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9th, January 2013 Celebrities

Harry Styles dating Shiloh Jolie-Pitt

Who will Harry Styles date next..? More »

9th, January 2013 Books

Self-help books are only for the educated

Who buys these books? More »

9th, January 2013 In Pictures

Everyday acts of rebellion

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9th, January 2013 Celebrities

Heights of Hollywood male film stars

Is there an optimum height for silver screen success?... More »

9th, January 2013 Reviews 2

Tasmania bushfires: it's not humanity and climate change - it's just one careless man

Why are there fires? Julia Gillard, the Prime Minister, has an idea... More »

9th, January 2013 Technology

The worlds largest simultaneous burnout

Man and machine... More »

9th, January 2013 In Pictures 1

Dee Dee Bonner in photos (Mrs Alabama)

The mother might be a star... More »

9th, January 2013 In Pictures

Katherine Webb photos

The lover... More »

8th, January 2013 In Pictures

Gulabi gang - in photos

India's Suffragettes... More »

8th, January 2013 Reviews

Jyoti Singh Pandey: Awindra Pandey's testimony and the Gulabi gang

“I waved my hand to take help, but people were watching but didn’t stop. I tried so many cars, autos, bikes but no one helped me.”... More »

8th, January 2013 The Consumer

Addicts are buying drugs with Tide washing powder

Tide bottles have become ad hoc street currency, with a 150-ounce bottle going for either $5 cash or $10 worth of weed or crack cocaine... More »

8th, January 2013 Money 1

Keep track of your poo portfolio with this Ladies of Manure calendar

Do you compost? Do you process your own excrement? Do you want to mark down your bowel movements on a calendar?... More »

8th, January 2013 Reviews

Curing amblyopia in old age: never stop trying

Can you learn to be an expert at something in later life? Can you improve if you don't start young? Gary Marcus notes... More »

8th, January 2013 Celebrities

The best Britney Spears Brady Bunch gif ever

The Brady Bunch meets Sesame Street.... More »

8th, January 2013 Key Posts 6

Liverpool's cheating Luis Suarez inspired by Team GB's win-at-all-costs dive

Will Liverpool fans care about Suarez's indiscretion should their team win the FA Cup. Why should the - the newspapers rejoiced when their team won the Olympics... More »

8th, January 2013 Sports

Rodney Marsh on Manchester City: Mario Balotelli pricks Carlos Tevez's balloon

Football insight of the day, with former Manchester City and QPR legend Rodney 'Toony Army' Marsh... More »

8th, January 2013 Flashback

1976: Action Comic makes Suicide Cool

"It's sheer suicide not to read..." More »

8th, January 2013 Reviews 4

What are the most irritating words on the planet?

So what are the most irritating words on Earth? Well, Marist have done a study to find out just that.... More »

8th, January 2013 Reviews 2

Archbishop Sentamu spouts nonsense about being fair

"He argued that it is clear that the British is “not happy” and that “fairer” countries such as China..." More »

8th, January 2013 Reviews

The bizarre case of online rapist Benjamin Ritchie

Ritchie pretended to be a Russian woman called Marina.... More »

8th, January 2013 Politicians

Tweeter arrested for saying Hugo Chavez is staying in Cuba

To Bolivia, where the men of Sebin (Bolivarian National Intelligence Service) have arrested Federico Medina Ravell... More »

8th, January 2013 Reviews

Lead in petrol caused a crime wave in the West and makes her enemies kill each other

Crime. It's not about wealth, greed, capitalism, statism, Facebook, games or video nasties. It's about lead. Geroge Mobbiot has read a Mother Jones article on lead poisning. He writes in the Guardian... More »

8th, January 2013 Flashback

Dating profiles from the 1960s

In the 1960s, whilst the kids were braking free and freaking out, the men were tying women down and beating them with rubber fists... More »

8th, January 2013 TV & Radio

SPLASH! ITV's wet diving show in Gifs

Falling down TV... More »

8th, January 2013 In Pictures

Funny job titles in TV captions

So. How did you get into stringed cheese..? More »