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Street Cred

‘ONE way to tell if an item is hip or not is to see how popular it is on the street.The good news for you hip iPod owners is that … (read more)

Posted: 27th, January 2006 | In: Tabloids | Comment


Three’s A Crowd

‘THE seventh Golden Rule of Hollywood clearly states, and we quote: “Whenever Jennifer Aniston is mentioned there must be mention made of her ex-husband Brad Pitt. A picture of Jen … (read more)

Posted: 27th, January 2006 | In: Reviews | Comment


Eviction Night

‘COR! What some people will do for Palestine, eh? Anorak Towers was fully manned last night as we hit the phones and did our bit for the Middle East … (read more)

Posted: 26th, January 2006 | In: Tabloids | Comment


Prince Among Men

‘WATCHING through webbed fingers as George Galloway championed the need for respect by wearing a figure-hugging red leotard and acting out the emotion “A slight feeling of bewilderment when a … (read more)

Posted: 26th, January 2006 | In: Uncategorized | Comment


Home From Home

‘ENCOURAGING news for George Galloway. Iraq may no longer be able to offer him a safe haven, but the Mail has found somewhere that should have him.The place is called … (read more)

Posted: 26th, January 2006 | In: Tabloids | Comment


Bomber Harris

‘HOW well do you know your birds? It might be an arm to Tim, but to Harris and her chicks it’s lunch’ … (read more)

Posted: 25th, January 2006 | In: Tabloids | Comment


Nurture Over Nature

‘IT’S winter. And it’s cold. Two facts which those of you with GCSE geography (you know who you are) may view as entirely unrelated. An occulded front … (read more)

Posted: 25th, January 2006 | In: Tabloids | Comment


Scrap Art

‘WHAT’S the point of art? In newspaper terms, art is something that is either sold at auction for a ludicrous sum of money to a Japanese bank, or an unmade … (read more)

Posted: 25th, January 2006 | In: Uncategorized | Comment


Princess Of Whales

‘THE tale of Wally the Whale was ever a London story. ‘Is this the Princess Diana fountain, mate?’ … (read more)

Posted: 24th, January 2006 | In: Tabloids | Comment


Pebble Dashed

‘WHERE’S the trust these days? Four MI6 spies posing as Foreign Office Officials in Russia have been caught “red-handed” collecting information. Fair enough. The rock knows all … (read more)

Posted: 24th, January 2006 | In: Tabloids | Comment


Taking French Leave

‘IF you are going to be unemployed why live in, say, Liverpool. The European Union is your gravy train. You can travel as far and wide as Bournemouth, Brussels and … (read more)

Posted: 24th, January 2006 | In: Uncategorized | Comment (1)


Tory MP In Broadcasting Storm

‘HUNDREDS of listeners have complained to the BBC after a ‘live’ radio report for the People And Places programme went disastrously wrong. The report was billed as ”a candid investigation … (read more)

Posted: 24th, January 2006 | In: Reviews | Comment


Eat The Rich

‘YOU might not be invited to dine with the Queen on the occasion of her 80th birthday, but you can have a say in what she and the chosen few … (read more)

Posted: 23rd, January 2006 | In: Tabloids | Comment


The Accidental Tourist

‘OSAMA bin Laden got it wrong. Just when he thought the time was ripe to reappear before the West, albeit in simple audio form, a news story blasts him from … (read more)

Posted: 23rd, January 2006 | In: Tabloids | Comment


Losing The Plot

‘WHAT would happen if you were kidnapped in Iraq? Sure you’d begin to worry, and wonder why you’d never changed your name from Moshe Finklestein. But what do you think … (read more)

Posted: 23rd, January 2006 | In: Broadsheets | Comment


Doctor In The House

‘ACHY head? Sore throat. Nasty rash? Hmmm… Thought so. You’ve got Dengue Fever. We recommend that you remain in situ for the next week or so, after which time you … (read more)

Posted: 23rd, January 2006 | In: Uncategorized | Comment


Cheesy Does It

‘“QU’IMPORTE le flacon, pourvu qu’on ait l’ivresse” (never mind the bottle, as long as you’re intoxicated”) – Alfred de Musset, a 19th-century poet.KNOWING fine wine, being a ‘nose’ as those … (read more)

Posted: 20th, January 2006 | In: Reviews | Comment


Being Elton

‘YOU know how it is. The photographer’s set his flashbulbs to ‘dazzle’, the towering cake’s been baked and iced, and the crystals have been hand stitched to everything that moves. … (read more)

Posted: 20th, January 2006 | In: Reviews | Comment


Spy In The Sky

‘GIVEN the vast sums of money spent on buying and selling weapons and war machines, the Sun may have erred in publishing the address of where British inventor Geoff Hatton … (read more)

Posted: 20th, January 2006 | In: Tabloids | Comment


Laden With Fear

‘“MY message to you is about the war in Iraq and Afghanistan and how it can be ended. I did not intend to speak to you about this, because we … (read more)

Posted: 20th, January 2006 | In: Uncategorized | Comment


Brook’s Shield

‘HE, dressed like a camp Inspector Clouseau in artfully tied raincoat, leather gloves and matching leather hat, she, done up like a mannequin from a 1950s shop window, Billy Zane … (read more)

Posted: 20th, January 2006 | In: Reviews | Comment


Days Of Our Lives

‘LIKE millions of you, we too have been asking what Suzanne Shaw is up to these days.Suzanne is no longer just a celebrity; she’s a celebrity mum. And that means … (read more)

Posted: 20th, January 2006 | In: Reviews | Comment


Bugging Out

‘ANORAK rarely if ever takes sides in the biggest debate of the day, preferring to act as a mere conduit through which you can hear the story, assess the facts … (read more)

Posted: 20th, January 2006 | In: Tabloids | Comment


Rough Justice

‘THE plan to take a child from his parents to prove that a child needs his parents was, on the face of it, deeply flawed.But perhaps the four Fathers 4 … (read more)

Posted: 19th, January 2006 | In: Tabloids | Comment


Beat It

‘“SHOULD we put more bobbies back on the beat?” asks the Express in its phone poll. To put the question in context, know that it appears embedded in a piece … (read more)

Posted: 19th, January 2006 | In: Tabloids | Comment