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Flipping the Bird

The Wowster looks at the new pop trend of flipping the bird Flipping the bird has now become a must have accessory of any pop star at an award ceremony. Latest comer to the arena is top British songbird Adele who executed the bird with some élan and all the anger of an upset 4-year-old. The six Emmy winner returned to her native ...

End As A Man

End as a man. The Wowster pays tribute to the real godfather of method acting Ben Gazzara, who died recently at 81, and not Brando was the real godfather of method acting. He had the credentials, not least his break out role ...

A Future Goal

The Wowster admits a soft spot for David Beckham, with his golden balls as a future goal David Beckham may at last have found a life after soccer, namely a future goal of David Beckham kecks. Well the boy has to make ...

We don’t need no education

The Wowster mourns the undermining of education When the welfare state was founded in the UK in the late 40s one of the great leaps forward was the birth of an egalitarian education system. The idea, though not entirely successful, was that ...

Lonnie Donegan: The Dustman’s Son

The Wowster looks back at Lonnie Donegan, king of skiffle. He ruled the world of skiffle, the king of all he surveyed, with his signature tune, My Old Man's a Dustman, closely followed by Does Your Chewing Gum Lose Its Flavour? Lonnie ...

Obama’s F Word

The Wowster looks at the Obama F Word. President Obama has come sprinting out of the election blocks bursting forth with the F Word. It's the F-Word his opponents hate, especially Romney, and the F-Word his supporters adore. It's F for Fairness in ...