News Archive

August 28

• Simon Bodkin/Lee Nelson on comedy, littering and his next prank
• Rafael Nadal: "I don’t think about retirement"
• The Weekend Memo: London
• The best new titles on Netflix for this bank holiday weekend
• Confirmed: The Lost Polish Nazi Gold Train Actually Exists
• Choosing Condoms Based On What Vegetable Your Penis Looks Like Could Be The Future
• How to get more space on your iPhone
• Weirdly Soothing Pictures Of Fridges Abandoned On The Streets Of London
• Can You Name These One-Hit Wonder Followup Songs?
• 10 handy hotel hacks you need to know about
• ‘Female Viagra’ Is Declared Safe. Despite Mostly Being Tested On Men Only
• Who causes more destruction in superhero movies: villain or hero?
• 15 Most Beautiful 'Old Man' Pubs In Britain To Sink A Pint This Weekend
• How to make your own Aliens Pulse Rifle
• Hardly Any of the Few Women on Ashley Madison Are Real
• 28 per cent of Jeremy Corbyn supporters believe the world is run by a secret elite
• Loads Of People Are Suddenly Buying Up Old Dreamcast Consoles And This Is Why
• Instagram Just Made A Massive, Unexpected Change
• This is when you'll find out about the new iPhone
• You're going to want to download this Lara Croft game
• Townes Van Zandt: 'The Greatest Musician You’ve Never Heard Of' By Frank Turner

August 27

• How Video Games Have Taken 'Horror' To The Next Level
• Brad Pitt on the Greatest Love of His Life: MotoGP
• London Transport Is Officially The Most Expensive In The World
• Every Jason Statham Punch Ever
• 10 Inspiring Images With The Power To Change The World
• The Super Confusing Game of Thrones Universe Explained In One Chart
• Morrissey Reveals Cover & Release Date for His Debut Novel
• 25 times Pharrell was the most stylish man in the world
• 1 in 65 adults in the UK is now a millionaire and here's where they live
• You can now buy Real Life Windows 3.0 Solitaire Cards
• This Is What An Adidas And Nike Colab Would Look Like
• Why there was nothing wrong with Jeremy Corbyn suggesting women-only carriages
• 20 Brilliant iPhone Alternatives That Won't Break Your Bank Balance
• Taylor Swift Hits Peak Ridiculousness And Brings Out Pheobe From Friends To Sing Smelly Cat
• The Leaked Microsoft Phones That Will Take On The iPhone
• Got a tablet? You're going to want this foldable keyboard
• 20 Signs You're In A Style Rut And It's Time For A Wardrobe Revamp
• Yorkshire Wants to Go It Alone in the UK
• Burger King ask McDonald's to bury the hatchet and create 'The McWhopper'
• Facebook Has Made Their Own Ridiculously Helpful Version Of Siri

August 26

• 9 Beastly Burger Recipes That'll Blow Your Mind
• The ShortRead: Iain Pears
• 14 Things You Didn't Know Your iPhone Headphones Could Do
• A US Reporter And Cameraman Have Been Shot During A Live TV Broadcast
• The Country Brits Are Most Likely To Be Arrested In Isn't As Obvious As You Think
• CityMapper just seriously improved your London tube commute
• Brilliant art series imagines hit TV shows as anime
• Football Train Station Opens But Fans Are Banned From Using It. Obviously.
• A Cool Visual History of the Dr Martens Boot
• Amazon Has Announced One Hour Booze Delivery
• Uber's self-driving car edges closer
• Is There A 'Canal' Serial Killer On The Loose In Manchester?
• 7 reasons drinking wine is brilliant for you
• Stephen Hawking thinks black holes could lead to another dimension
• This kissable coffee cup is the most terrifying thing you'll see all day
• This Messed-Up Alternative Friends Ending Will Turn Your World Upside Down
• Watch the trailer for Banksy's Dismaland
• Transform your car into a super intelligent connect machine
• Dogs Trust launches dog emoji

