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16th, February 2013 Sports

MisMatch of the Day: lip syncing Premier League managers

Chelsea boss Rafa Benitez enjoys booby sex... More »

16th, February 2013 Reviews

Heraldry goes mad in Deal

Deal Town Council and Deal Town FC, both in Kent, have been told that their official crests have to go... More »

16th, February 2013 Key Posts

Oscar Pistorius: Reeva Steenkamp is turning on the world - it's what she would have wanted

The next day the Sun led with the photo of bikini model Steenkamp in a bikini.... More »

16th, February 2013 Flashback

The 1960s Narcotics & Dangerous Drugs Identification Kit

Created not by cool art students looking to id the good stuff, but by Winston Products for Education... More »

16th, February 2013 Flashback

April 1978: Diamond Lil challenges Tampa's nude dancing ban

When cassette taps were at the bleeding-edge of adult entertainment... More »

16th, February 2013 Reviews

Gay sex thief banned from every toilet in Westminster and Camden

Charles Omishore's been banned from the West End, central Camden Town, every public toilet in Westminster or Camden for the next five years... More »

16th, February 2013 Celebrities

TOWIE star Chloe Sims in Haribo horror: Jelly Bears attack leads to headache

We are told what kind of Haribo sweet was allegedly tossed at Chloe Sims, the TOWIE strumpet with the looks of a young Freddie Mercury. Jelly Bears. Two of them.... More »

16th, February 2013 Key Posts 2

Oscar Pistorius murder: no tears in court, Trish Taylor's bitterness and taking sides

The double-amputee, "the fastest man on no legs" who became a Paralympic and Olympic robo-legend, is accused to murdering his lover, 30-year-old Reeva Steenkamp, at their South African home... More »

15th, February 2013 In Pictures

TV caption - these are epic

She's a "teen exorcist".... More »

15th, February 2013 Flashback

1954: Woody Guthrie pictured in New York City’s Washington Square Park

Arthur Dubinsky captures Woody Guthrie in New York City’s Washington Square Park... More »

15th, February 2013 Flashback

Mexican fotonovelas: the epic covers

The stories always centered on desired women in high-thighed knickers, or older wives in a state of calm vengeance.... More »

15th, February 2013 Sports

Luton Town v Millwall: Pleat's confused predictions and the fixture's history

Lawrenson, miserabilist BBC football pundit, is sharing his predictions for the weekend with David Pleat, the former Luton Town and Spurs manager (cue that song)... More »

15th, February 2013 The Consumer

The ultimate ice cube recipe

CHRISSYG assures food fans that the cubes are "Very low carbs Lactose Free"... More »

15th, February 2013 Sports 1

Manchester City boss Roberto Mancini says he won't get sacked... which can only mean one thing

Manchester City have a history of sacking managers without mercy. Remember Peter Reid getting the chop after City had finished in the top 5 of the league two seasons on the bounce?... More »

15th, February 2013 Sports 4

Real Madrid: Ronaldo keeps finding the weakest link in every team

How did Daily Mirror betting forecaster Derek McGovern fare in Real Madrid's match with Manchester United? ... More »

15th, February 2013 Reviews 1

Asteroid 2012 DA14: footage of a meteor smacking into Earth

It's nigh-ish... More »

15th, February 2013 Reviews

Pope resigns to escape prosecution: what the butler saw

The Pope has resigned shortly after he pardons the butler who burgled his home. Coincidence?... More »

15th, February 2013 Money

Business fashions do move in cycles: Another World on BB 10

That old DOS computer game, Another World. has just been ported over to the new BlackBerry operating system, BB 10. Which just goes to show that fashions in the business world really do go in cycles... More »

15th, February 2013 Politicians

Man jailed for commenting on Robert Mugabe's genitals

To Zimbabwe, where Clemence Zikhali has been convicted of making derogatory remarks about Mugabe’s private parts... More »

15th, February 2013 Madeleine McCann 3

Is Madeleine McCann in Ukraine? No - but her posters are

A charity searching for lost children in Moscow and Kiev said it had been asked by a source close to the McCanns to investigate... More »

15th, February 2013 Music

Tulisa claims credit for rhyming 'club' with 'up'

A row between the X Factor's self-declared (see tattoo) "Female Boss" Tulisa and The Voice's "Dope" w.ill.i.am... More »

15th, February 2013 Gifs

Finding Solitary Movement in a Busy Crowd (Animated Gifs) by Nicolas Ritterone

Focusing on the individual... More »

15th, February 2013 Celebrities

A tour of Salvador Dali's Spanish home

Along the Costa Brava in northern Spain, in the little seaside village of Port Lligat, sits the house that became Salvador Dalí’s main residence in 1930... More »

15th, February 2013 Celebrities 3

Katie Price calls Kelly Brook a 'Hefner' not a 'heffer'

Typo of the week was found in Katie Price's column for the Sun... More »

15th, February 2013 Reviews 4

Horse meat: Would Peter Boddy please feed a burger to Cordelia Gummer?

The horse meat story has resulted in an arrest. Peter Boddy, 63, of Peter Boddy Slaughterhouse in Todmorden, West Yorkshire, has been arrested on suspicion of fraud... More »