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3rd, September 2012 Film

A short history of fake bands created for film and TV (video)

You know those bands you saw on the telly or at the cinema, the ones made up of actors pretending to be music stars? Some of them were more than pretty good... More »

3rd, September 2012 The Consumer

WH Smith redefines' everything' with 20% discount offer

Define everything... More »

2nd, September 2012 TV & Radio

Cat is new leader of Moonies (video)

Rev Sun Myung Moon is dead. Long live Super Mario Cat In A Mushroom Hat Moon.... More »

2nd, September 2012 In Pictures

The Rev. Sun Myung Moon - a life in photos

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2nd, September 2012 Celebrities

RIP Rev Sun Myung Moon: The Washington Messiah is dead

Moonies eclipsed... More »

2nd, September 2012 Reviews

When pilot whales die on Pittenweem off the coast of Fife (photos)

Thirteen whales have died in the mass stranding. ... More »

2nd, September 2012 Film

John Smith's The Girl Chewing Gum - A 1976 film

Smith directed 32 episodes of Grange Hill between, 1985 and 1990. He also produced Play Away in 1971. In 1976, Smith created The Girl Chewing Gum. In it he directed everyone... More »

2nd, September 2012 TV & Radio

Mad Men Perform Rick Astley's Never Gonna Give You Up - video

You see, it's all about subliminal marketing... More »

2nd, September 2012 Music

End Of The Road Festival 2012 - photos

Photos of the country's most tranquil festival... More »

2nd, September 2012 Strange But True

Fox demands beheading and hanging at University of Hertfordshire

Do animals like being decapitated and their heads hanged on walls. To the University of Hertfordshire, in Hatfield, Hertfordshire, where a fox has burrowed into an office.... More »

2nd, September 2012 Reviews

Sub-editing horror: The Orange County WHORE

Price on application... More »

2nd, September 2012 TV & Radio

Caterpillar commits suicide by frog

Butterflies are overrated... More »

2nd, September 2012 Key Posts 3

Was Risha Mashir framed by Islamist bigots: Pakistan's anti-human blasphemy laws

Risha Mashir is 11. Other reports say she is 14. She's a Christian girl living in Umara Jaffar, Pakistan. If that were not hard enough, Risha Mashir has Downs Syndrome. She's an easy target... More »

2nd, September 2012 The Consumer

IKEA sells GODIS SKUM sweets

To IKEA, where the marshmallow sheep are solde beneath the banner "GODIS SKUM".... More »

2nd, September 2012 Key Posts 1

The most ridiculous rap lyrics

You might have sung along... More »

2nd, September 2012 In Pictures

Prince Harry and the women - photos

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1st, September 2012 TV & Radio

The best internet cat video ever?

Is this the best cat video on the web? More »

1st, September 2012 In Pictures

Max Bygraves - a life in photos

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1st, September 2012 Flashback

September 1 1939: Germany invades Poland

On September 1 1939 Germany invaded Poland and set the ball rolling for World War 2... More »

1st, September 2012 Reviews

In photos: Brighton Gay Pride 2012

There were no earthquakes. God made the sun shine... More »

1st, September 2012 Politicians

Boris Johnson unveils tribute to G20 victim and Bozza Buggy scheme

Bozza's week... More »

1st, September 2012 Strange But True

The Annual pregnant bikini babe contest (photos)

It's what the children would have wanted... More »

1st, September 2012 Celebrities

RIP Hervé Vilard: Capri c'est fini

RIP Hervé Vilard (nee René Villard, 24 July 1946 in Paris, France). He sang Capri c'est fini in 1965... More »

1st, September 2012 TV & Radio

TV pilot of the day: Ben Stiller's Heat Vision & Jack

One show might have been enough... More »

1st, September 2012 Key Posts 3

Mitcham landlord seeks tenant "not from India, Africa or Pakistan": racism in action

The advert in the window of Bineet Newsagent's on Upper Green East, Mitcham, advertises a room for rent. The offer is open to anyone who is not from "India, Pakistan, Africa and Etc."... More »