Arts & Entertainment

Man who pretended to like obscure music to look cool stuck with it forever

A MAN who stood out for enjoying obscure, challenging music is now unable to back down and just listen to ABBA.

Six songs about driving that try to make it sound fun

DRIVING is boring manual labour nobody but the chronically dull could enjoy. These misguided tracks attempt to make it fun.

Harry Potter, Russell Brand and other stuff you really dodged a bullet by not getting into

MISSED out on pop culture landmarks back in the day? Don’t worry. If these things passed you by, you won in the long run.

Seven film and TV sidekicks who never got a shag

THE heroes of films and TV invariably have a love interest to shag at the end. Not so their trusty sidekicks. Here are some doomed to involuntary celibacy by the script.

Ghostwatch and other classic hoaxes you had to be exceptionally gullible to fall for

REMEMBER Ghostwatch, the BBC’s spoof documentary that terrified literally dozens of credulous fools? It’s not the only hoax only the forbiddingly dense believed...

Movie prisons ranked by ease of escape from piss-easy to nails

FOR every cinematic prison that remains shut, usually caging scantily-clad women, there’s a jail with an open-door policy.

How to make a spooky Halloween playlist that runs out after four songs

HALLOWEEN parties need Halloween playlists, but as Strictly discovers every year there aren’t enough songs for it to work. Try these.

Paddington, and other unusual targets of Prince Harry's memoir

DETAILS of Prince Harry’s bombshell memoir have been announced, including these unlikely targets of his unflinching rage.

Man’s romantic playlist creates unrealistic expectations for quality of sex he can provide

A HUSBAND’S playlist of erotic mood music promised far more than he was able to deliver, it has emerged.

Monty Don, and other celebrities your mum would leave your dad for in a heartbeat

YOUR parents have been happily married for years. But if anyone of these blokes tried to woo her, your mum would chuck your dad in an instant.