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10th, April 2012 Sports

Sam Allardyce says the West Ham way is a 'delusion'

West Ham United manager Sam Allardyce said back in March that people bemoan his tactics because they are jealous... More »

10th, April 2012 Reviews 1

Cannabis and the Daily Mail's schizophrenia scaremongering

When the Daily Mail told its readers "Just ONE cannabis joint 'can bring on schizophrenia' as well as damaging memory" back on October 25, 2011, we wondered... More »

10th, April 2012 Reviews

Woman told to find new GP because her journey is killing the planet

“Our greatest concern is for your health and convenience but also taking into consideration green travelling issues. Re: Carbon footprints and winter weather conditions..." More »

10th, April 2012 Reviews

Does cannabis make you more creative?

Does smoking cannabis make you more creative? Two videos... More »

10th, April 2012 In Pictures 1

50 Cent at the Gadget Show Live - photos

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10th, April 2012 Celebrities

Was Lindsay Lohan punching a woman or watching 'Homeland'?

It doesn't matter where Lindsay Lohan is in the world, if she takes one step forward or one step back, she finds herself in trouble... More »

10th, April 2012 Money

Polly Toynbee's tax transparency by not being tax transparent - fail

Toynbee has called for everyone's tax returns to be public information. To help things along she's decided to release her own income figures.. More »

10th, April 2012 Key Posts

Photos of the day: retro erotica for little devils

Your day just got better... More »

10th, April 2012 Strange But True 2

Man saves life with packet of hot cross buns

To the Coventry area, where fireman John Bird has used packet of hot cross buns to save the life of one Jack Edwards... More »

10th, April 2012 Strange But True 2

Judas actor hanged in The Passion of Christ play

Judas has hanged himself during a Bible scene. Judas was being played by Tiago Klimeck a a production of the The Passion of Christ in the city of Itarare, Brazil... More »

10th, April 2012 Gifs

Young children eating lemons - gifs of the week

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10th, April 2012 The Consumer

First-class Coleen Rooney wears Royal Mail's first £1million Stamp tattoo

John Baron, Chairman of the Association of British Philatelic Societies says the Royal Mail is spoiling stamp collecting... More »

10th, April 2012 Sports 1

Sex Pistols politely decline to play London Olympics ceremony show

The Sex Pistols, keen sportsmen and athletes to a man, will not be playing the closing ceremony to the London Olympics... More »

9th, April 2012 In Pictures

Stars and their dogs (dogs and their stars)

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9th, April 2012 In Pictures

Child stars - tragic ones

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9th, April 2012 Celebrities

Celebrities and their parents - photos

Do celebrities look like their mothers? Or do they all look like one another?.. More »

9th, April 2012 In Pictures

Mick Jagger - pre 1980 in photos

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9th, April 2012 In Pictures

Vera Lyn - a life in photos

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9th, April 2012 In Pictures

The crisis in Southern Sudan - photos

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9th, April 2012 Key Posts 8

Media cluster trolls, Allison Pearson and old-fashioned hate

It's ages since I last thought of Allison Pearson, once of the Daily Mail parish, now ventriloquising for the middle-class mutes of the Daily Telegraph... More »

9th, April 2012 Reviews

China bans anyone talking about how unhappy they are

The World Happiness Report (here) is banned in China. The United Nation's publication ranked China the 112th happiest country out of 156 countries... More »

9th, April 2012 Film

In photos - the Black Cat Auditions for Tales of Terror

In 1961, Ralph Crane took photographs of the so-called Black Cat Auditions, a feline casting for a part in the 1962 film Tales of Terror, starring Vincent Price, Basil Rathbone and Peter Lorre… More »

9th, April 2012 Reviews 1

How to host a "sinking party" to experience the Titanic, minus the shipwreck

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9th, April 2012 Money

Lunatic economist of the day

It's always a little difficult going over and reading the dark side, the spouting of the ecoloons. For they're so far from any connection with reality... More »

9th, April 2012 The Consumer

The 10 best Apple Macbook stickers

You got a new Apple Macbook but want to stand out from the mob. Options are either to stick a Dell logo on it, scratch "Made in China"... More »