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11th, September 2012 TV & Radio

Garden of Eden: A sneak peek inside Eve's underwear drawer (video)

Hold this apple. I'm going in... More »

11th, September 2012 Books

The Colony Room bio! a Soho establishment story

I never had the pleasure of being called 'c*nty' by Soho's Colony Room founder and proprietor Muriel Belcher... More »

11th, September 2012 Celebrities

Taboo: The Boy George Musical arrives in Brixton: photos of the Blitz remembered

So. To the press preview of Taboo: The Boy George Musical, featuring: Sam Buttery as Leigh Bowery... More »

11th, September 2012 The Consumer

Bad Ads: the Audi Goatse

If you have to ask...look it up...(carefully) More »

11th, September 2012 Celebrities

Daily Mail's Emily Sheridan bemoans seeing outline of Tulisa's bra in paparazzi photos

Emily Sheridan has news for Daily Mail readers on the matter of Tulisa's dress... More »

11th, September 2012 Reviews

Lake Annecy Murders: Philippe D remembers and the Balkan is an Italian

Saad al-Hilli, 50, Ikbal al-Hilli, 47, Suhaila al-Allaf, 74, Sylvain Mollier, 45, have been murdered. The news... More »

11th, September 2012 Gifs

A cat being a dick on a train track

You liked the gallery of cats being dicks so much, we found another one... More »

11th, September 2012 Politicians 1

Nick Clegg finds his backbone then loses it to gay marriage 'bigots'

Clegg says opponents of gay marriage are "bigots". Ooops. Sorry... More »

11th, September 2012 TV & Radio

Might have been drinking fail: Man eats burger on train (video)

I laughed. I know... I know... But I laughed.... More »

11th, September 2012 Key Posts 2

The TUC talks bollocks. Again

Yes, it's the TUC meeting again so obviously we're going to have a report out or two that spout bollocks about what's been happening to the economy... More »

11th, September 2012 In Pictures

Prince William and Kate Far East tour photos

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11th, September 2012 Reviews 1

Local News: toaster catches fire in Bracknell

To Bracknell, where a toaster has caught fire... More »

11th, September 2012 In Pictures

9/11 remembered in inappropriate products - gallery

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11th, September 2012 Film

Death of the Gay Cliche - the movie

To advertise Queer Lisboa 16, theLisbon Gay and Lesbian Film Festival, FUEL Lisbon created this film... More »

11th, September 2012 TV & Radio 2

An Animal Ruined My Vacation: when a dolphin humped my girlfriend (video)

A dog humped your leg? Big deal... More »

11th, September 2012 Reviews

How red did the Yangtze River turn? Photoshop disasters

How red is red? More »

11th, September 2012 Key Posts 1

The troubling story of Lisa Miller and the anti-gay Mennonite church

The Rev. Kenneth Miller 46, a Mennonite from Stuarts Draft, Va., has been found guilty of helping Lisa Miller (no relation) leave the USA in September 2009... More »

11th, September 2012 Reviews

The best noisy neighbour notice ever

Noisy neighbours? Read on.... More »

11th, September 2012 Strange But True 2

Why must we cure fat and happy pets? Obie the dog gets isoflavones and a treadmill

We've met fat and happy dog Alfie, "rescued" by the RSPCA and put on a diet. Now we meet Obie, a five-year-old, 77-pound daschund from Portland, Oregon... More »

11th, September 2012 TV & Radio

Man rises from the dead in Houston (video)

Rachel McNeill reports... More »

11th, September 2012 In Pictures

Anastasiya Shpagina is a doll face

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11th, September 2012 Celebrities 2

Did Daily Mail's paparazzi cause Peaches Geldof's baby to fall from pram? Princess Diana all over again

So. Likeable Peaches Geldof is walking down the road in East London. She's pushing her baby, Astala, in a top-of-the-range stroller. She is talking on the phone... More »

11th, September 2012 Sports

Sun ignores Andy Murray's epic US Open win to report on Theo Walcott's head cold

Hard cheese on Andy Murray. He wins the US Open and not a single British newspaper bothers to hold the back page, front page or a small section between the classfieds to herald his achievements... More »

10th, September 2012 TV & Radio

People teasing tigers (video)

Hands up who wants the tigers to show them what a tiger does? More »

10th, September 2012 Reviews

The Lake Annecy Murders: What Annemarie Souderman saw

The Times has an "exclusive". It's about "secret meetings". News is that Saad al-Hilli relocated his family from one camp site two days before he and three others were murdered... More »