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4th, April 2012 Celebrities

The Secret Diary of Samantha Brick - My Struggle For Diana

As one of the mot successful women in the tabloid media - 4510 comments! - Samantha Brick at 40 has had and done it all... More »

4th, April 2012 Celebrities

Dannii Minogue splits from lover in time for Australia's Got Talent

It was back in May 2011 we first heard that X Factor judge, formerly Kylie's Sister Dannii Minogue, had split from Kris Smith... More »

3rd, April 2012 Celebrities

Evening Standard says Barry from EastEnders is really Meatloaf

Meatloaf, last seen sliding that a-way, is in the London Evening Standard. Only, he isn't. That's Barry from EastEnders, aka Shaun Williamson. More »

3rd, April 2012 In Pictures

Men looking like idiots in alcohol adverts (1970s and 1980s)

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3rd, April 2012 The Consumer

Damien Hirst retrospective show at the Tate Modern - Photos

n the gift shop, you can buy a replica plastic skull for £36,800 each. You can make your own Hirst, of course. Young Master Anorak dissected a fish finger and then having... More »

3rd, April 2012 Strange But True

Woman mistakes draught excluder for snake - police issue warning

We are in the midst of a post- Animal Magic crisis... More »

3rd, April 2012 In Pictures

Barcelona 3- AC Milan 1 - Champions League photos 2012

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3rd, April 2012 Celebrities

Tom Selleck Waterfall Sandwich - photos of brilliance

It's Tom Selleck, a selection of sandwiches (baps, burgers, rolls and mroe) and a backdrop of lovely wasterfalls... More »

3rd, April 2012 Sports

Crazy Golf at The Masters, Augusta - a video

"SKY Sports got a hold of it and told me it was 'Blasphemous.' So If there's a Golf Hell, I'll see you there..." More »

3rd, April 2012 Flashback 2

Police in action 1939-1945: photos of a time or racism, riots, murder and joy

What was it like for the police between 1939 and 1945? We've raided the archives and produced a montage of photographs that reveal a taste of events in the War years that have been overshadowed by bigger stories.. More »

3rd, April 2012 Film

Kid Casting: child actors who played the young stars on film and TV flashbacks - photos

You know the kid who played a young Woody Allen in Annie Hall? His mum might. What about the class who played the young cast of Lost? It was their big break... More »

3rd, April 2012 Celebrities 4

Cheryl Cole dreams of marrying Prince Harry

It is all very well being a pop princess, but being an actual princess is far superior. Presumably, as a member of a royal family, you get more than mere VIP treatment... More »

3rd, April 2012 Key Posts 13

Samantha Brick: When Craig Brown and Jan Moir collaborate for the Daily Mail the results are wonderful

"Samantha Brick" has penned an article in the Daily Mail that explains why she is hated because she is beautiful. After a few hundred words, it becomes clear that there are a myriad reasons to dislike or even hate La Brick, and only one of them is her alleged beauty... More »

3rd, April 2012 TV & Radio

What 10 sidekick characters from 1990s TV Shows look like now

Have they changed much? More »

3rd, April 2012 Flashback 3

Amphetamines are good for you - selling drugs to the fat and depressed (photos)

Amphetamines were once legal. They were advertised as being good for you. Appetrol was a drug that acted an appetite suppressant. In world War 2, the troops were fed Benzedrine to keep them sharp... More »

3rd, April 2012 Key Posts 11

The Beatles children to form a truly awful band? The Drab Four are here

That's right, we could well be faced with the Drab Four if Paul McCartney's son, James, gets his way... More »

3rd, April 2012 Reviews

Preston drugs users deal safely online - police close 'illegal' forum

Have you ever bought illegal drugs online? It seems like a good idea... More »

3rd, April 2012 Key Posts

Photos of the day - weird ones that may worry you

All life is out there... but only some of it is trying to kill you... More »

3rd, April 2012 TV & Radio

That video of an Irish policeman getting humped by an erect horse Smithfield Horse Fair

The number of people rushing to the copper's aide can be counted on one aroused member... More »

3rd, April 2012 Film 1

Rear Window timelapse video

This Rear Window timelapse video is brilliant. All footage is taken from the original Rear Window (1954) directed by Alfred Hitchcock... More »

3rd, April 2012 Reviews

Who is the Eltham lift shitter?

Do you know the Eltham lift bespoiler, the shadowy figure who poos, vomits and wees in lifts "on an almost daily basis this year" in two lifts on Soweby Close?... More »

3rd, April 2012 Key Posts 1

Alex MacFarlane, Mauro Demetrio and the anti-racist police's lack of direction and value

After PC Alex MacFarlane meet his colleague PC Joe Harrington. Harrington allegedly assaulted a 15-year-old black teenager at an east London police station... More »

3rd, April 2012 The Consumer

Tramp stamp tattoo of the day - the meat and no veg

The tramp stamp tattoo is still popular, doing its bit to promote adult literacy and an alternative to other more chemical-based ways of prolonging sex... More »

3rd, April 2012 Photojournalism

Photos of the day - Jesus girls behaving badly

Jesus chocolate; girls behaving badly; she bends; cute cat is stoic; palm tree man; splits in two; and animals running... More »

3rd, April 2012 Reviews 12

Why Daniel Bartlam did it: explaining matricide with God, the Devil and John Snape

Daniel Bartlam the Nottingham boy who murdered his mother, Jacqueline Bartlam at 14, is the Daily Mirror's "DEVIL CHILD".... More »