Were your relatives shipped to Oz for burning clothes?

Ever wondered if your relatives were sent to Australia for crimes including heifer stealing? Now you can find out on Ancestry.co.uk. It's apparently the largest family history website with ... >>

Google Earth breaks time travel challenge

So it turns out Stephen Hawking was not the first to be sucked into a worm hole...Google Earth has now achieved the ... >>

Naked knitting world weaves yarns around web

Who would have thought that between the cups of tea, Eastenders repeats and Sunday roasts, the knitting community was silently creating a formidable, secret and deadly presence on the web. Even >>

UKs rudest town names still good for gags

Looking for some Thursday afternoon distractions for WebTwitcher's hard working readers, I stumbled upon a few websites which provide endless toilet humour and comedy gags in the innocent form of revealing some real life town names across the ... >>

Deconstructing the use of f**k by Generation X

What the f**k?! It has become apparent over the last decade that the use of the F-word has increased, both in it's regularity and in the diverse subject matter it describes. WebTwitcher was scandalised to see the recent >>

Verdict on controversial Path to 9/11 drama

Some say it's inspired, others are horrified. Bill Clinton for one has been trying to get it banned, but, despite all efforts it aired last night on ABC in the US, and >>

What is Facebook and why are its users revolting

...in the revolutionary sense of the word, not in the disgusting sense. WebTwitcher is sure that Facebook users are all, at least, easy on the eye...

A not so quiet revolution is currently happening online. >>

How to spread or dispell urban legends

Folklore and legend make up a large part of any culture's national heritage, so it is with absolute delight that I stumbled across the magnificent project New Urban Legends. A searchable ... >>