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15th, August 2012 Politicians

The Camerons take the water in Majorca (photo)

Cameron and Sam Cam are on holiday in Majorca, doing their selfless best to help Spain out of the economic mire by spending large.... More »

15th, August 2012 Celebrities

Kim Kardashian divorce dragged out by Kris Humphries for absolutely no reason

It really is a sorry state of affairs when your acrimonious split and divorce is a thousand times longer than your actual marriage... More »

15th, August 2012 Strange But True

Man shoots himself in bum at Nevada cinema

To Sparks, Nevada, where at a cinema screening of The Bourne Legacy... More »

15th, August 2012 Sports

Sun writer Kris Kamara says you cannot trust the Sun

Did you all read "Chris Kamara's Championship Verdict" in the Sun? Kris Kamara did. More »

15th, August 2012 Celebrities 2

One Direction fan magazine subjects Caroline Flack to Daily Mail-style sexism

Flack once dated Harry styles, leading hair in One Direction, a teenager her junior by 14 years. Many one Direction fans were upset... More »

15th, August 2012 Photojournalism

Your dirty mind: photo of the day

In Amazing illusions for your dirty mind we tested your visual reflex. Here's a new one for the collection... More »

15th, August 2012 Money 2

An entirely astonishing observation on cheap flights from the Daily Mail

The thing about cheap flight airports is that they are small airports. They're not the vast retail emporiums that Heathrow or Gatwick are... More »

15th, August 2012 Key Posts 5

Tia Sharp: a victim of the New Addington 'ghetto'?

"New Addington is an impoverished ghetto of 25,000 largely white people"... More »

15th, August 2012 Flashback

Max Factor showcases the Beauty Micrometer

FLASHBACK to January 1935: Max Factor showcases the Beauty Micrometer, a device "perfected" by the make-up maestro for highlighting imperfections More »

15th, August 2012 The Consumer

Vegetarian opens shop for 'cloth' sausages (photos)

Tofu is so last year... More »

15th, August 2012 Celebrities

Miley Cyrus celebrates the two-fingered salute (photos)

When news ricocheted around twitter that Miley had put her hair in a new style, our first thought was for the Jerry Sadowitz reaction... More »

15th, August 2012 Reviews

Blackpool moves to ban smoking in parks

The sign on Blackpool's 13 parks reads: “To protect children this is a designated smokefree site.”... More »

14th, August 2012 Flashback

The Hitler pin cushion (photos of Roosevelt's desk toy)

It's 1941 and for just $1.49 you can own an Adolf Hitler pin cushion. As seen on President Roosevelt's desk! Comes with Prussian boots... More »

14th, August 2012 Reviews

Daily Mail says before Cosmopolitan mag women reproduced by parthenogenesis

WOW! Just. Wow! More »

14th, August 2012 Celebrities

Kim Kardashian has been debating Søren Kierkegaard on twitter

Are you following @KimKierkegaardashian on twitter? More »

14th, August 2012 Strange But True 10

Men needed to drive women to and from Saudi Arabia's women-only city

News from Saudi Arabia of plans to build a city exclusively for women... More »

14th, August 2012 Celebrities

Robert Pattinson gets ice-cream from Jon Stewart over K-Stew break-up

Robert Pattinson is feeling the first stirrings of feeling. After years of being a veritable clump of human flotsam, he's trying to produce some tears and emotion... More »

14th, August 2012 Strange But True

UCL offers a free Jeremy Bentham head to all students past and present (photo)

Anyone want to own the head of Jeremy Bentham?... More »

14th, August 2012 The Consumer 2

Adolf Hitler is a hole on Blackpool's crazy golf course (photo)

To Lancashire, where keen crazy golfers (not yet an Olympic Sport) are being invited to fire a ball through Adolf Hitler... More »

14th, August 2012 Money

How not to use Twitter

Let's say that you're a very rich person indeed. Billions of $ worth of rich. And in fact you're so rich that lots and lots of money is spent on your security each year.... More »