Let's have a looksee at the big stories on our neighbouring sites over the past week or so, shall we?

- Available For Panto was transfixed by the ongoing Big Brother's Celebrity Hijack, especially Andy McNab's astonishing(ly entertaining) exercise in bad taste [Available For Panto]

- Bayraider alerted us to John Lennon's last piano and, more importantly, TRAINERS THAT TRANSFORM INTO ROBOTS [Bayraider]

- Matthew McConaughey, Jodie Marsh and the Spice Girls all featured on Star Trip's round-up of celebrity bloggers [Star Trip]

- Dollymix asked whether, um, vaginas are the new boobs advertising-wise; and also highlighted a delightful piece of furniture modelled on that same ladybit [Dollymix]

- At Corrieblog the big news, understandably, has been the demise of Vera Duckworth. In the run-up they took a look at her early years, reminisced about Jack and Vera's golden wedding and reported on the cast's tributes to the departing Liz Dawn [Corrieblog]

- TV Scoop was lucky enough to be invited to a screening of the sequel to Life On Mars, Ashes to Ashes; they also interviewed Chris Barrie [TV Scoop]

- Lost Weekend took a look at the best places in Europe to have a go at urban golf (hoodies not required), and also pointed us in the direction of bargain cruises [Lost Weekend]

- Hippyshopper looked at the MacBook Air's green credentials, and asked what we think of low energy lightbulbs [Hippyshopper]

- Crafty Crafty updated us on - oh yes - knitted and crocheted toilet roll covers and pointed us towards a geek craft tapestry par excellence featuring Lara Croft [Crafty Crafty]

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