LOL Theorists

'I did heroin once, just to be sociable' Extract from Mark E Smith's autobiography. Enjoy his wedding gift to Marc Riley and views on this and that. Earlier extract here.

Chance to win year's dung supply in a fund-raiser for horse welfare charity HorseWorld. more inside

Tommy Gravedigger, Billy Bricks, Dai Llewellyn and all "Home on vacation in 1972, a photography student saw that the essence of his Welsh town was about to be torn apart by redevelopment. Now the social significance of his images has been recognised."

The heroic Englishman China will never forget Bravery, determination and sacrifice in war-torn 1940s China.

Man dies in clubland cake incident but it's a more ordinary tragedy than the problem with "Czech neck" Chris Morris once warned us about. Don't risk your Shatner's bassoon, kids. more inside

"Do you want our Chinese women? We can give you ten million." What a cheeky old crackpot the late Chairman was. "Mao continued, 'By doing so we can let them flood your country with disaster and therefore impair your interests. In our country we have too many women, and they have a way of doing things.They give birth to children and our children are too many.'"

Fresh optimism in Turkmenistan A year after the death of Saparmurat Niyazov, "Here we have peace, we have stability and we know what will happen tomorrow." more inside

Hitler's English Love Child He knocked up Nazi nob Unity Mitford, who then spawned. Maybe

Vernon Scannell has died. Poet, boxer, novelist, soldier, playwright, deserter.

Mans fakes mugging with nail gun but clever Plod are on to him. more inside

Long time, no see A farmer in Shaanxi has photographed a wild South China Tiger. Feared extinct in the wild, it's the first time since 1964 one of the rare beasts has been spotted.

"There could be some benefit to millions of years without sex after all" Comforting news from the world of microfauna.

Historic squee as the Zoological Society of London puts its photo archives online.

Six die from brain-eating amoeba in lakes

Our long wait for a means to slap someone over the Internet is over. Thanks, Professor Marshall

Woman sees her own heart on display at a medical exhibition.

Battle at Kruger Astounding video of lions and buffalo contesting a calf at Kruger national park. Brief third species guest appearance too. Apparently all over the 'Net, so apologies if you've all seen it already

Saint-Denis a town in the Middle Ages.

Prehistoric music Instruments from Ireland and beyond, and the sounds they made.