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25th, May 2012 Gifs

Gifs of the week - the Buster Keaton swingers

Oooooph! That looks painful... More »

25th, May 2012 Celebrities

Brooklyn Lee - what really happened (photos)

Brooklyn Lee uploaded the photo to her twitter account. It's the kind of photo that Bill needs to sign so that it can be hung in the corridor at Wicked pictures or some other porno picture palace... More »

25th, May 2012 Money

Why is the Caracas stock market booming?

You can see from this picture that the stock market in Caracas, Venezuela, is booming. The interesting question is why of course?... More »

25th, May 2012 Photojournalism

Photos of the day - my dad is so embarrassing

You should see him dance... More »

25th, May 2012 Reviews

The Nakba Day rally and the old Palestinian rape story: propaganda and incitement to hatred

If the woman at Sydney's Nakba Day rally had fomented racism and championed war and death on twitter, she could be arrested for hate speech... More »

25th, May 2012 In Pictures

Rock stars never get old? The evidence in photos

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25th, May 2012 Flashback

Whirl magazine - the 1960s lads mag scans

Whirl magazine was a short-lived US publication for men who liked their women available for casting calls... More »

25th, May 2012 Reviews

California: 101-year-old jogging smoker killed by 91-year-old drag racer

Should the very aged be able to drive?... More »

25th, May 2012 Strange But True

Hedgehog gets head stuck in tin of carrots

Today's animal with its head stuck in a thing is the hedgehog with its noggin weded inside tin of carrots... More »

25th, May 2012 TV & Radio

The sharks go fishing in Australia

Who'd be a big fish?... More »

25th, May 2012 Celebrities

Secure John Travolta cradles Barbara Streisand's Face

How's John Travolta dealing with those allegations that he's a predatory gay man?.. More »

25th, May 2012 Key Posts

Georgia Davis - photos of Britain's fattest teenager (63 stone)

Davis is so gargantuan that when she suffered as seizure the fire brigade, scaffolding engineers and medics had to rip down part of her mum's home in Aberdare, South Wales, to treat her... More »

24th, May 2012 Politicians

Fight breaks out in Ukraine parliament over Russian language rules

How they do politics over there in the Ukraine... More »

24th, May 2012 Key Posts

Clouds that look like things - the best ones

Next up: things that look lie clouds... More »

24th, May 2012 Reviews

US Pastor Charles Worley: Gays should be locked in electrified compounds until dead

Or it might be all taken out of context - which it isn't... More »

24th, May 2012 Sports

In Photos - The Team GB Women's Beach Volleyball players

As lovely as you might imagine... More »

24th, May 2012 Celebrities

List-makers add Elton John to 2013 deathpool sheets

No poetry will ever make Elton John want to die. He wants to live forever. In a palace made from diamonds and marbles.... More »

24th, May 2012 Flashback

The 1951 Festival of Britain - maps, thrills and the Skylon (photos)

THE 1951 Festival of Britain aimed to break all that post-war austerity with a display if the best of British art, design and industry. More »

24th, May 2012 Celebrities

Sharon Stone sued by former nanny for being a bit 'racist' and generally 'abusive'

Sharon is being sued by her former lackey who is making all kinds of fantastic claims about the woman no-one knew could act until she appeared in Casino.... More »

24th, May 2012 Money 1

Those idiots at Greenpeace and shale gas

So. What has been the effect of the American rush for shale gas then?... More »

24th, May 2012 Film

James Bond is nothing but a beer-swilling sell-out

You may think James Bond is a suave, sophisticated man. That's probably because he drives expensive sports cars, travels in luxury, always has a nice watch on and is the epitome of tailored cool. Right? Wrong... More »

24th, May 2012 Flashback

The Iter Avto was the world's first SatNav

That SatNav not working as it should? Have a heart for the orginal version, the Iter Avto... More »

24th, May 2012 Key Posts 5

More hypocrisy over Joey Barton's rise and fall among the 'chatterati'

Barton has been sacked as Queens Park Rangers captain following his 12-match ban and £75,000 FA fine for acts of stupidity and violence on the Manchester City pitch... More »

24th, May 2012 Strange But True

Woman trapped in deckchair for two days

Check your summer chairs and loungers, readers.... More »

24th, May 2012 Photojournalism

Photos of the day - the formerly obese man's sad chair

Photos of the day features: sex can sell anything: the formerly obese man is slimmer now; pelicans at work; the saddest chair in the world; and by other nipple went off... More »