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5th, October 2011 Reviews

Matthew Parris Explains Why Hair Beats Politics And Hard News

Times columnist Matthew Parris explains why newspaper cover news items - and why Anorak tries to make a mix of news and stuff... More »

5th, October 2011 Celebrities

Mark Wright' And Lauren Goodger's Abort 'n' Tell: Life Under A Scraped Barrel

Finally we know what happens when you scrape the bottom of the barrel dry - you turn it over and discover two D-list celebs squabbling in public over an aborted child... More »

5th, October 2011 Gifs 8

Gifs Of The Day: The Automatic Dog Ball Tosser

Because being idle is good... More »

5th, October 2011 Reviews 1

Manchester Riots Airbrushed From Official Manchester Police Figures

Did you know that the riots in Manchester Never happened? An Anorak reader sends us this from the Manchester Evening News... More »

5th, October 2011 Photojournalism 1

Photos Of The Day: Epic Fashion Fails

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5th, October 2011 Celebrities

Celine Dion Grows Her Own Rosary Beads

"When he was little, every time he saw a leaf or stick, he'd say: 'Mum, this is for you.' And then you can't get rid of them of course. So I put the leaves in..." More »

5th, October 2011 Money

Dexia Is Northern Rock

There's a Belgian/French bank out there called Dexia. No, I'd not heard of it until a couple of days ago either. The reason I have heard of it, the reason it's in the papers, is because it seems to be going bust... More »

5th, October 2011 Reviews

Sex And Hugs With 'Grilled' Amanda Knox

Amanda Knox is not a victim. Well, not only. Mostly, the Sun says, she's fit and shaggable... More »

5th, October 2011 In Pictures

Jodie Marsh Bodybuilding Photos

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5th, October 2011 Strange But True

100 Year Old Clare Ormiston Spanks The Care Home Stripper

For her 100th birthday present, Birmingham lass Clare Ormiston got a stripper. It's what she wanted. Well, her first choice was a "seat on the moon", but building rockets takes time... More »

5th, October 2011 Key Posts 3

Who Wants To Have Dirty Sex With Amanda Knox? It's A TV Debate

When we told you that Matthew Wright was asking jobbing opinion experts on his The Wright Stuff TV show on Channel 5 if they would have sex with Amanda Knox we did not tell you the results... More »

5th, October 2011 Politicians

Los Angeles City Council Are Looking For Mike Hunt

Has anyone seen Mike Hunt..? More »

5th, October 2011 In Pictures

Nominative Determinism

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5th, October 2011 Key Posts 11

British Press Won't Let 'Beaming' Amanda Knox Go Free

The contrast between smiling Knox - and she must always be pictured smiling - and the sober Kerchers is stark. The Sun and Mail describe Knox as "beaming". The headlines are delivered in a gossipy style with big sideways eyes and a bitter undercurrent... More »

5th, October 2011 Celebrities 2

Jodie Marsh: Bodybuilder - Photos Of Hardest Brownest Woman In Celebrityville

Marsh has worked out that her body is her fortune. Having been fleshy and busty, tattooed and busty, almost clothed and bust, and busty, Jodie is now taught and busty with a stomach that sources claim communicates the braille message... More »

4th, October 2011 Politicians 1

Occupy Wall Street: Revolution Starts With An Echo

The Occupy Wall Street protest just got odd. The Occupy Wall Stret protest just got odd. Jonah Goldberg explains... More »

4th, October 2011 Celebrities

Liz Hurley Is Too Late To Save England From Shane Warne

Once upon a time Shane Warne was a great cricketer with sun-kissed pro-Aussie hair, a lit ciggie and a cheeky wave as the stands persued his ears with affectionate rolling cries of "Warney…. Warney… More »

4th, October 2011 Reviews

New York Post Says Occupy Wall Street Protestors Are Shits

IS anyone in any doubt - any doubt whatsoever - what the New York Post thinks of the Occupy Wall Street protest?... More »

4th, October 2011 Sports

Roberto Mancini Brown Noses And Paul Ince Tempts Fate At Football Dream Date Dinner

Yahoo's The Dugout asked a platoon of footballer managers and pundits who they would like to have dinner with. The answers are great... More »

4th, October 2011 Key Posts 6

Tube Drivers Deserve Their £50k: Blithering Bloody Nonsense

As the comments in The Guardian point out, you don't in fact get £50k a year because people die in front of you: ask a few nurses, paramedics or Marines how much they get paid... More »

4th, October 2011 Celebrities

Immortal Michael Jackson In Tasteful Legacy Shocker!

Instead of the usual grotesque circus of bottom feeders and snarks, this time, we've got an actual circus... More »

4th, October 2011 Reviews

News In Photos: October 4 2011

Your daily news briefing... More »

4th, October 2011 Reviews 10

Free Colin Norris: Can Science Save An Innocent Man?

Back in 2002, Glasgow-born nurse Norris poisoned five elderly female patients by injecting them with insulin at Leeds General Infirmary and St James's Hospital. One survived. The victims were 79, 80, 86 and 88 years old. The survivor was 90... More »

4th, October 2011 Celebrities

Bunnyman McCullogh Surprises Everyone By Acting Like A Complete Tool During Gig

During a show on Wednesday in Glasgow, McCullouch stormed off-stage and challenged some poor sod to a fight... More »

4th, October 2011 Celebrities

Jacko Chimp Fingers Killer Doc: Daily Sport Sums Up Michael Jackson Case

Can the Daily Sport sum up the Michael Jackson Dr Conrad Murray death case in one headline? Pretty much, yes... More »