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12th, July 2011 Strange But True

Elvis Presley Robs Brighton Betting Shop (Photo)

Presley is alive! He's working in Brighton...as a bank robber... More »

12th, July 2011 Photojournalism

Photos Of The Day: Presented By 'Can She Taste The Roofies?'

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12th, July 2011 In Pictures

Headlines - The Funniest Ones Ever

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12th, July 2011 Key Posts

Rebekah Brooks' Sun, David Cameron And Ed Balls Feasted Off Baby P For Money And Votes

With great timing, then, the Sun has been forced to pay copensation to Sylvia Henry, a social workers it hounded out of a job as the furore over the death of Baby P (Peter Connelly) hit the news cycle. The Sun invited its readers to sing a petition demanding Henry and other Haringey social workers be sacked... More »

12th, July 2011 Strange But True 3

Strange Animal Flies Into Windscreen In Cumbria: Photo

Competition time now, readers. Can you guess what animal crashed into the windscreen of Sally Arnold car as she drive through Kendal, Cumbria?... More »

11th, July 2011 Reviews 10

Chorley Billboards: 'POLICE HUNT CHORLEY BUM PINCHER' And Other Amazing Headlines - A Gallery Of Local News Screamers

Reader Karen points Anorak towards Chorley, Lancashire. There the billboards for the local Chorley & Leyland Guardian are required reading. Hey, they might even be better than the actual newspaper... More »

11th, July 2011 Strange But True

Ryan Giggs' Women Turns Him Bald, White And Back To Black

Giggs, the Manchester United star who refuses to kiss 'n' tell (a true gent!) is back on the cover of the Daily Star... More »

11th, July 2011 Reviews

After The News Of The World Died: Photos Of The Empty News Rooms

If a mobile phone rings in a newsroom and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?.. More »

11th, July 2011 Photojournalism

Photos Of The Day: Pakistan's Eunuchs, Roger Clemens' 'Drugs' And Russia's Neo Nazi Murder Squad

Photos of the Day: Anorak's look at the world beyond the mainstream news... More »

11th, July 2011 The Consumer

Yiqing Yin Catwalk Nods To Coco Austin's Thong

It's not porn. It. Is. Fashion. Anorak understood this as we attended the Yiqing Yin Fall-Winter 2011-2012 Haute Couture fashion collection presented in Paris... More »

11th, July 2011 TV & Radio

Susan Boyle Performs On China's Got Talent As A Pretty Nine-Year-Old Girl

In Shanghai, Boyle met Cai Hongping, one of show's finalists. Cai owns a vegetable stand in the wet market... More »

11th, July 2011 Reviews 9

Has Rebekah Brooks Been Sacked Yet?

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11th, July 2011 Key Posts

The Most Useless Anti-Drugs Adverts Ever (How To Get Paid For Sex)

Anti-drugs adverts are useless. At best they scare the already scared into not taking the drugs they would not take anyhow. At worse, they make the drugs look pretty damn good... More »

11th, July 2011 Film

Harry Potter Lost In World's Biggest Maze: Can You Spot The Difference?

Farmer Tom Pearcy's twin portraits are not identical. Can you spot the difference?... More »

11th, July 2011 TV & Radio

A Dog Learns The Laws Of Physics

You can teach an old dog new tricks... More »

11th, July 2011 Key Posts 1

Gordon Brown Wakes From Rebekah Brook's Slumber Party To Seek Revenge Over Rupert Murdoch's Times, Sky And Sun

Having been able to legitimise buying up millions of copies of the News of The World, Guardian readers now learn that Gordon Brown fears his voicemail was hacked by News International workers. They allegedly accessed his bank account and his family's medical records... More »

11th, July 2011 Celebrities

Arnold Schwarzenegger And Mildred Are Phone Chums (Potential For Dirty Phonecalls And Sexting Then?)

Arnold Schwarzenegger has to admit that his marriage to Maria Shriver is over. Just like his potential. He's peaked. His best films are behind him, he bafflingly got into a political position of power and he had a really cool wife... and he's ballsed the lot up... More »

11th, July 2011 Key Posts 1

Creepy Taylor Momsen Gets Women To Strip Off While She Gyrates On Stage (Video And Photos)

Momsen - who we must remember is a mere SEVENTEEN years old - is rather fond of getting her boobs out in an attempt to shock all concerned... More »

11th, July 2011 Key Posts 10

Paul McMullen: The News Of The World Hack And His Pen (How Long Before He Starts Talking To It?)

McMullen is a terrible talker. He's nervy. He's twitchy. He has one beige suit and a pen. He often appear with his tie lowered and top button undone. He looks like an extra from an old Eddie Shoestring episode. And there's the McMullen pen... More »

11th, July 2011 TV & Radio

Dallas Is Back - You're Not Dreaming: Let's Just Hope It Reawakens Dynasty

Anorak has spent the last few moments working out that because of the money paid on the compulsory licence fee, a one-hour screening of the 1980s soap opera will cost us 0.00019p. It is 0.0012p cheaper than EastEnders... More »

11th, July 2011 Strange But True 2

The Pamplona Running Of The Bulls In Photos: And Introducing The UK's Running Of The Pitbulls

We left Spain wondering if something similar could be tried in the UK - perhaps the Running Of The Pitbulls, wherein hooded youth are corralled into a compact urban park and their half-starved wire-jawed, muscle-faced dogs let loose... More »

11th, July 2011 Reviews

Who Killed The Hawley Lake Pony?

The pony was hooked up to a trap. The story goes that as many as a dozen people cajoled the creature into Hawley Lake?.. More »

11th, July 2011 Reviews 5

What's More Hateful: Labour Outrage Or Tabloid Lies?

The News of The World is dead and the worthy Liberal Left is going after the Sun. The hypocrisy is rank... More »

11th, July 2011 TV & Radio

How To Turn A Cat Into A Handbag (Video)

Cat nappers and fashionistas - this is how you deactivate a cat and turn it into a handbag... More »

10th, July 2011 Key Posts 4

John Terry Gets Rebekah Brooks The Sack From Murdoch's Empire?

"But if Terry has even a sliver of leadership quality off the pitch, he should stand down as captain. If he possesses an ounce of responsibility, he should resign, knowing he has brought dishonour to his office" Who said that..? More »