Anorak News - Pop culture, media, sport and weirdness

18th, August 2012 Key Posts 2

Winnie Johnson: mother of Moors murder victim Keith Bennett dies

Winnie Johnson died this morning. Winnie Johnson is the mother of Moors murder victim Keith Bennett. It was cancer... More »

18th, August 2012 Reviews

Talking transit bus says 'Sorry' for hitting man

Move over Thomas The Tank Engine. There's a new talking public transport vehicle in town... More »

17th, August 2012 Reviews

Married teacher Brittni Colleps had sex with five students (photos)

Brittni Colleps, a 28-year-old mother-of-three, had sex with five 18-year-old-and-older students at her home in Arlington, Texas... More »

17th, August 2012 Key Posts

Pussy Riot: the global protest in photos

Three members of Pussy Riot, the Russian grrl band, have been sentenced to two years choky for staging a “punk prayer” against Vladimir Putin in Moscow Christ the Saviour Cathedral.. More »

17th, August 2012 Key Posts

Pussy Riot: Dublin protest gives Putin a laugh (pictures)

NEver fear, Pussy Riot, Dublin is right behind you! "PIECE'. And "FREE GIRLS."... More »

17th, August 2012 Sports

Manchester United London Supporters Group salute Robin Van Persie: Liverpool fans might laugh

"Manchester United London Supporters Club (MUFC London) warmly welcomes the signing of Robin Van Persie..." More »

17th, August 2012 Sports

Geoffrey Wheatcroft hits 'cheating' footballers with Jessica Ennis

In today's article attacking football and footballers, tells Guardian readers beneath the headline "From Jessica Ennis to Joey Barton. Could a contrast be more ghastly?" that athletics is so very noble... More »

17th, August 2012 Reviews

An uplifting story in a Catholic newspaper Alive

To cure you of all that Olympics goodwill, here's a news story... More »

17th, August 2012 Money

"I promise I am not smoking crack" declares Apple lawyer to judge

This Apple v Samsung patent fight is actually getting rather interesting at last. The judge asked one of Apple's lawyers yesterday whether he was smoking crack, leading to distinguished counsel having to deny it... More »

17th, August 2012 Reviews

Moscow bans gay pride parades for 100 years - 2112 will be great

The city's court has upheld a ban on gay pride marches - a ban that will last 100 years (or until Russia's eternal President Putin is kissed by a handsome prince)... More »

17th, August 2012 Celebrities 1

Megadeth: Nazi Obama is staging massacres, apparently

Even a passing metal fan could tell you that Dave Mustaine - the lead singer of Megadeth and original member of Metallica - is batshit mental.. More »

17th, August 2012 Flashback

Moors Murders: Winnie Johnson's letters to Myrah Hindley and Magaret Thatcher's reply

In 1986, Winnie Johnson wrote to Myra Hindley, the murderer who along with Ian Brady kidnapped, tortured and murdered her 12-year-old son Keith Bennett... More »

17th, August 2012 Reviews 2

Sod the Olympians and knight Andrew Logan

His international influence is without question - no object may be saved from conscription into his multi-media fantasies and bling... More »

17th, August 2012 In Pictures

The funniest graffiti signs on the London Underground

As seen on the Tube... More »

17th, August 2012 Reviews 6

Ian Brady's letter: Keith Bennett's peace, a TV show and what Emma Chalk knows

Did Ian Brady, 74, the Moors murderer, reveal to Jackie Powell, his legal advocate, where he and Myra Hindley buried 12-year-old Keith Bennett... More »

17th, August 2012 Strange But True

Local News: Postman finds swear word on letter

To Worcester, where postman Douglas Nicholls is shocked to see a letter addressed to "Mr F**k Off"... More »

17th, August 2012 Strange But True

Fish sneaks into home and smashes place up

To Changji, Xinjiang Province, China, where Xu Xianmin and his wife are looking for an explanation... More »

17th, August 2012 Film

The most seductive B movie posters

Remember when B movies were seductive? More »

17th, August 2012 Key Posts 2

How media turned Julian Assange into a blameless Saint - the best quotes

"We are going to put you on the moral high ground, so high that you’ll need an oxygen mask. You'll be up there with Nelson Mandela..." More »

17th, August 2012 Strange But True

School lunch scanner gives children mark of The Beast

More »

17th, August 2012 Strange But True

Help! My taxi driver is wearing the wrong trousers

What should a mini-cab / taxi driver wear to put his customers at ease, to assure them that they are in the hands of a professional? To Perth, Australia, then, where a driver is not wearing trousers... More »