There is something wonderfully romantic about the songs of Jake Thackray. Though the legendary singer-songwriter passed on in 2002, his legacy remains in live recordings of his performances from the 60s and 70s.
New research published this week suggests that comedians have high levels of psychotic personality traits. I caught up with comedy singer-songwriter Loretta Maine, currently on tour in a Wandsworth public toilet, to get her take on the findings.
Footballers, Kings, sportsmen and actresses, more real than ever before...
Only three photographs exist of the mysterious, yet supremely important blues musician, whose life was a story of troubled genius...
He's the Surfing Hall of Fame member who stole the Star of India, developed a massive cocaine habit, turned to murder and is now an ordained minister...
Whilst many believe the punk rock spirit of artistic rebellion and personal nihilism started with the birth of rock and roll - the truth may be t...
Many people have claimed to be America's greatest proposition gambler, but the all pale against Titanic Thompson, the murdering, gambling, rootin...
As a friend, and neighbour, of Hunter S. Thompson, Wayne Ewing knew the good doctor better than most. Here he reveals what he thinks of the movie...
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 Pe...
Size KKK and counting, the owner of the world's biggest boobs shows no sign of stopping...
Lee Murray was an aspiring MMA fighter. Thing is, he was also a gangster, who knocked out Tito Ortiz in a street fi...
You think Gordon Ramsey swears a lot, he's got nothing on Keith Floyd. The boisterous chef was on vintage form in t...
Men everywhere club together through mutual interests such as sports, arts, cars and adventure, but the guys you ar...
Opinion will be divided about the life of Biggs, a lot can be said about a man who spent 36 years on the run, but i...
As a gay man I'd like to set the record straight *coughs* once and for all, so that I'll be able to join in a round of hot-or-not without having ...
After a typhoon left her stranded in the basin of Lake Tanganyika, Amy Lehman decided to set up a foundation to help the local communities. Could...
We take a look into the shoe-eating, death-defying, cast-hypnotising career of the world’s greatest living director. A cinema hero with a life ...
As we mourn the passing of another great man, Aussie actor Eric Bana recalls the time he nearly killed the Lawrence Of Arabia star...
Football illustrator and animator Tim Bradford has painted a tribute to Don Revie's Utility Man.
Fat bloke, no top, Union Jack shorts foils handbag snatch on beach. A true crime adventure.
His ridiculous photoshop attempt had the world laughing this week, but in truth, Britain could do with more politic...
Ask most people about soldiers, surf and poisoned arrows and they will immediately think of Apocalypse Now. But lon...
When I started writing workshops with prison inmates, I never expected to wind up as wiseguy Henry Hill's writing p...
Label founder and Oasis champion Alan Mcgee's autobiography is full of the darkness and grit you'd expect from one of the most recognisable names...
Breaking rocks in the hot sun; he fought the law and the law won. Fortunately, for all of us, that victory – while long-lasting – was neverth...
After a long illness Madiba has passed away - here's a great archive piece on the history of his former home Sophiatown, a small conurbation on t...
Olympian Tom Daley was in the headlines yesterday after telling the world of his relationship with a man, prompting a mixture of reactions from t...
50 years on from the killing of JFK, the Repo Man director joins the great conspiracy debate...
It's sixteen years to the day since the untimely death of the INXS frontman . . .
It’s 50 years to the day since President John F Kennedy was assassinated, a landmark event in world history which...
This is one of the worst things we've ever seen, what's more she is paid to do it...
While Twitter might've gone mad about her baggy pussy, Allen has struck a vital blow for women everywhere and I'm in love...
Jason Statham has been announced as playing the lead role in the follow-up to Layer Cake. In this interview from the archives, the author tells us about the inspiration behind the characters and why women love his sex scenes more than men...
When people were doing lines in the 70s, cocaine barons were torturing and executing men, women and children to deliver the drugs. Has anything changed?
The unmistakeable artist that stalked the streets of Soho, Horsley is still sorely missed since his death 3 years a...
Still relevant after all these years, the inimitable Bard of Salford is a true British great.
Not only has he been there and done that, Lemmy probably burnt down the t-shirt factory. Another classic from the J...
A look at some more of the great architects who shaped our capital city, from Hawksmoor to Soane.
Sid Owen ran over my foot in Asda.
Started catching up with GoT series 1 yet? Here’s some things to look out for ...
The government is voluntarily surrendering our place at the top table and the Am...
Every now and again we like to remind ourselves of this.
Never crack one of your back teeth again.
One fan's overdue love letter to the only comic to school its readers in Yiddish...
If you want to be THAT guy at the 5-a-side, here's how.
A new documentary about the Clash frontman hits screens this month. Here's why y...
Yep, just 'balls' now.
Guns + Bacon = Internet
On what would have been Brandon Lee’s 47th birthday we pay tribute to his fina...
Hammond and Clarkson are at it in the back of a Renault Twingo and the Stig reve...
John Inverdale has since apologised for his use of the word 'cunted' on the BBC'...
It's getting so bad authorities banned football completely in February.
Get your tissues, lads - we're going cryin'.
Yowsah, yowsah, yowsah, disco's chief raconteur sits down for a chat about Daft ...
"Living on is a prayer"
"I don’t masturbate over leaked sex tapes on moral grounds but I really think ...
Football needed something to make it choke on its prawn sandwiches.
Their new album is fat with tunes, but here's why one of their band members reck...