"The makers of World of Warcraft, an online game with more than 11 million players, today brought an end to a virtual plague that has infected hundreds of thousands of players, causing uproar among many fans who said it was spoiling the game."

..and are required to attend even if they choose to remain entirely silent.

A series of pictures of the 80’s action hero Robocop, riding a unicorn.

WebUrbanist pulls together some stunning photographs of abandoned urban landscapes.

Theatre company working entirely with children and young people, many with complex disabilities: "Using hydro-therapy pools and trampolines, aromatherapy, video projection, and puppetry together with a vast array of multi-sensory techniques, we create original and highly specialised theatre for our young audiences."

The UK's only homeless people's professional theatre company, leading practitioners in Boal's Forum Theatre.

Introduction to TiE for specialist and non-drama teachers, with advice on how to prepare students for performances.

Review of Sophie Woolley's new show, directed by Gemma Fairlie.

Guardian theatre blog on show directed by friend Gemma Fairlie

Unpleasant anti-gamer Miami attorney permanently disbarred by Florida Supreme Court for repeatedly lying and harassing his opponents. Hurrah.

"The only downside is that the section on homophobia makes the community look so bad; but honestly, it's only bashing those of us that deserve it. … You know what? We're kicking homophobes out of "us." We're officially making them "them."

Cultural taboos still alive and well: "After the Dewsbury performance, the producer (a woman) gave us an ultimatum: either take out the offending article or relinquish our involvement in the tour. Other plays feature graphic dialogue about abortion and enactments of stabbing, our minimal women’s health product is deemed too risky to
ensure the tour’s commercial viability. It really was this simple: no bloody tampon or no show."

High-definition images from the first half of the 20th century.

"A small misunderstanding over a hoodie quickly became a surreal debacle during which police said they came close to killing Ms. Simpson."

Rare recording, courtesy of democracynow.org

"They were using the scientific method. They'd think of a hypothesis — This boss is really susceptible to fire spells — and then collect evidence to see if the hypothesis was correct. If it wasn't, they'd improve it until it accounted for the observed data. "