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17th, September 2012 Reviews

In photos: Occupy Wall Street protest anniversary

One year on... More »

17th, September 2012 Technology

The keyboard made from a single piece of walnut

What most crave in a keyboard is: absorbency; a good spring action; all the letters in the right places; the knowledge that all the hair and scuzz in it is your own. But French company Orée caters for they who want more... More »

17th, September 2012 Royal Family 2

Topless Kate Middleton makes Michael O'Kane her first victim

Anyone wanting to see Kate Middleton, the Duchess of Cambridge, topless in Provence can read Closer magazine (France), the Daily Star (Ireland), Chi magazine (Italy) or check them out on the world wide web... More »

17th, September 2012 Celebrities

Gordon's Ramsay's shopping mantra make shim lose control of his arms

It's Gordon Ramsay's shopping mantra... More »

17th, September 2012 Celebrities

Manchester home to biggest music thieves in the UK - pirates have awful taste in music

The artist most illegally downloaded is Ed Sheeran.... More »

17th, September 2012 Royal Family

Topless women greet Kate Middleton Solomon Islands (twinned with Provence)

The Duchess of Cambridge, Kate Middleton, was fully clothed when she and husband, Prince William, arrived on Honiara, Guadalcanal Island, Solomon Islands... More »

17th, September 2012 Money 3

The oil sands that are destroying Canada - well, it's not so bad

We hear often enough that the oil sands extraction plants in Canada are destroying vast areas of the countryside... More »

17th, September 2012 The Consumer

The Chicken Cottage awards 2012 - highlights package

The brand. We've got to reform the brand... More »

17th, September 2012 Flashback

The most sexist and funny comics of Dan DeCarlo

DeCarlo was an American cartoonist who created the looks of Sabrina the Teenage Witch, Josie and the Pussycats, Cheryl Blossom and Archie and his gang.... More »

17th, September 2012 Fashion

Photos: The Philip Treacy Show at London Fashion Week with added Lady Gaga

If you want to get ahead... More »

17th, September 2012 Flashback

The pin-ups of Rigid Tools (the subtle photos)

Flashback looks at the women used to sell Rigid Tools, an actual brand selling tools since 1923... More »

17th, September 2012 In Pictures

Janes Fonda - the pin-up photos

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17th, September 2012 Reviews 1

Malaysia teaches parents how to spot and cure 'unhealthy' gayness in their children

To Kuala Lumpur, where the government is teaching adults how to spot signs of homosexuality in children... More »

17th, September 2012 Key Posts

The Innocent of Islam excuse: jihadis conspire to be outraged

Was Christopher Stevens, US Ambassador to Libya, murdered over a 14-minute clip of a pisspoor film called The Innocence of Islam? Julian Borger says he was... More »

17th, September 2012 Reviews

The Taylor Morris story - in photos

Taylor Morris left his native Cedar Falls, Iowa, for Afghanistan. He'd had joined the Navy and become an Explosive Ordinance Disposal expert... More »

16th, September 2012 Key Posts

The best Barack Obama burning effigies - Islamists go bonkers for Bonfire Night (photos)

One thing you cannot escape noticing is that Islamists love scarecrows.... More »

16th, September 2012 Strange But True

Man pays police fine with 137 origami pigs (video)

To Texas, where our hero is paying his $137 fine for a traffic offence with 137 $1 bills folded into pigs... More »

16th, September 2012 Key Posts 3

Prince William wants Valerie Suau jailed for being French: Kate Middleton is topless (but not in Britain)

Did Prince William really say “I want them jailed”? Them, being everyone involved in taking and publishing the topless pictures of Kate Middleton, Duchess of Cambridge?... More »