August 25

• £1m London Flat Described As ‘Affordable’ By Estate Agents
• Big Ben Has Been Ringing Early For Weeks And Nobody Noticed
• How burgers conquered the UK
• 15 Weird Things We've Sent To Space That Will Really Confuse Extraterrestrials
• 20 Ways To Make Next Level Hot Dogs
• This is England '90: The End of the Saga
• This Isn't Real Life, It's An Incredible GTA 5 Mod
• The Best Place To Make A Living In The UK Is Not Where You'd Expect
• A British Company Has Managed to Fix The iPhone's Biggest Problem
• Sony Has Built An Insane 100mph Drone - Has Skynet Arrived?
• The Most Disgusting Place On An Aeroplane Isn't Where You Think And It's Horrifying
• Ashley Madison puts a £240,000 bounty on finding its hackers
• Scientists Discover That Short People Are Angrier And More Violent Than Tall People
• Apple wants kids to buy its Apple Watch so they can message at school
• UFO Expert Discovers 'Crashed Spaceship' On Mars
• How to get a free Starbucks every day
• Boy trips up & punches hole in £1m painting
• Police seize drone attempting to deliver drugs, weapons and porn to prison
• The 10 funniest jokes of the Edinburgh Fringe
• 20 Noughties Fashion Trends That Should Never Have Happened

August 24

• 12 Great British Craft Breweries You Need To Visit
• Finally Some Good Tube News – The Strike Is Off (For A Bit)
• London restaurants launching tube strike discount menus
• Joyful Ball Boy Can't Resist Joining in Goal Celebration
• These are the most hackable cars on the road
• The gender breakdown of Ashley Madison may surprise you
• Student Hates Paying Expensive Rent So Decides To Live On A Train…. Saves A Disappointing £50
• Underground Union Responds To George Osborne's Damning Strike Comments
• The First Teaser Trailer for Kill Your Friends Is Like A Kick To The Face
• Wiz Khalifa restrained at an airport for riding a 'hoverboard'
• 10 of the most beautiful, expensive cars from the Pebble Beach auction
• These Are The Spotify Songs That Londoners Drunkenly Screech Along To In Uber Taxis
• Could a Guns N' Roses Reunion Be Happening?
• 5 things you're going to love about Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
• Tony Robinson says a new series of Blackadder is "on the cards"
• Google wants to turn your food photos into an (unpaid) job
• A Man Has Been Fitted With A Working 8inch Bionic Penis
• 20 Excellent Rain Cheating Jackets That’ll Make This Wet Week Better
• You're going to want to play this Half-Life/Hotline Miami mashup
• Where has all the angry music gone?
• 5 One Direction Songs That You Can Admit To Enjoying

August 21

• Look What Happens When Your Favourite Film Posters Get Emojified
• Fascinating infographic of the workspaces of geniuses
• 3 Ways to End a Workout
• 10 sweets you will want to deep fry immediately
• Man meets Yeti and has a chat
• Hamas has arrested a dolphin for being an Israeli spy
• A 15-Year-Old Farmboy is a top polling candidate to be US President
• The Ashley Madison Fallout Has Begun - And It's Not Pretty
• Christian Bale gears up for Michael Mann's Enzo Ferrari biopic
• The best place to live in the world is...
• Buffalo Bill's House Is Up For Sale
• Netflix Saves Viewers from 130hrs of Ads Each Year

August 20

• A Brief Guide to The Evolution of Graffiti
• Exclusive: Watch the Brand New Coheed & Cambria Video
• 11 Men That Randomly Sprouted Beards Better Than Ed Miliband
• 20 Amazing Things You (Probably) Didn't Know About London
• How National Lampoon's Vacation came back from the dead
• Huge New Banksy 'Bemusement Park' Revealed
• The most beautiful £128 watch ever made
• Leaked Photos Show The New 'iPhone 6s Plus' And It’s In A New Colour
• ‘Nazi Gold’ Found On Missing Ghost Train In Poland
• Amazing 'Lost' Concept Art For The Jurassic Park Cartoon That Never Was
• ShortList Film Club brings you Me And Earl And The Dying Girl
• London Is Getting An Utterly Bonkers Sky High Swimming Pool
• BBC One Voiceover Man's Phone Goes Off On Air, Cue Awkwardly British Apology

