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If you’ve ever had the misfortune of flying with Ryanair, you’ll know that there is nothing in the least bit sexy about it. From the moment you select your tickets online to the moment you land in your chosen destination, there is usually nothing but hassle. Charges to book on your card, charges if you [...]

Unless you’ve been in hibernation this week (not a bad idea, admittedly) you will have seen Jeremy Clarkson’s controversial comments on the BBC’s flagship tea-time magazine show, along with the inevitable torrent of indignation that followed. Let’s take another look at what he said, purely for context of course: Whilst Clarkson’s comments were obviously motivated [...]

Sir James Wilson Vincent Savile passed away on Saturday, just 2 days before his 85th birthday. Tributes have poured in from across the world of entertainment for a man who clearly occupied a special place in the hearts of many, many people. Today’s young kids would probably be pretty bemused, perhaps even a bit frightened, [...]

It was probably only a matter of time before the quasi-religious tax-dodging space cadets at the impossibly sinister Church of Scientology went after the creators of South Park. For anyone who isn’t already familiar with the hilarious yet also rather disturbing beliefs and activities associated with Scientology, it’s hard to know where to start. Given [...]

A new advert from lingerie Company Hope, starring supermodel Gisele Bundchen, recently hit the screens in Brazil. As you might expect from a lingerie advert, featuring a woman famous for her body, it doesn’t celebrate the writings of Germaine Greer or applaud the fact that women are now allowed to vote in Saudi Arabia. What [...]

Earlier this week, BBC Breakfast invited Danish film director Nicolas Winding Refn to come on and discuss his Los Angeles crime thriller Drive. When asked about the violence in the film, Refn casually describes how “violence is very easy to work with, because it’s a bit like fucking…” The thought of Middle England collectively choking [...]

Big Brother, the televisual turd that just won’t flush or a reassuring constant in TV’s summer schedule? YOU DECIDE! (It’s definitely the first one though) That’s right, Celebrity Big Brother is set for a heroic (ahem) return later this month on Channel 5, with people-desperately-craving-celebrity Big Brother to follow in September. The contestants for Celebrity [...]