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22nd, January 2013 Celebrities

Operation Yewtree: they only nick the ugly ones

It's been a while since the last Operation Yewtree arrest. The Met's enquiry into alleged child sexual exploitation by the late Jimmy Savile and others, has gone a bit quiet... More »

22nd, January 2013 The Consumer

Food faddists make quinoa a crop worth fighting over

Those in the know, eat quinoa. Foodies and health nuts call quinoa a superfood. Time reported... More »

22nd, January 2013 Reviews 2

New York school gun clubs make mockery of zero-tolerance policy

Shooting might be fun... More »

22nd, January 2013 Key Posts 6

Oxford child rape case: prosecution blames Asians, but sensitive media disagrees

Is media running scared of racists..? More »

22nd, January 2013 Key Posts 3

Obama's inauguration in photos: 'a decade of war is now ending'

There is something dull about Obama. He words swoop and soar but land on nothing... More »

22nd, January 2013 Reviews

David Attenborough wants one in three of you dead

Sir David Attenborough is the voice of God. He's also the leader of the Optimum Population Trust. It wants less of you... More »

22nd, January 2013 The Consumer 1

An estate agency writes....

Perspective in estate agency... More »

22nd, January 2013 Royal Family 2

Prince Harry choses guns over strip Cluedo

Who asked Prince Harry if he had killed anyone? We don't know. But he has done. Harry says he took enemy fighters “out of the game”... More »

22nd, January 2013 In Pictures 1

Prince Harry in Afghanistan - the photos

There are the photos of his mission to beat the Taliban... More »

22nd, January 2013 Politicians 1

Chris Grayling wants justice based on wealth

And this from an expert... More »

22nd, January 2013 Celebrities

Leonardo DiCaporio flies around the world 'doing good for the environment'

DiCaprio continues to explain how he will to save the planet... More »

22nd, January 2013 Strange But True

Pigeons to be tinkered with so they defecate soap

There's an experiment afoot in London which will attempt to turn pigeon poo into soap, which is obviously not weird or cruel at all. More »

21st, January 2013 Politicians

Gunning for Obama, the monarchial figure who used to be the messiah

The BBC's woman in Washington said the sight of Obama on Capitol Hill "warmed the soul"... More »

21st, January 2013 Strange But True

Texas police officer wraps a $100 bill inside a traffic ticket

A fair cop... More »

21st, January 2013 Celebrities

Michael Winner - a life in photos

Winners' last orders... More »

21st, January 2013 Celebrities 1

Michael Winner nails Richard Littlejohn

A man of character... More »

21st, January 2013 Flashback

Covers of Italians adult comic books from the 1970s and 80s

Women in peril are always under-dressed... More »

21st, January 2013 Celebrities 3

Bono gets a spider named after him, which is good news for spider-haters

Only insane people like spiders. People are rightly terrified of them... More »

21st, January 2013 The Consumer

Duane Michals was the Bogeyman

Creepy and cool... More »

21st, January 2013 Money 2

Verizon worker outsources own job to China

But one U.S. software developer turned this nightmare on its head and actually benefited from outsourcing... More »

21st, January 2013 Money 1

Let's tax fuel to reduce fuel poverty!

The argument is that energy is getting more expensive. This puts some people into "fuel poverty" where they are spending more than 10% of their incomes on fuel. Hmm.... More »

21st, January 2013 Reviews 1

Lawrence Wright on Scientology: the toothless pole job

A quote from Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief. Lawrence Wright’s Book on Scientology, as selected by Mike Kinsley... More »

21st, January 2013 Celebrities

Richard Madeley and Ann Widdecombe use ill baby to abuse paramedics

Lazy, lazy, lazy... More »

21st, January 2013 Politicians

Obama tosses teddies into the crowd at inauguration

Did you see it? No. They did.... More »

21st, January 2013 Celebrities

Apology of the week: The People v Roger Moore

Roger Moore impersonator dupes women... More »