August 19

• Youth Hostelling With Chris Eubank Is Finally Here
• 20 Ways To Upgrade Your Boring Work Suit
• 25 style lessons you can learn from Ryan Gosling
• Debut director Craig Roberts offers his tips to budding filmmakers
• Elliot Grove's Film Making Tips
• Benicio Del Toro Talks Chris Pratt, Escobar & Star Wars
• We Want You To Make A Film
• 10 Ways to Fall Asleep on a Plane
• Tim Burton to turn on the Blackpool illuminations
• ShortRead: Simon Parkin
• Rip-roaring new trailer for Netflix's Narcos
• Asics shows off its autumnal 'Workwear' look
• These Amazing Covers Finally Make The Apple Watch Waterproof
• How to speak Italian with your hands
• Strangers can help find your lost stuff with this gadget
• First Trailer for Victor Frankenstein
• How to last longer during sex
• Incredible Rare Footage of the Creation of The Empire Strikes Back Soundtrack
• This is the new Blackberry Venice slider phone

August 18

• Man Has Ear Viciously Bitten Off During Flight From Newcastle to Ibiza
• Someone Has Invented A Drone On A Lead And It's Surprisingly Awesome
• Here's Where Your Airline Luggage Goes After You Check It In
• CNN Were Shocked That The Release Of Straight Outta Compton Didn’t Cause Apocalyptic Violence
• An Improbable Movie Weapons Supercut
• The USA Is Taking On Japan In A Giant Mech Robot Fight
• 20 Incredible Ways To Pimp Your Burger
• Thrilling new teaser for Minority Report TV show
• There is a restaurant where staff are paid to be rude to you
• 20 Ridiculous Phone Cases That You Didn’t Know Could Exist
• Google's New Robot Can Chase You Through The Woods
• The History Of Uk Football In Incredible Map Form
• This 'Space Elevator' Could Replace Rockets
• Hackers Reveal Scary Flaw In 100 Cars That Volkswagen Kept Secret For 2 years
• Is Banksy Holding A Secret Exhibition To Troll Disneyland?
• Flight of the Conchords Are Writing a Movie
• China Has Just Made A PS4/Xbox One Frankenstein Console
• Google Maps Is So Clever It Can Tell You How To Cut Your Energy Bills
• Is This The Worst Free Kick Ever?

August 17

• 8 Unusual food & wine pairings that will make you look like a champ
• The real reason Microsoft invented the Minesweeper & Solitaire games
• Playing Tetris Can Make You A Better Person
• How to fix a scratched DVD
• This is the new Darth Vader PlayStation 4
• The 20 most stylish Action Man dolls
• This is how much more than you your boss is earning
• Why Breakfast Might Not Actually Be The Most Important Meal Of The Day
• We've already consumed all of Earth's resources for 2015
• An Apollo Astronaut Reckons Aliens Helped Prevent Nuclear War
• There's A Star Wars Theme Park Coming And It Looks Amazing
• Did Samsung Just Awkwardly Copy Apple With Their New Smartwatch?
• The Star Wars Weekend Round-up
• The top 10 pizzas in London
• Women Reveal What They’re Actually Looking For On Tinder (And Their Answers Should Not Surprise You)
• The First Image Of LG's New Nexus Smartphone
• 20 Best Looking Band T-Shirts

August 14

• Slick new trailer for James Dean biopic 'Life'
• Employers Could Use Wearable Tech To Monitor Your Performance
• Iron Maiden return with brilliant computer game video
• Sky Sports pull controversial Tevez billboard outside Sheffield United's ground
• Is this Ham-themed football kit the worst one yet?
• Relive the rave days with this amazing Rare Clip of The Prodigy in 1992
• Scientists settle the Cats vs Dog debate once and for all
• Watch Bradley Cooper's latest Oscar run in the first trailer for Burnt
• Dad's Army is back - but did anyone ask for it?
• Will Smith Is Rebooting The Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air
• Everything you need to know about Samsung's new gadgets

