Books, Politics, Top Fives

Top five controversial political memoirs

Top five controversial political memoirs

Lord Mandelson is set to ‘ruffle some feathers’ with his tell-all autobiography The Third Man: Life at the Heart of New Labour. Scheduled for publication this summer, the book will apparently expose the ‘soap opera’ that played out behind N0 10 during the years of New Labour.  Here are five more controversial political memoirs…   [Read more...]

Sport, Top Fives

Top five England escapes

Top five England escapes

With England’s do or die moment having passed off successfully (at least until the next one on Sunday), we look back at other occasions where our boys have pulled a vital victory (or draw) out of the bag and given us all reason to believe… [Read more...]

Top Fives

Top five controversial adverts

Top five controversial adverts

Last year it was a nun about to get it on with a priest. This year Italian ice cream maker Antonio Fedirici have put their foot in it once again, running an ad featuring a heavily pregnant nun indulging in a pot of ice cream, above the strapline “immaculately conceived”.

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Film, Top Fives

The Best of the New Wave

The Best of the New Wave

In celebration of its 50th anniversary, Breathless, Jean-Luc Godard’s classic debut, will enjoy a re-release in UK cinemas from the June 25. [Read more...]

Style & Grooming, Top Fives

Top five two-tone beards

Top five two-tone beards

Bravo Diego Maradona — your team plays great football, you don’t care much for defence and you’re a total loony. But more than that, your beard is ace. In tribute to the rather fetching tortoise-shell chin adornment you’re sporting in South Africa, we’ve compiled a top-five of two-tone chin straps… (and you Diego, are at number one!)   [Read more...]

Sport, Top Fives, Video clips

Giving it the swerve

Giving it the swerve

Followers of Esquire’s Twitter feed will know that we’re not exactly enamoured with the 2010 World Cup thus far. The depressing dearth of decent long-range shooting at the tournament has been what’s got us particularly vexed, although it could just as easily be the lack of goals, exciting football and skill on show. [Read more...]

Sport, Top Fives

Top-five Worst World Cup opening ceremonies

Top-five Worst World Cup opening ceremonies

The history of the World Cup is filled with extravagant, money-no-object opening ceremonies and we’re fairly sure this year will be no different. Here are five, however, that didn’t quite cut the mustard… [Read more...]

Top Fives, Travel

Top-five Dare-Devil Stowaways

Top-five Dare-Devil Stowaways

A Romanian man braved temperatures as low as -41C and near suffocation after stowing away in the undercarriage of a Boeing 747 to sneak into Britain. In a move that would have impressed James Bond, he jumped onto the landing gear of the jet and clung on for the duration of the one and a half hour journey – even after it was retracted inside the aircraft. [Read more...]