Squatter sells flat for over £700K George Weiss, a friend of late comic Peter Cook, says he will use the money to launch a rival to Hello magazine called Goodbye. It will feature dead celebrities and the houses they lived in. He has also launched a political party – the Wonderfully Egalitarian Association of Creative…

Peru develops edible super guinea pig

Guardian Special reports | Why is war-torn Iraq giving $190,000 to Toys R Us?: “Here is a small sample of who has been getting ‘reparation’ awards from Iraq: Halliburton ($18m), Bechtel ($7m), Mobil ($2.3m), Shell ($1.6m), Nestl? ($2.6m), Pepsi ($3.8m), Philip Morris ($1.3m), Sheraton ($11m), Kentucky Fried Chicken ($321,000) and Toys R Us ($189,449).” Watch…

Some old mini-news which we never ran in the mag that I just found in an old documents folder. Some good links in there. Mixmasters Following in the illustrious, politically aware footsteps, of George Michael, the thin white duke himself (David Bowie you ankle-biters!) has announced that his latest album is available for free download;…

I promise to stop it with the Rita stories after this, but her origin sounds like a work of fiction. If you just want to read that skip the next three paragraphs. — I took the train up to Carlisle on the friday, caught the wending country bus to Ecclefechan, and got a lift to…