August 13

• 10 times sporting insults crossed the line
• This Is The Darkest Material In The World And It's A Big Deal
• The Greenwich Meridian Line isn't on the Meridian
• George R R Martin Says Game Of Thrones Ending Will Be Bittersweet
• The Six Pioneers Who Invented Gaming
• Nico Rosberg talks Pizza Guilt & AC/DC
• Use This Number To Find Out What Your iPhone Signal Really Is
• Half The British Public Don't Trust The British Public
• New Zealand might be getting a new flag - and here are the awesome designs
• This Fantastic Men In Black Airline Safety Video Will Make Your Day
• David Oyelowo Has Been Announced As The First Black Man To Play James Bond (sort of)
• This smart mirror could stop you from being SAD
• The 10 most dangerous foods on earth
• 10 Best Fashion Apps For Men
• First trailer for Tarantino's The Hateful Eight

August 12

• 25 Things You (Probably) Didn't Know About Actually
• Kendrick Lamar: The Saviour Of Hip-Hop
• Can you inhale yourself drunk?
• The star of Netflix’s 'Narcos' talks about playing Pablo Escobar
• How to make your own smartphone projector
• There's an emoji randomiser and it's brilliant
• UK Nightclubs Are Becoming Extinct - But Does Anybody Really Care?
• The ShortRead: Michela Wrong
• Terrible news: bacon may make you less fertile
• Stunning supercut of Explosions In Arnold Schwarzenegger films
• This Professor Has Grown An Ear On His Arm
• Watch The Amazing Moment 30 Londoners Lifted Taxi Off A Trapped Woman
• Here's how you can watch an awesome meteor shower tonight
• These 6 Words Will Instantly Make Women Hate You (According To Science)
• Dragon-slaying politician releases the daftest campaign video ever
• Tinder Has Next-Level Twitter Meltdown
• Here's how Airports have been ripping us off for years
• Goalkeeper scores flying backheel ‘goal of the season’
• The 20 Coolest Rock Frontmen

August 11

• Exclusive: Watch the Brand New Editors Video
• DJ Jazzy Jeff's Ultimate Playlist
• The Entire Universe Is Dying (Says Scientists Watching It Happen)
• Two More Tube Strikes Announced: Night Tube Not Looking Good
• This is the new handheld console you need to know about
• A supremely handy interactive European food guide
• The iPhone 6S Isn't Going To Bend
• If Star Wars was given a True Detective-style intro
• People are upvoting Nazi Propaganda on the Daily Mail website
• Mind-Blowing Music Video Made Entirely From Coins
• DiCaprio reteaming with Scorsese for 19th century serial killer film
• Chris Eubank Has Been Getting Fooled By The Same Joke For The Last 18 Years
• What You Need To Know About Google's New Alphabet
• The 20 Most Pointless Inventions To Have Ever Been Invented

August 10

• How much sugar is really in your favourite soft drink?
• 20 times Marvin Gaye was the coolest man on the planet
• There's A New Star Wars TV Ad
• This year's Lebowski Fest is coming to London's Brooklyn Bowl
• There's finally a smartwatch with decent battery life
• The Chilling 'New World' Map That Shows ISIS' Plan To Dominate Europe By 2020
• Facebook Revealed How You Laugh Online (And This Is What It Says About You)
• £1,000 'Studio' Flat (That's Really A Shed) Proves London Is Insane
• Back to the Future Monopoly Set Revealed in Detail
• How To Fix A Wet Phone
• British Library Wants Your Help Solving An 800-Year-Old Mystery
• NASA Is Doing Something In Space Today That's Never Been Done Before
• Terrifying first teaser for HBO’s Westworld
• Everyone Needs To Stop Moaning About True Detective Season Two (It was Brilliant)
• Fisherman catches drone with incredible cast
• The 20 Most Stylish Men Of The 90s

