Are you one of the growing number of people being made reduntant? You could start signing on, and get to work on your CV.. or you could go the other way and become the UK's most talked about anarchist. That's what Charlie Veitch did...
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After Star Trek and the jungle, George Takei has now conquered the internet.
How the late Tim Hetherington made me look at photography in a new light and raised the bar for photojournalists everywhere...
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On Monday, the country mourned/celebrated the death of Margaret Thatcher. I certainly wasn't part of the former - her Clause 28 was bigoted and s...
Ding dong the witch is dead, and of course the Tories are planning a state funeral for her. Here's a look back at the carnage and split decisions...
When I walk down the street, I don't expect to have to dodge through puddles of bile, bits of lung and piles of mucus. Keep the contents of your ...
2013 is a stale time for comedy. The ideas are tired and nothing seems to be pushing the limits. Seems like a good time to pay our respects to Peter Cook and Dudley Moore's wonderful collection of comedic filth...
Everybody knows at least one. Be it the bloke who vomits out of the taxi window, or the girl who apparently made 't...
In the five years since he died, the legendary daredevil's reputation as a bona fide loon has remained intact. Here...
From the Bradford Monk to Purple Aki and Lenny the Tramp, the one thing we're not short of in the UK is the local n...
Without them none of us would be here. This Saboteur takes a moment to think back over the time he spent with his g...
Deià, 1969, and Luke Rhinehart was in town to work on a potboiler and tinker with his still unfinished masterpiece. Here is the story of how it ...
Size KKK and counting, the owner of the world's biggest boobs shows no sign of stopping...
We couldn't get the Queen so here's Keith Allen's pre Mayan Christmas Message instead...
The horse-riding mentalist has apologised for essentially wishing America dead, but if they accept they will look stupid on two counts...
With the end of the world apparently due in 2 months, we interviewed the author and psychonaut Daniel Pinchbeck on dark futures, shamanism and frisky genetically modified mice.
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The most influential British artist of the 20th century has a major new exhibition of Yorkshire landscapes starting...
He may have bowed out of the World Championship to Dave Chisnall last night, but Phil 'the Power' Taylor should be ...
He's the king of motion capture with acting chops to boot. With the Hobbit greenlit, the man who humanised King Kong is set to reprise his most f...
We were sat in the office at 11.30 this morning and an almighty racket kicked off outside. Turns out it was a protest about the Congolese electio...
In a world of mass produced consumables, there lives a select few who place a premium on the traditions of their craft.
Tomorrow would've been Amy Winehouse's 28th birthday, and on the same day as her eponymous foundation launches this T-shirt is available with all...
The 1980s was a different place, you couldn't rely on Google & iTunes to look cool. You had to go in search of your...
Today, just over three months after being accused of sexual assault, Dominique Strauss-Kahn is due to fly home to F...
With ‘hackgate’ seriously denting the media’s access to the A-listers, will the press-hungry z-list now preva...
In 1902 Cecil Rhodes said ‘to be born an Englishman is to win first prize in God's lottery’. 111 years later th...
The mastermind behind Creation Records talks about Britpop, life in the Welsh valleys and not giving a shit.
With ‘King of the Gypsies’ David Essex about to take up permanent residence in Albert Square we look back at two great films he made back when he was a genuinely huge pop and movie star.
Gil Scott heron was a musician, poet, novelist and activist, but he definitely wasn't the Godfather of Rap...
The Prime Minister David Cameron has been compared to the notorious fictional bully, womaniser and cad Flashman. He...
Fresh off Radio 6 Joe Cornish, of Adam & Joe, talks about his brand new Brit flick 'Attack the Block'.
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What are the implications of your actions? Have you ever stopped to think about the bigger picture? Sure, to you th...
How A near fatal encounter with his Ostrich 'Waldo' almost cost him his innards ...
Because when the end comes, you had better be prepared...
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You can shove The Wire, Boardwalk Empire and Mad Men, for me the greatest series...
You thought the recession was bad? Try being sleep bankrupt. I've even counted K...
You might not be on Porky Pig's xmas card list afterwards, but if you've got the...
Before the internet men had to run the gauntlet of sneaking a jazz mag upstairs ...
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It all started with some sherbet and a pair of scissors...
Bonnie Tyler is hoping to change the UK's recent abysmal luck in Eurovision toni...
Taking you on a tour of the world's biggest and boldest toy shops, where childre...
Despite the often seedy reputation, there are plenty of cool bars, above board s...
Shaolin Master, stuntman, geography teacher and full-time hardman; life's intere...
Dam Busters and damn diamond smugglers grace our TVs this week...
As Nina Simone’s biopic gets ready to hit our screens, we look back at some o...
It was the simple story of a very naughty boy who gets mistaken for the Messiah....