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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics

Shorter cuts: news doesn't get any smaller

Ouch!

David Cameron has even lost the posh actor vote. Benedict Cumberbatch has had a pop at his "fat‑faced" and "flatulent" brand of Toryism.

Pet sounds

According to For The Love Of Dogs, Monday's ITV1 documentary on Battersea Dogs and Cats Home, the animals are played Classic FM to calm them down. Someone call the RSPCA!

Right winger

The BBC Sport website has signed up Paolo Di Canio as a columnist. Let's hope the self-proclaimed fascist, who has said that Mussolini was "deeply misunderstood", will be restricting his comments to football.

Under attack

Drones+ is an iPhone app that tracks US drone strikes on targets in Pakistan, Yemen and Somalia. It's one way of keeping tabs on America's undeclared wars – or it would have been, had Apple not rejected it.

Just like being there?

The Last Night of the Proms will be shown at Odeon cinemas at the weekend ... in 3D. It may be disappointingly light on exploding action sequences.

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