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A week on the web

  • David Cameron on David Letterman show

    David Cameron on Letterman: Twitter reaction

    Despite flunking a quick history test, the prime minister got off fairly lightly – although that hasn't stopped the online criticism

  • Citizen Khan, BBC1 sitcom

    Citizen Khan: how did Twitter react?

    We're only one episode into Citizen Khan, the BBC's Asian sitcom, and already the knives are out. Is it racist – or simply unfunny? Let's see what the online world made of it all

  • Desperate Dan

    The Dandy quits print: Twitter reaction

    Publisher DC Thomson has announced the comic will cease print publication after its 75th birthday in December, a decision that has got a few Desperate Dan fans a bit misty eyed

  • NASA's Curiosity rover lands on Mars

    Curiosity rover: what Twitter made of Nasa's Mars landing

    Nasa's latest rover triggers an outbreak of awe and ropey humour on Twitter

  • Nick Grimshaw: Twitter reaction to the new breakfast show host

    Graham Hayday: Chris Moyles is stepping down as host of the Radio 1 breakfast show in September. How's that gone down on Twitter? Not well …

  • The Word magazine

    The Word magazine closure: Twitter reaction

    Graham Hayday: The music and entertainment magazine is to close after nine years. If Twitter is anything to go by, it'll be sorely missed by its loyal band of readers

  • Comedian Jimmy Carr

    Jimmy Carr's tax avoidance: Twitter reaction

    How the social network's users reacted to the comedian's attempts to minimise his taxes. By Graham Hayday

  • Larry Hagman, Linda Gray and Patrick Duffy

    A week on the web: the return of Dallas

    Dallas is back! JR, Sue Ellen and Bobby Ewing returned to US TV screens this week, and will be playing out their family feuds in UK homes this autumn. But will anyone tune in? We tested the online waters to find out

  • Jedward of Ireland perform during the Eurovision Song Contest in Baku, Azerbaijan

    A week on the web: Eurovision 2012

    Will it be or a hit or miss this year? Here's the online take on proceedings

  • Blue Peter: Barney Harwood and Helen Skelton

    A week on the web: Blue Peter moved from BBC1

    Children's TV show Blue Peter will no longer be broadcast on BBC1, the BBC announced on Wednesday. Twitter went into a nostalgia-soaked meltdown

  • Prince Charles reads the weather forecast during a tour of BBC Scotland Headquarters in Glasgow

    A week on the web: Prince Charles reads the weather

    Prince Charles tried his hand as a weather forecaster this week during a visit to BBC Scotland's studios. And he wasn't half bad. Here's the best of the online reaction (and some other weather-related stuff)

  • Rupert Murdoch

    A week on the web: Rupert Murdoch at the Leveson inquiry

    The eyes of the world were on media mogul Rupert Murdoch this week as he gave several hours of sometimes surprising testimony to the Leveson inquiry. He denied many things, but revealed a lot in the process. Here's a taste of the online reaction

  • Cornish pasty

    A week on the web: the pasty tax

    Forget the cut to the 50p rate of income tax: it seems George Osborne's biggest budget blunder was to add VAT to a hot Cornish pasty. Here's how that went down on the web

  • A week on the web: George Osborne's wrong trousers

    His budget had few policy surprises, but despite comparing Ed Miliband to Wallace (& Gromit), it was the chancellor who ended up with egg on his face

  • Joseph Kony

    A week on the web: Stop Kony

    Graham Hayday

    Charity Invisible Children shone the spotlight on the alleged atrocities carried out by Ugandan guerilla group leader Joseph Kony this week. The charity posted an extraordinary film on Vimeo – but soon found itself under as much scrutiny as Kony. Here's what the web made of it all

  • Engineer Eben Upton with a prototype of the Raspberry Pi computer

    A week on the web: the Raspberry Pi

    Graham Hayday: The launch of the £22 computer was so well received – but is it set to revolutionise the way in which children learn IT?

  • Rowan Atkinson as Mr Bean

    A week on the web: Rowan Atkinson, Miriam O'Reilly and ageism

    Graham Hayday: The comedian waded into the debate about the lack of older women on television this week – how did the net react?

  • Sean Penn: actor and international diplomat

    A week on the web: Sean Penn on the Falklands

    The actor urged Britain to join UN talks on the future of the Falkland Islands this week – how did the web react?

  • Abba

    A week on the web: Abba's new song

    Swedish pop royalty Abba are releasing a new song for the first time in 18 years – how did Twitter react? By Graham Hayday

  • Wikipedia blackout

    A week on the web: Sopa, Pipa and #FactsWithoutWikipedia

    How Twitter reacted to Wikipedia's protest against proposed US anti-piracy legislation

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