August 07

• 15 Great Corduroy Jackets For Any Price Point
• 25 stunning minimalist figures of pop culture
• The worst moments of super hero movies
• 7 things you didn't know you could barbecue
• How to make your own hologram
• The London Stereotypes Map
• Who said it: Donald Trump or Mr Burns?
• The UK Has Just Made Your iTunes Illegal
• North Korea To Establish its Own Time Zone
• Check out the first trailer for Martin Scorsese's Vinyl
• Tesla Has Made A Weird Robot Snake And It's Terrifying

August 06

• The Maccabees' Ultimate Playlist
• Interactive map shows best and worst London tube commutes
• Gordon the Gopher is back
• There Should Be More Male Nudity In Films But Not For The Reasons You Think
• Five Ways to Beat The Afternoon Slump
• Why CGI in films might not suck as much as you thought
• The Entire Universe Could Be Fake Just Like The Matrix (Say Top Scientists)
• Here's What The Dark Side Of The Moon Looks Like
• Revealed: The Happiest Place in Britain to Live
• Drone delivers drugs to prison, fight breaks out
• Why Bus Drivers Are The Real Heroes Of The London Tube Strike
• The coolest trailers from Gamescom 2015
• There's Going To Be Another Nightmare On Elm Street Reboot
• Sony Confirm Bad Boys 3 & 4 (And An Unnecessary Jumanji Remake)

August 05

• Police 'ignoring' burglaries at odd-numbered houses
• The Winners Of The ShortList Pints And Pistachios Awards 2015
• Brian Cox asks: are we alone in the universe?
• The Fantastic Four interviewed: “Really being in the Fantastic Four would be traumatising"
• Revealed: the bike theft and house burglaries hotspots of the UK
• William Shatner talks Nasa, nuclear weapons & climate change
• How to make your phone charge faster
• Underground Union Slams Tube Boss In Excellent Response To Open Letter
• The ShortRead: Doug Johnstone
• Incredible first-person view of a firefighter
• Tube boss pens open letter to commuters ahead of strike
• LG is going old school with a new flip phone
• A brief history of timepieces on a poster
• This hypersonic jet could fly from London to New York in an hour
• Alien 'crab monster' (probably) spotted on Mars
• You Can Now Remember Cecil The Lion Exactly As He’d Have Wanted: As A Golden Phone…
• The Real-Life Hoverboard That You've Been Dreaming Of Is Finally Here
• District 9 recreated as an 8-bit videogame
• Super Smash Bros. In First-Person Could Be The Future Of Gaming
• The Ultra Bloody New Deadpool Trailer About To Shake Up Superhero Movies

August 04

• First trailer for Bryan Cranston's Sneaky Pete
• This web game shows why self-driving cars are the future
• Saucony's sushi-themed shoe pack
• How to make your phone faster and cure short battery life
• Is This The Worst London Flat Offer Yet?
• Someone is attempting to become a millionaire via crowdfunding
• The most secure phone you've never heard of
• If technology alerts were honest
• Hackers could spy on your phone via your battery
• Did Beijing Rip Off ‘Let It Go’ For Their 2022 Winter Olympics Song?
• Cristiano Ronaldo disguises himself as footballing tramp to make fans' day
• The 50 most amazing facts about sharks

August 03

• Great Whites And Other Sharks You Had No Idea Were In The UK
• 11 most popular types of coffee on instagram
• This is the first smartwatch for the blind
• Windows 10 upgrade exposes man's porn collection to wife
• How To Stop Your iPhone Charger From Breaking So Easily
• Apple could partner with BMW to build car
• This is what surfing on a motorbike looks like
• Famous Films and TV shows Turned Into Game of Thrones Banners
• Russia Is So 'Anti-Gay' That They Might Ban Facebook...
• Japanese Whisky Company Is Sending Booze To Age In Space. Because Science.
• Revealed: The Secret Codes Of The London Underground Are Not What You Thought
• Scottish Postmen Are Being Used As Drug Mules And Gun Runners
• Who said it: Michael Owen or Boring James Milner?
• An Excellent Hollywood Mashup Of Uptown Funk
• Leaked Images Of Samsung's New 'Bigger' Smartphone
• The first teaser for Zoolander 2