Anorak

Anorak News - Pop culture, media, sport and weirdness

4th, July 2012 Sports

Andre Villas-Boas has £270m to spend at Spurs

The announcement has been followed by some great news for Spurs fans, althogh it depends on which Murdoch paper you read... More »

4th, July 2012 Technology 7

Higgs boson 'God particle' is brought to you in Comic Sans

This momentous happening is brought to the world in Comic Sans, the font of authority... More »

4th, July 2012 Reviews

Newport court bans Man from swearing at anyone in Wales

Arron Jeremy Vaughan has been banned form swearing at anyone in Wales... More »

4th, July 2012 Strange But True 1

Mermaids do exists - the US National Ocean Service is lying

Mermaids do not exist. The National Ocean Service has issued a decree on its Ocean Facts website... More »

4th, July 2012 Money 1

Bob Diamond strikes to the heart of The Establishment

With the style and grace of a petulant Italian footballer, the quitting Chief Executive of Barclays Bank, Bob Diamond is going all out to bang it into the back of the Bank of England's net today... More »

3rd, July 2012 Money

Nell Diamond tweets Bob Diamond's survival

Bob Diamond's daughter is called Nell Diamond. She is one letter off being a tribute act to Neil Diamond... More »

3rd, July 2012 Sports 2

Is Gary Lineker leaving Match of the Day?

Lineker's contract with the BBC is due to end soon, and BT - which paid £788 million to air 38 premier league matches from 2013 to 2016 - is keen to have a big face represent the brand when it kicks off... More »

3rd, July 2012 Royal Family

What news from Beirut, Tom Parker-Bowles?

We are indebted to the Sun's Ally Ross for spotting this gem from jobbing ninny Tom Parker-Bowles... More »

3rd, July 2012 Celebrities

Katy Perry: Part of Me 3D Premiere! in photos

A wet night in July cold only mean one thing: the premier of Katy Perry Part Of Me 3D at the Empire Cinema, Leicester Square, London... More »

3rd, July 2012 Sports

Saucy seaside card wishes Team GB a great Olympics

If Amanda Holden ever comes off the lettuce, she a shoo-in for the archery... More »

3rd, July 2012 Photojournalism

Drunk Texts from Famous Authors

"Dear sister. Oh! I've emptied bottles three/ And pass out..." More »

3rd, July 2012 Reviews 7

Spinning an anti-Islam line at the Arab International Festival 2012 in Dearborn Michigan

Alan Noble was responding to reports that Muslims had “stoned” Christian evangelists in Dearborn. Were the reports accurate? More »

3rd, July 2012 Celebrities

Alex James sells grated cheese in Pudsey - Alan Partridge has a cousin

Alex James, who found fame with Blur, is selling his cheese in Asda, Pudsey. As the last nodding head observer, wrily: "Really, really special."... More »

3rd, July 2012 Photojournalism

Whose face is it anyway? The spot the face meme photo game

These are not photos of life in small village in West Virginia. Really, Those folks don't have cameras any more. No. These are compilation photos of one face copied onto everyone else's... More »

3rd, July 2012 Celebrities

Mel Gibson's own stepmother Teddy Joye Hicks Gibson get restraining order against him

Troubled is a word that has followed Mel Gibson around for some time now... More »

3rd, July 2012 Money

Crazy Bob Diamond's signed - now blame Ed Miliband and Ed Balls for the LIBOR mess

There's a lot more to come out about this LIBOR rigging scandal than most seem to realise at the moment.... More »

3rd, July 2012 Photojournalism

Photos of the day - What would Pooh do?

More »

3rd, July 2012 Politicians

MP Craig Emerson expresses himself through the power of dance

MP Craig Emerson, the Australian Minister for Trade and Competitiveness, is dancing to the Greens' tune... More »

3rd, July 2012 Key Posts

UK drugs pusher GlaxoSmithKline nailed as British disease infects the markets

The world’s largest ever drugs pusher, the mind-boggling huge GlaxoSmithKline, has pleaded guilty to criminal and civil charges of healthcare fraud... More »

3rd, July 2012 Strange But True

Woman gets hand trapped in pool table

We join the action in the U-31 Bar and Cocktail Lounge on University Avenue at 31st Street, San Diego, where a 22-year-old woman who got her hand stuck inside a pool table.... More »

3rd, July 2012 Celebrities

Meet Doug Pitt - Brad Pitt's brother lives the high life

Doug Pitt is “the second most famous Pitt in his family”. The ad gives him “a taste of his brother’s lifestyle”... More »

3rd, July 2012 Reviews

Islamists destroy ancient mosques in Mali

It's like London's Olympic vision, only with the IOC replaced by less expert sharpshooters and candour... More »

2nd, July 2012 Film

The best movie laughs ever - video

Can you name the films? Would you want to marry an actor who can laugh on cry on cue? ... More »

2nd, July 2012 Sports

Eamon Dunphy explains the Spanish national anthem

So. Why didn't the victorious Spanish team sing the words to their national anthem before the European Championships final with Italy? That question to you RTE'S Eamon Dunphy.... More »

2nd, July 2012 Celebrities

Cliff Richard pays tribute to Seb Coe at Olympic Torch rally (photo)

What's Sir Cliff Richard up to now that he's been effectively banned from singing to the rain soaked masses at Wimbledon's Centre Court thanks to a retractable roof... More »