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11th, October 2011 Key Posts

There's Blood In Your Mobile Phone, And Death

We've another handwringing documentary coming to screens near us this month. Blood in Your Mobile, it's all about the appalling mining conditions in Congo... More »

11th, October 2011 Strange But True

Shark Infested Golf Course

When you were a kid, did you ever make a bit of pocket money by collecting errant balls on the local golf course?... More »

11th, October 2011 Key Posts

Lisa Irwin: Did A Fat Policeman Steal The Missouri Babe?

Can the local police look as clueless and kak-handed as the Oregon police hunting Kyron Horman? They can try... More »

11th, October 2011 Sports

Red-Carded Wayne Rooney Behaved 'Incredibly Well' Says Pathetic FA

More nonsense about Manchester United's Wayne Rooney as FA chief Adrian Bevington adds to Gary Neville's pearls of wisdom... More »

11th, October 2011 Reviews 1

Joanna Yeates: Vincent Tabak Is Damned By Prescriptive Texting

Anorak's at-a-glance look at the Tabak trial... More »

11th, October 2011 Reviews 1

Wheelchair-Bound Rioter Guilty

David Christopher Knott, 18, from Eltham, south-east London, did not his had a broken leg deter him from reacting to Mark Duggan's death... More »

11th, October 2011 TV & Radio

Buffy Fetches His Deaf Pal Benson: Cats Might Sneer

Can a cat to this? Would a cat do this?... More »

11th, October 2011 Celebrities

Katie Price Kickstarts Great Britain's Pussy Economy With TV Talent Search

By now you’ll be wondering what ever happened to Katie Price, the glamour model who shagged Dwight Yorke and Gareth Gates? More »

11th, October 2011 Sports 11

The Idiocy Of Gary Neville: Former Manchester United Stalwart Praises Wayne Rooney

Can Gary Neville, formerly of Manchester United, talk sense in the Daily Mail – even with the help of sub-editors? More »

11th, October 2011 Key Posts

New York Times, Kanye West And Chattering Fasionistas Turn Occupy Wall Street Into A Huge Joke

Can Kanye West and the New York Times join forces with bearded man with loud hailer to turn the Occupy Wall Street protest into an international laughing stock? Well, they are tying... More »

11th, October 2011 Key Posts

Artist Christian Jankowski's Aquariva Boat Costs £110,000 More With His Signature

At London’s Frieze Art Fair you can buy the Aquariva Centro, a 30ft boat for $430,000. Nice. But if you buy it as work of art - not as a boat – it costs £540,000... More »

11th, October 2011 In Pictures 2

Birds With Arms - It Just Makes Sense

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10th, October 2011 Reviews

Prisoners To Sue For Lack Of Porn

All you can do in prison is keep your wits about you and masturbate the years away. Unless, of course, you're incarcerated in Connecticut... More »

10th, October 2011 Strange But True

A Car Video: A Car That Likes Skipping

You there! You may like your little motorcar that gets you to work everyday, fond of the cute way only you can work the clutch and have to punch the stereo before it works... More »

10th, October 2011 Photojournalism 1

Photos Of The Day: The Pig Squid Toilet Challenge

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10th, October 2011 Money 1

If You Really Want Something to Worry About: China Needs A Recession

OK, so we're not having much fun at the moment with the Euro, Greece, the eurozone and all that. The US isn't having a great time of it either. However, they're rather trivia as compared to what might be happening in China... More »

10th, October 2011 Music 2

Win Free Tickets To See Calvin Harris At London Club All-Nighter

Follow Anorak on Facebook are win Calvin Harris tickets... More »

10th, October 2011 Strange But True 4

The Great Cork Piddle Riddle: 237 Coca Cola Bottles Full Of Urine Found In Field

Someone is drinking a lot of Coca Cola in Gyntown, Ireland. But who? And why have they used 237 empty 500ml bottles as urine recepticles? More »

10th, October 2011 Key Posts

Occupy Wall Street: The Best And Funniest Signs

Occupy Wall Street is doing its best to out the funny in revolution. Not all of the humour is intentional. But what is can be seen her in the the signs held aloft by the wiggling fingers of freedom... More »

10th, October 2011 Money 2

Email Of The Day: The Chinese Translator

Email of the Day reaches from Oliver Haiqing Hua, an "Economist, Business Consultant, Report Writer" who is offering his services as a translator... More »

10th, October 2011 Key Posts

Nightmares Fear Factory Photos: Friendships Tested In The Face Of Horror

The Nightmares Fears Factory can be found in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada. It's a haunted house attraction. It is also a way of finding out what you and, more vitally, what your friends, lovers and family are made of... More »

10th, October 2011 Strange But True

Marni Kotak Says Her Live Gallery Birth Is Art

If it is art, young mums might be in line for a grant... More »

10th, October 2011 TV & Radio 1

X Factor: Manufacturing Frankie Cocozza Into A Shagger Not A Singer

Frankie Cocozza is "wooing" 16-year-old Amelia Lily. It has been decreed that Frankie is to be this season's cheeky bad boy heart throb. He's scored a part in the soap opera... More »

10th, October 2011 Key Posts

The EU Is Nicking British Kids' Toys And Bursting Their Balloons - Say Daily Mail And Telegraph

The Story of The Day: The EU are nicking British kids' toys and bursting their balloons. Only... More »

9th, October 2011 Celebrities 2

The World's Worst Michael Jackson Waxworks

This display of a wax likeness of Michael Jackson has been inspired by his “Bad” . It is a Bad waxwork, literally... More »