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The Guardian - UK
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Shorter cuts: news doesn't get any smaller

Stone me

"The Stone Roses are more important than Picasso," wrote Damien Hirst in the band's Heaton Park reunion gigs programme. Ahem.

Hair today ...

If you ever fancied trying a mullet, but were scared of taking the plunge, Red5.co.uk has just the thing for you: a clip-on mullet. For £5.95 the classic 80s look is yours.

WikiBeats

WikiLeaks has released a debut album, Beat the Blockade, featuring The Ballad of Julian Assange and WikiLeaks Samba. Should go to No 1 … in Ecuador.

Aeroplane mode

The new Flight App aims to help the flying-phobic with an in-air panic button offering instant therapy to calm the nerves. Although it's no good during take-off or landing, when all devices have to be switched off.

Islands in the sun

Have the Channel islands ever been so topical? The Barclay brothers have been empire-building on Sark, Jimmy Carr dodged tax in Jersey and British tennis star Heather Watson hails from Guernsey.

Shot down

Digital camera sales have declined 29% in the past five years, according to Mintel. Forty-five per cent of people surveyed rely on their smartphone to capture pictures.

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