Something for the weekend

Very Short film: A cynical photographer tries to knock the smile right off the kids' faces in School Portrait. Brilliant short, guaranteed to make you smile.

Books: And the winner of this year's Literary Review Bad Sex in Fiction Award is... (NSFW people, 
although pornographic or expressly erotic works aren't allowed in the contest)

You may now eat the bride: The trailer for a new US reality show, The Virgin Diaries, has gone viral because it includes the first kiss of a couple who waited till their wedding day to even pash...

Picture this: The Year in Photos from the Atlantic includes an image from Lyttelton after the earthquake in Part 1. See also Part 2 and Part 3.

Wow. It's been a full-on year on the planet eh?     More Read