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23rd, February 2012 Celebrities 2

Frank Carson RIP - a life in photos and Tiswas

Frank Carson RIP. You were the funniest thing to come out of Belfast since the man who dubbed Gerry Adams' voice on the BBC... More »

23rd, February 2012 Music

Will Capital Radio drop One Direction after Brits gaffe?

When One Direction won a Best British Single at the Brit awards, we wondered who the hell made that decision and how we could have been so wrong?... More »

23rd, February 2012 Reviews 2

Crocodile eats man's testicles - white farmer's blamed

A crocodile has bitten into Jonah Maturure's penis and eaten his testicles... More »

23rd, February 2012 TV & Radio

The electrocuted monkey makes a recovery - video

To Suriname, to see the capuchin monkey recovering after electrocuting itself on a power transformer... More »

23rd, February 2012 Celebrities

Adele presents the Top 10 Showbiz Fingers Ever

Adele's Top Ten Showbiz Fingers. Following new on THAT finger Adele waved at the Brit awards, we've trawled the archives for more showbiz fingers: More »

23rd, February 2012 Celebrities 3

Stars squat on Adele's finger - all the finger news you can handle

Adele's finger is occupying bright minds. Adele has more talent in the end of her raised middle finger than Paul Ross has in an entire hand.... More »

22nd, February 2012 Sports 1

David Cameron vows to 'crush' racism at Chipping Norton FC

Cameron has ordered that football bosses “crush” racism. After that the Prime Minister will ordered police bosses to "crush" racism at the station; MPs to crush racism in Westminster;... More »

22nd, February 2012 Key Posts

FakeGate: Heartland Institute calles Gleick a forger and a thief

Gleick is the author of the so-called FakeGate missives. Gleick, founder of the Pacific Institute, a member of the National Academy of Sciences, an expert on water resources, lied to get his hands on a documents from the Heartland Institute. He then made them public. George Monbiot was thrilled... More »

22nd, February 2012 Reviews 4

Muslims care more about their children than Christians do, says Lancashire expert

THE Lancashire Telegraph says "Asian children are less likely to end up in care because of the strong support network in the community". More »

22nd, February 2012 TV & Radio

Cassetteboy Versus the BBC News

News out of context... More »

22nd, February 2012 Celebrities

Here's a photo of the dead Whitney Houston

The National Enquirer has a photo of Whitney Houston's dead body. After the death bath, the NE has the real deal, a photo of a corpse... More »

22nd, February 2012 Reviews

Marie Colvin mattered - good journalism shines a light to let us see

The murder of Marie Colvin in Syria is big news. The media has time and scope to lament its own... More »

22nd, February 2012 Celebrities

Kreayshawn prairie dogs a huge turd on GQ

Kreayshawn, that marketable Amy Winehouse, sees Adele's finger and raise her a huge shit. In GQ Kreayshawn says that whenever she hears a Lana Del Rey song she tells herself: "I'm going to slit my ankles."... More »

22nd, February 2012 Celebrities 2

Face of the Day: Ronnie Wood at Top Man

Rolling Stones mascot Ronnie Wood was at the TOPMAN Design during London Fashion Week... More »

22nd, February 2012 Celebrities

Kerry Katona is cut out for Valentine's Day

Katona says that for Valentine's Day she gave her current lover, Steve, "a card and a big blow-up-picture of both of us and the book The Secret…" More »

22nd, February 2012 Celebrities 2

Amy Childs knows what killed Whitney Houston

Amy Childs says her "life is a living hell". And: "I understand what happened to Whitney". More »

22nd, February 2012 Reviews

Peter Gleick goes 'nuclear'

More on Peter Gleick, the global warming expert at the centre of the FAKEgate leaks... More »

22nd, February 2012 Sports

MMA fighters knocks himself out

MMA fighter Dan Lariviere manages to nock himself out. Opponent Jeremie Capony is declared the winner... More »

22nd, February 2012 Strange But True 8

Dead Chinese 'ghost bride' elopes from grave with second dead husband

IN Hebie province, China, a gang has been caught trying to sell a dead girl named Miss Wu for marriage. They'd already succeeded once, marrying the girl to a dead groom who, according to ghost marriage traditions, needed a wife to enter the afterlife.... More »

22nd, February 2012 Reviews 1

Five die in Koran burning protests

When copies of the Koran were set alight at a US military base in Afghanistan - they were tossed into afire pit used for rubbish - Afghanis reacted with anger. News is that five people had been killed and many more hurt... More »

22nd, February 2012 The Consumer

The Condé Nast College of Fashion & Design is learning in Vogue

Anyone wanting to study how be fashion designer in London can enrol at the Condé Nast College of Fashion & Design.... More »

22nd, February 2012 Photojournalism

Photos of the day - I was Hitler's dentist

Photos of the day - I was Hitler's dentist... More »

22nd, February 2012 Celebrities 4

For sale: Box Canvas Print of Paul Ross (with added priceless comments)

"I've been looking for a 20 Inch Box Canvass of Paul Ross since my (completely inferior) 18 Inch Box Canvass of Paul Ross was damaged during a Barium Enema.." More »

22nd, February 2012 Key Posts 2

Whitney Houston is dead Channel 5: 'She looks better in a body bag'

Houston is dead and Channel follows a trailer for a corpse-still-warm ghoulish show about the singer's demons with an indent featuring a puppet saying"She looks better in a body bag"... More »

22nd, February 2012 In Pictures

First Day on the Internet Kid is a meme

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