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27th, June 2011 TV & Radio

BBC Documentary Workers Adam Curtis Is Now A Parody (Video)

Curtis is the documentary maker whose work you might have seen on the BBC in such shows as Pandora's Box, The Power of Nightmares and The Mayfair Set... More »

27th, June 2011 Strange But True

Seagull Steals Camera And Records Flight Over Cannes (Video)

The Seagull stole a video camera and then took off over Cannes in the South of France. The camera was still recording... More »

27th, June 2011 Sports

Matthew Malkin Is Robbed In Germany: David Haye Should Worry (Photos)

David Haye would have found watching Birmingham man Matthew Malkin's defeat to local boy Felix Sturm in Germany... More »

27th, June 2011 Strange But True 1

Burglar Steals Shower And Body Scrub In Town Of Surprise

Phillips broke into a family house in Arizona and took a shower. Ryan McCoy, 13,tells police that Phillips used used his sister's shampoo body scrubber... More »

27th, June 2011 In Pictures

Countdown - Those Rude And Funny Words

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27th, June 2011 TV & Radio

The Cat Dances Like A Robot (Video)

Presenting the robot that pretends it's a cat... No, make that the cat that pretends it's a robot... Which is the more alarming..? More »

26th, June 2011 Music 5

Glastonbury 2011: Christopher Shale's Death Is More Entertaining Than The Wombles

hristopher Shale's death is entertaining the voracious media. The Oxfordshire Tory's demise - his body was found in a toilet - is the biggest show in town. And it might just save Glastonbury from the shame of featuring The Wombles.... More »

26th, June 2011 In Pictures

World's Ugliest Dogs - Photos Of The Pitiful

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26th, June 2011 Photojournalism 2

Ghostly Mirage Of Village Appears Over English Channel (Photos)

To Durdle Dor in Dorset to see the mirage. Did you see it? It was incredible. There in the distance over the waves towards France stood a line of buildings atop a rolling hill... More »

26th, June 2011 Strange But True

The Swamp Soccer Cup: It's Not Glastonbury But It Is British (Photos)

The British: they flock to the muds of the Glastonbury Music Festival and then when the days heat up, they fill a field in Edinburgh with water and play football in the Soccer Swamp Cup... More »

26th, June 2011 Photojournalism

Face Of The Day: The Durdle Dor Mirage

Yep, it was hot today. Anorak went to Durdle Dor in Dorset. It was glorious. Sometimes you just need to look at the world and be glad to be part of it... More »

26th, June 2011 Key Posts 10

The Mysterious Death Of Christopher Shale: David Cameron's 'Rock' Dead In Glastonbury Toilet

Who or what killed Christopher Shale, chairman of West Oxfordshire Conservative Association? His body was found in a Glastonbury Festival toilet in the press area at the rear of the Pyramid Stage and the Other Stage... More »

26th, June 2011 Strange But True

Coventry University Offers Parapsychology Degree - By Distance Learning

Anyone who wants to study for an MSc degree in Parapsychology can do so at Coventry University... by distance learning... More »

26th, June 2011 Key Posts 1

How The Lazy Media And Blinkered Police Use Levi Bellfield To Let Other Killers Escape

The media so swiftly behave like the police - they see one suspect and pile in. His name is linked to all manner of unsolved crimes... More »

26th, June 2011 Strange But True 1

Royal Transsexual Speedway Fan Banned From Poole Toilets Vows Never To Go Again

Transsexual Seepdway Fan of The Day is wonderfully named Victoria Saxe-Coburg... More »

26th, June 2011 Strange But True

Margate Seagull Aims To Peck Out Crisp-Peddling Gary Lineker's Eyes

Who is the seagull stealing packets of Walker's salt and vinegar crisps from Margate's C and S News?... More »

26th, June 2011 Strange But True

Yoda Is World's Ugliest Dog: Photos

"I told her to put it down because I thought it was a rat"... More »

26th, June 2011 Celebrities 2

Reunited With Ashley, Cheryl Cole's Vagina Rides The Door Knob Of Love: Pregnancy, Photos And A Career BOAST

Cheryl Cole has moved back in with Ashley Cole - back into their big house in Surrey. It's the six-bedroom Georgian property near Godalming the Coles paid £3.55 million for. The place is called… Hurtmore... More »

25th, June 2011 Sports

Arsenal Captain Cesc Fabregas Hooks Up With Daniella Semaan, aka David Seaman (Photos)

Arsenal captain Cesc Fabregas, 24, has "transferred his affections" to Daniella Semaan, 36. The NoTW says the pair have been "sharing a romantic holiday" in the South of France... More »

25th, June 2011 The Consumer 1

That’s Vaginal Vagina Is Astrounding (Video)

The Vagina is good... No... Astounding... It's vaginal. This is a viral marketing campaign from The Richards Group ad agency on behalf of their client Summer’s Eve, makers of vaginal cleaners... More »

25th, June 2011 Reviews

Gays Triple Bill: Paris Is Tres Gay Pride, New York Lets Gays Marry And Russia Breaks Gay Heads

Gay women who want to marry legally in New York no longer need to find a man... More »

25th, June 2011 Reviews

The Biggest Legal High At Glastonbury Is Laughing At The Police

At Glastonbury, the police have booked out a tent. It's a magic show in which the Old Bill makes your legal drugs disappear. It's called The Forensic Early Warning System... More »

25th, June 2011 The Consumer

Paris Fashion Week Is Gayer Than Gay Paree Has Ever Known: Photos

Anorak has been kissing air like a greenie dry humping a wind turbine. The shows have been great. Gay Paris has never been gayer. .. More »

25th, June 2011 In Pictures

U2 Play Glastonbury - Tax Dodging Shites And Sound Bites (Photos)

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25th, June 2011 Celebrities

People Killed Michael Jackson For Fame And Money Says La Toya Jackson In New Book: Truth For Sale

La Toya Jackson. use her new book, Starting Over, to tell readers that there were darks forces seeking to profit from Michael Jackson, to milk him until he was drained of colour, cash and life itself... More »