet

Cravats, frilly shirts, velvet, leather – you name it, he wore it. So successful was his role as King in Department S that he was given his own series… More »

5th, March 2013 In Pictures

Only in Russia

Make your own entertainment... More »

5th, March 2013 Reviews 3

Cannibal Cop Gilberto Valle and the Canterbury Chop Chop

In "Cannibal fancies a Chinese... me", Lian Chen, 27, a worker at the Chop Chop takeaway in Canterbury, Kent, is concerned that cannibals want to eat her... More »

5th, March 2013 In Pictures 1

The worst CVs ever written (but they might be great)

For everyone who writes a great CV, there are many who don't. Someone not a million miles from here once got a job on account of her Duke of Edinburgh Gold Award. That was an outright lie... More »

5th, March 2013 The Consumer 1

Toilet paper brand invites users to wipe their bums for Jesus

METSA's Lambi brand toilet tissues are adorned with words from the Gospel of Matthew and First Corinthians. More »

5th, March 2013 Politicians

North Korea welcomes a little Un: Ri Sol Ju gives birth to future despot

News of the little un... More »

4th, March 2013 The Consumer

New York art student strong armed over plans to give away 68 jars of his sperm

Marc Bradley Johnson, 23, a student at the School of Visual Arts in New York City, turned his masturbation into his art... More »

4th, March 2013 Reviews

Norwegian girl's Knife Game Song gives British border police an idea

Hanna Fylling Ellingseter sings the Knife Game Song... More »

4th, March 2013 TV & Radio

What would you do if you walked into a murder in progress? A video study

Two men decided they'd stage a murder inside a New York City elevator and record people's reactions. The most noticeable thing is that they do not... More »

4th, March 2013 In Pictures

Irish Bodypainting Competition 2013 (photos)

Canvassing opinion... More »

4th, March 2013 Celebrities

Kim Kardashian pregnant graffiti

Kardashian always struck Anorak as sexless and dull, a corporate committee idea of aspiration... More »

4th, March 2013 Music 1

Why Eric Burden became an Animal: blame the girls and the Black African-American royalty

There was a doorway in City Hall in Newcastle, a venue where anybody who was anybody toured... More »

4th, March 2013 Reviews 1

Scientists disprove 'beer goggles', which means you must like kissing ugly people

Beer has been helping ugly people to get laid for years, according to the novelty t-shirt, which may be true, only in that it can lower people's inhibitions... More »

4th, March 2013 Money

Apple's the best damn thing that's ever happened to Chinese workers

Or we could look at the actual facts and decide that Apple's the best thing that's ever happened to the denizens of the perfumed east... More »

4th, March 2013 In Pictures

Desktop wallpapers - the imaginative ones

Bored much? More »

4th, March 2013 Sports

Gigi Becali: the shiny boss of Steaua Bucarest gives way Chelsea tickets

Arsenal fans bemoaning the limp, passion-free presence of owner 'Silent' Stan Kroenke should take a gander towards Steaua Bucurest, whose owner, Gigi Becali, is giving good press... More »

4th, March 2013 Reviews

New York Daily News writes year's most bad taste headline

Too soon..? More »

4th, March 2013 Royal Family 1

Queen's dicky tummy: not morning sickness, sources say

How does the media respond to news that Queen Elizabeth 2 is unwell?.. More »

4th, March 2013 Reviews 51

Jon Venables: the sexting tapes

Let's see how this one pans out: the Sun follows up its news that Jon Venables, one of James Bulger's killers, once sent a picture of his penis to a woman he'd been flirting with online... More »

4th, March 2013 Reviews

The greatest rope-swing in the whole world (Video)

Anyway, have a look at this ball-tighteningly exciting ropey in the film below... More »

4th, March 2013 Celebrities

Reflections on Iceberg Slim: the chronicler of male-female relations

Pimp still holds as perhaps the greatest chronicle ever written on male-female relations... More »