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Historians line up to dine with Bush
George Bush's valedictory dinner at Downing Street last night was attended by a bevy of distinguished British historians, leading some to believe the president is looking to recruit a ghost writer for a book he is planning. Among those who joined him were Churchill's biographer Martin Gilbert,... [continued]
Double identity of David Davis challenger
There is no doubt that David Craig, the author of Squandered: How Gordon Brown is wasting over one trillion pounds of our money, and an occasional contributor to The
First Post, is taking on quite a challenge in his quest to tackle mismanagement of the national purse. By announcing he... [continued]
David Craig: Why I'm standing against David Davis 
David Craig: New Labour has been a trillion-pound folly
David Craig: The real cost of our MPs: £1m a day
In brief: Harry Potter star becomes new face of Chanel
Actress Emma Watson (right), 18, who plays Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter films, is to replace Keira Knightley (left) as the new face of the Chanel fragrance Coco Mademoiselle... Rebecca Miller, daughter of playwright Arthur Miller and wife of Daniel Day-Lewis, has had her first novel chosen for Richard... [continued]
‘Brave’ Ken seeks lunch date with Greta
Ken Livingstone apparently has time on his hands since losing the London mayoralty to Boris Johnson. Recently, while browsing through the London listings magazine
Time Out, he came across an interview with the actress Greta Scacchi (pictured), in which she revealed that her favourite Londoner was none... [continued]
Livingstone turns to radio host
Spectator apologises for Barclay censorship
Sir Peregrine Worsthorne, columnist for The First Post and former editor of the Sunday Telegraph, has received a grovelling apology from the Spectator for
editing out a critical reference he had made about the magazine's owners, the Barclay brothers, in a book review. Worsthorne complained to... [continued]
Peregrine Worsthorne: the market can be broken like the unions
Perry hits back at 'stinking mob' Barclays
Sullivan latest to fall prey to credit crunch
Martin Sullivan (pictured), the English chief executive of the US insurance giant American International Group (AIG), was given his marching orders yesterday, a direct result of risky speculations in the subprime mortgage markets. Sullivan's departure, after just three years in the job, followed mounting unrest among... [continued]
Cleese takes Wanda to West End
John Cleese, who reputedly waived his rights to royalties for the Monty Python musical Spamalot, has decided to turn another of his comic creations, the film A Fish
Called Wanda, into a West End show. In this endeavor, Cleese, 68, is being helped by his daughter, Camilla. He told the... [continued]
Divorce no laughing matter for Cleese
Guy Hands sues over mutant shrimp film
More bad news for Guy Hands, chairman of troubled record company EMI. A few years ago the private equity tycoon decided to take advantage of a government scheme that allowed investors to receive tax relief by investing in British films, sinking a chunk of his fortune into a production company... [continued]
Snowdon dumps Marjorie Wallace
It seems the Earl of Snowdon, 78, has parted company with his long-standing mistress Marjorie Wallace, the founder of the mental health charity Sane, after she
talked to two newspapers about their affair. As reported on The First Post, the pair, who first met while working for the Sunday Times... [continued]
Lord Snowdon falls for a countess
