After several years of watching Pop Idol (as it's known over here in the UK) and it's American equivalent, I am now ready to present my guide to creating your own guaranteed ratings winner, super successful talent show that is a sure fire way to make you a millionaire several ...

In the Sixties, inspired no doubt by industrial strength LSD, otherwise normal people started naming their children ridiculous things like 'Sunbeam' and 'Starshine'. Thankfully, time has moved on. Now, it seems, it's only the most self-obsessed celebrities that give their offspring names you wouldn't wish on your worst enemy. And here ...

It's a danger well known to international brands, who have to be extremely careful so that their USA best selling cleaning product doesn't translate as 'dog dirt' in Finnish or something. However, movie makers are not so lucky and here are 10 of the worst translated movie titles : 1. Airplane : ...

I'm in my late thirties now and it has suddenly occurred to me just how strange my, and I presume your, parents were when I was younger. I keep remembering all those weird lies they told me when I was a kid. So here's a few of the best: "If you ...

I was forced to watch yet another Jim Carrey movie with my wife yesterday and that got me to thinking about who are the least funny comedians in the world, um, ever. Carrey does, of course, feature quite highly. So, in reverse order, I give you the top ten least funny ...

Class. You can't buy it,  you know. But what you can buy for the Arsenal or Man Utd fan in your family ( you know the type...never been to Manchester or North London in their life) is a cremation urn in the shape of a football. I know, I know. You're ...

So, a couple of English teams went out of Europe last night on penalties. No big surprises there. But there's one thing I hate about penalty shoot outs is who steps up to take one. All too often strikers ( you know, the people that are paid to be calm in ...

OK, following on from part one of 21 Reasons The Stones Were Better Than The Beatles here, imaginatively enough, is part two. 8 ) That George Martin Was Good, Wasn't He Let's face it. Lennon and McCartney were good with a melody, but certainly weren't the musical geniuses everyone thinks. A large ...

The world is stranger than we think. Don't believe me? Then I'm proud to introduce you to Jonathan Lee Riches. Mr Riches is a convicted fraudster, who since his incarceration in 2004 has issued more than 300 legal actions from his jail cell, mainly against well-known sports stars. Here are the highlights ...

Where I live, I don't seem to be able to walk down the street without tip-toeing around some dog dirt. Even worse are the never-ending streams of people walking dogs that should be muzzled and are, more often than not, named 'Tyson'. Truth be told, though, I've never really liked dogs. ...