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25th, July 2011 Photojournalism 1

Elephanting Is The New Owling Is The New Planking: Photos Of The Day

You've tried planking. You've tried to make a meme out of owling. Now experience elephanting. Soon, everyone will be doing it... More »

25th, July 2011 TV & Radio

BBC Wonk Michael Crick Upstaged By Shitting Dog

Molly, the five year-old collie, is a hard by fair critic.... More »

25th, July 2011 Reviews 2

Yorkshire Christians Make Boy, 7, Eat The Word 'Sorry'

Mum says the evangelical New Life Baptist church’s “Kidzone Roadshow” affected her boy so much that he now refuses to sleep on his own and once drew a picture of the Devil... More »

25th, July 2011 Strange But True

Roof Man And Desk Woman Foil Robbery: Video

She seizes his gun and tosses it away. He runs off. And then... And then... More »

24th, July 2011 Celebrities 2

Amy Winehouse Shrine Photos: Fans Tributes In Cans, Fags And A Bottle Of Malibu

In the London Square are two shrines to Winehouse. One is clean and floral - the other insn't... More »

24th, July 2011 Reviews 8

Anders Behring Breivik's Gay Knights Templar 2083: Hunting The Serbian Warlord In Liberia

The impression is of a man obsessed with Crusader fetishism - an early middle aged man who like to dress up and live with his mum... More »

24th, July 2011 Reviews

Lovey-Dovey Photos From New York's Same-Sex Marriages

Today gay and lesbian couples could legally marry in New York... More »

24th, July 2011 Reviews

After Anders Brehing Breivik Adam Pracon Restores Hope

The media searches for hope among the human wreckage. They find Adam Pracon... More »

24th, July 2011 Sports

The World Synchronised Swimming Championship In Photos: Planking On Water

To the China World Swimming Championships in Shanghai. You think planking is tricky and hot? It doesn’t come close... More »

24th, July 2011 In Pictures

Bullfighting Hurts: Photos Of Goring

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24th, July 2011 Strange But True

BBC Salutes 'The Speaking Cock'

The BBC should show it some repsect... More »

24th, July 2011 Strange But True 4

Women Steal Wine Bottles Up Skirts (Video): Ann Summers On High Alert

Ann Summers and Waitrose are in a state of heightened alert following the capers of two women at a bottle shop in Pembroke Park, Florida... More »

24th, July 2011 Strange But True

Local News Reporter Gets Stuck In Storm Drain Like Jared Medeiros

Medeiro, is the 21-year-old stuck head-first in an 18-inch storm drain along Hale Aloha Way in Ceres, USA... More »

24th, July 2011 TV & Radio 1

Is The Corgi Rodeo Cute Animal Abuse? Video

Penny the Corgi is made an offer she cannot refuse - mum and dad want her to join the rodeo... More »

24th, July 2011 Celebrities

Amy Winehouse And Me: A Singer's Entertaining Death (Photos)

The rush to turn Amy Winehouse into a neat icon that fits into a narrative is underway. The individual ceases to be so. Her death and not her music cement the legend... More »

23rd, July 2011 Key Posts 13

Jew Loving Muslim Nazi Anders Breivik Wooed The EDL Other Liberals

Breivik - the militant Christian suspected of murdering 92 people in Norway - has a link to the English Defence League and Stop the Islamification of Europe... More »

23rd, July 2011 Reviews 3

Anders Behring Breivik Facebook Pages - Taken Before Deletion

The media will try to find the the one story of heroism to cling on to - because after the horror, hope is all that remains... More »

23rd, July 2011 Reviews 3

Daily Mail Turns Reading 'Footballers Gang Rape' Into A Game

When in March 2011, six men were jailed for raping two 12-year-old girls in Reading, they were identified first and foremost as footballers... More »

23rd, July 2011 Celebrities 9

Amy Winehouse RIP: Photos Of A True Star

What a waste More »

23rd, July 2011 Key Posts

James Hipwell Says Piers Morgan's Daily Mirror Hacked Phones: How Did The Guardian Know?

Hipwell - former City Slicker on the Daily Mirror when Piers Morgan was editor - alleges that his former paper used to hack phones - just like they did at the News of the World... More »

23rd, July 2011 TV & Radio

Two Females Fight On A Train As Baby Dashes For Freedom: Video

On a crowded New York train, two big women are fighting... More »

23rd, July 2011 In Pictures

Amy Winehouse & Blake

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23rd, July 2011 Strange But True

Alien Monkey Only Eats Peaches In China (Photo)

"At first I thought it was a rabbit, then I was shocked to see it had an alien face..." More »

23rd, July 2011 Sports

Alternative Olympic Sports: Throwing (Video)

He's pretty good at throwing the things into the thing... But can he make a living at it? More »

23rd, July 2011 In Pictures

Anders Behring Breivik - Life In Photos

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