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20th, February 2013 Flashback

Vintage American cars and their owners - 1940s and 1950s

Ride on... More »

20th, February 2013 Key Posts

Sergei Magnitsky: How a dead man was put on trial

The court calls Russian lawyer Sergei Magnitsky. He's a bit slow to take the stand. He's a bit quiet. This is because Sergei Magnitsky is dead... More »

20th, February 2013 TV & Radio

The baby sloth want to give you a present

Awwww. Shucks... More »

20th, February 2013 Key Posts

Oscar Pistorus murder trial: His affidavit in full

"I was scared and didn’t switch on the light. I got my gun and moved towards the bathroom. I screamed at the intruder because I did not have my legs on I felt vulnerable..." More »

19th, February 2013 In Pictures

Duchess of Cambridge visits Hope House treatment centre - photos

Smile and wave... More »

19th, February 2013 Royal Family 2

Duchess Kate Middleton: 'Mantel more like No bloody Man and tell'

Award-winning author Hilary Mantel says the Royal Family pick a brood mare the same way a Scientology star picks a wife... More »

19th, February 2013 The Consumer

'Nude Men from 1800 to Today': phots of naked men looking at naked men at the Leopold Museum

Lots of naked men were at the Leopold Museum, Vienna, Austria, for the "Nude Men from 1800 to Today" show.... More »

19th, February 2013 Reviews 4

Cardinal Peter Turkson: because only gay priest rape children

Will Cardinal Peter Turkson be the next Pope? More »

19th, February 2013 Reviews 4

Oscar Pistorius murder trial: ‘My legs were off, she was doing yoga’

“There are no burglar bars across the bathroom window and I knew that contractors who worked at my house had left the ladders outside. Although I did not have my prosthetic legs on I have mobility on my stumps... " More »

19th, February 2013 Fashion

Anya Hindmarch does it with dominoes at London Fashion Week 2013

So. Can catwalk models be replaced by slivers of plastic stood in rows? Yep... More »

19th, February 2013 Strange But True

Man literally blows up after winning lottery

Welcome to the two brothers who bagged $75,000 as a Kansas lottery prize who ended up blowing themselves up in all the giddiness... More »

19th, February 2013 Money

Whinging about salaries at tech companies is plain stupid

Pay isn't determined by how much the company itself is making. Nor is it determined by the marginal productivity... More »

19th, February 2013 The Consumer

Eating fast food in hospital is one of the ill's rare joys, don't ban it

One of the few joys of staying in hospital is being able to nip out - or send a friend - and buy fast food... More »

19th, February 2013 Money 6

Demonising Tewkesbury mum-of-11 Heather Frost

Heather Frost, mother to 11 at just 36-years young - she started at 14 - is moving into a £400,000, 6-bedroom council house. The Sun says it's a "PALACE FIT FOR A DOLE QUEEN"... More »

19th, February 2013 Reviews

At Washington's Forward On Climate rally with the comedic genius of Mimi

Well .... it was icy cold, very windy and I admit it, I almost didn't go.... More »

19th, February 2013 Reviews

The ordeal of Jean-Claude Mbédé: Africa's anti-gay bigots in action

Roger Jean-Claude Mbédé is serving a 3-year prison sentence for sending another man this SMS text: “I’m very much in love w/u.”... More »

19th, February 2013 Strange But True 3

Meteors blamed for Somerset slime at RSPB's Ham Wall base

To the RSPB's Ham Wall base in Somerset. Jelly-like goo has been appearing on the grass... More »

19th, February 2013 Strange But True 1

Cow mates with mortorcycle (video)

Ever put the wrong fuel into an engine, unleaded into the diesel?.. More »

19th, February 2013 Reviews 1

Pamela Anderson has changed: Baywatch revisited

Pamela Anderson shows off her acting range by playing an older black man who wants to save lives... More »

19th, February 2013 Sports

Oscar Pistorius murder trial: the curious case of Kevin Lerena's toe.

Every moment of the runner's life is being reviewed in light of the fatal shooting of his lover Reeva Steenkamp... More »

19th, February 2013 Technology

Driving in Russia: Dash-cam captured madness

Russian driving is nuts. It's not just about insurance. It's about capturing those magick moments for posterity... More »

18th, February 2013 Sports

Oscar Pistorius murder trial: Reeva Steenkamp's death is a comic strip

Tasteful stuff... More »

18th, February 2013 Reviews

Children walk on burning embers and get piercings at Myanmar Hindu Festival (photos)

They bring up tough over there... More »

18th, February 2013 The Consumer

The trade in human hair at the Tirumala Venkateswara Temple in India

Every day at the Tirumala Venkateswara Temple in India, about 10,000 people sit cross-legged on the floor of the tonsuring room and let one of the 500 temple barbers shave off their hair.... More »

18th, February 2013 Celebrities

Richard Briers - a life in photos

Part of your TV history has died... More »