Top of the posts: Ballboys, Utopia and Google

Aside from the Presidential inauguration, the biggest story of the week was Eden Hazard kicking a ballboy, Simon Rice shares two other players/ballboy encounters.

In the world of Arts Alex Straker continued his series blog on the compelling television series Utopia.

Our resident canine-loving bloggers the Barking Blondes wrote about the perils of mixing pooches and snow.

Meanwhile Dr Hilary Jones discussed the link between food and mood and how your diet can have an effect on how you feel.

Here are the most read blogs from the past week, as determined by the stats:

1. Google updates image search with inline previews and faster performance By Alex Masters

2. Why I’m praying for Arsenal to lose for the first time in my life By Mike Ward

3. The thinnest and lightest tablet in the world: Sony unveils the Xperia Tablet Z By Alex Masters

4. Review of Ripper Street ‘The Good of This City’ By Neela Debnath

5. Video: When footballers clash with ball boys By Simon Rice

6. Your food influences your mood: The second brain residing in our stomachs By Dr Hilary Jones

7. Review of Utopia: Series 1, episode 1 By Alex Straker

8. Review of Utopia: Series 1, episode 2 By Alex Straker

9. Back to the future: Felipe Scolari shows that oldies like Ronaldinho can be goodies for Brazil By James Young

10. Barking Blondes: Snow can be the greatest fun or total nightmare for dogs By Joanne Good and Anna Webb

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