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Take a camp 80's music video, a titillating hyperlink and some trigger-happy web surfers with a cheeky sense of humour. The result? An instant internet phenomenon.

On April 10, Quebec City went back to the 80's with Rick Astley, Debbie Gibson, Samantha Fox and Tiffany on stage together for the first time.

In a year when The Grateful Dead had their first top 40 hit, U2 broke into the mainstream, Jackson went Bad and everyone took Prozac, 1987 produced stellar dance music.

A set of eight questions for reading groups to use when discussing the novel Burning Bright by Tracy Chevalier.

Giovanni Belzoni, the 19th-century explorer and Egyptian archaeologist, started out on his adventures as a circus strongman.

Set in Georgian London, Burning Bright (Harper Collins 2007) is a remarkable story set around the life of famous poet and historical figure William Blake.

Executives running the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board are earning $7 million extra in bonuses. The bonuses drew angry responses from the opposition.

November 9th was a milestone for The Tonight Show With Conan O'Brien. The 100th episode was aired, and despite decreasing ratings, Conan is at the top of his game.

Whether planning a family get-together or a theme dance, concocting Thanksgiving playlists from these most requested singles is a creative and fun way to "give thanks".

The Hunterian Museum is offering a varied programme of events related to medicine. Some are designed for families with children while others are strictly for adults.

Mr HM Tennent's death in 1941 propelled Binkie to huge influence in Briish theatre.

Sports hernias are being diagnosed more frequently. This article describes these hernias, as well as diagnosis and treatment.

Internet hoaxes about celebrity "deaths" are easily spread and have been fooling people for years.

Internet sensation and Youtube deity Jonathan Coulton brought his unqiue blend of music and humor to Riverspace in Nyack, New York.

The Miles Franklin Literary Award is the highlight of the Australian literary calendar, highlighting novels and plays focusing on Australian culture and lifestyle.

Sir Thomas Blundeville's adaptation of Federigo Grisone's 'Gli Ordini di Cavalcare' influenced the English-speaking rider for over a century.

You've heard them before: His chief export is pain, He has two speeds, Walk and Kill, and tons of others. But where did the Chuck Norris Facts come from? And why?

Burning Bright by Tracy Chevalier is a novel about a country family that moves to London and finds themselves neighbors to William Blake.

Today's technology, combined with 'citizen journalists', bloggers, tweeters and link posters has created many outlandish death hoaxes. Sick joke, or publicity stunt?

In Taking the Medicine Burch argues many medical treatments, old and new, have no evidence they work. Good intentions are undermined when bad science meets blind faith.

"Alphabet Street," "Father Figure," "Kokomo" and "the Loco-motion" are just some of the best 80's songs of 1988.