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Chakrabarti threatens to sue over innuendo
David Davis and Shami Chakrabarti have both reacted with fury to remarks made by Culture Secretary Andy Burnham, first reported here yesterday,
about the former shadow Home Secretary's relationship with the director of the civil rights group Liberty which, like Davis, opposes the controversial extension of pre-charge... [continued]
Minister questions Davis's late night calls to Chakrabati 
Hirst cuts out the middleman
The art world is about to be turned on its head. Damien Hirst has just revealed that in September he will sell dozens of new formaldehyde sculptures, drawings and paintings straight from his studio to auction at Sotheby's in London, cutting out the traditional art dealer/collector axis.... [continued]
In brief: Miller to play Maid Marian
Sienna Miller is to play Maid Marian in a remake of the Robin Hood story by Gladiator director Ridley Scott. Miller, pictured (left) in Edinburgh
with co-star Keira Knightley for Wednesday's premiere of the Dylan Thomas biopic The Edge of Love, will play opposite Russell Crowe as the... [continued]
Video: The Edge of Love trailer
Boris and Dave are ‘no soulmates’
A new, updated version of Andrew Gimson's biography of Boris Johnson is published this week. Writing in today's Daily Telegraph, the author muses on the relationship between the London mayor and the Tory leader David Cameron, claiming that while both men share superficially similar backgrounds -... [continued]
Neil buys PFD for £4m in ‘wrecking sale’
Andrew Neil, former editor of the Sunday Times, has bought the troubled London literary and talent agency Peter Fraser Dunlop. Along with a consortium of City investors,
Neil paid £4m for company, which in the past year has seen many of its agents and more importantly their... [continued]
The Jackal snaps up Waugh estate
Matt Lucas enlists celebrity divorce lawyers in split with partner
Matt Lucas, co-creator with David Walliams of the BBC's Little Britain comedy series, has announced he is splitting up with his partner, Kevin McGee, 18 months after they were 'married' in a high-profile civil partnership ceremony (pictured). While the joint statement issued yesterday suggested there was no... [continued]
Simon Mann points finger at Thatcher
Sir Mark Thatcher has been accused of being one of the principal ringleaders behind an attempt to overthrow the President of the oil-rich West African state Equatorial Guinea
in 2004. The claims were made by Old Etonian and former SAS officer, Simon Mann (pictured), who is currently standing trial for... [continued]
In pictures: the descent of Mann
Mann names Calil and Thatcher in coup plot
Chris Martin denies charge of plagiarism
Chris Martin (pictured), lead singer and songwriter of the pop band Coldplay, has been accused of plagiarism. Andrew Hoepfner, of the little known US combo Creaky Boards, claims the melody of Coldplay's song, Viva La Vida (the title tack of their latest album), is a direct pinch... [continued]
