People
Cate Blanchett in child porn row
Cate Blanchett (pictured), the Oscar-winning actress, has become embroiled in a dispute over a proposed photograph exhibition in Sydney that, according to the
police, shows pornographic images of naked, pre-pubescent children. Artist Bill Henson's photographs had been due to be shown in an art gallery last week,... [continued]
Indy faces his toughest nemesis yet: the Cannes crowd 
Walcott lampoons Naipaul in verse
For years Derek Walcott, the St Lucian poet, has traded insults with Sir Vidia Naipaul (pictured), who like himself is a winner of the Nobel prize for
literature. Now, he has upped the anti, lampooning his old sparring partner in a delightfully bitchy poem that attacks the... [continued]
Critics have field day with VS Naipaul biog
Curse of Stone spreads to Dior
The seismic shudder triggered by Sharon Stone's remarks about the Sichuan earthquake – as The First Post reported yesterday, she suggested that it might have been
retribution for China's policies in Tibet – has now struck Christian Dior, for whom the actress models. Fearing a retail catastrophe,... [continued]
China ban gives Stone a taste of bad karma
Prescott defends buffoon charge... badly
The Times columnist Mary Ann Sieghart has revealed a hilarious encounter with John Prescott that took place after the 7/7 terrorist attacks on London – a
time when, because Tony Blair was away on holiday, the hapless "Prezza" was running the country. Sieghart recalls that after... [continued]
Prezza goes on charm offensive
In brief: Campbell charged with assault
Naomi Campbell (pictured), the supermodel, could soon be trading her couture finery for prison fatigues having been formally charged today with assaulting a police officer, a crime that carries a six-month jail sentence. The 38-year-old, who is based in New York, is due to appear at Uxbridge Magistrates Court, west... [continued]
Patten calls for Oxford to uphold standards
As Oxford University launches its biggest fund-raising campaign to date – as reported in The First Post yesterday, it is hoping to raise £1.25bn so it can compete with American colleges like
Harvard and Yale - Lord Patten (pictured), the former Tory minister, has attacked the government's ongoing policy to... [continued]
Cameron helps Python raise Oxford cash
Trads can’t break into best new buildings
Leading architects Robert Adam (pictured) and Quinlan Terry have launched a withering attack on the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA), claiming that its list of Britain's best new buildings, which is published today, wantonly ignores classical and traditional buildings and that its judging panel is being run by a... [continued]
In Town: Esquire’s ‘salon’ party for cover-star Casey Affleck
Esquire magazine reinstated the eclectic 'salon' party last night at Malaysian restaurant Suka in London's Sanderson Hotel, all in honour of their July cover-star, the Oscar-nominated rising
actor Casey Affleck. Man of the hour Casey was joined by big brother Ben, delectable actresses Rosamund Pike, Gillian Anderson and
star of... [continued]
More pictures
Berlusconi leaves Lady T in the lurch
Lady Thatcher (pictured) has received the most colossal snub from Silvio Berlusconi. The Italian Prime Minister had gladly accepted an invitation to meet the Iron Lady at a specially arranged dinner in Rome. However, on the night, he simply failed to turn up – not even bothering to ring to... [continued]
