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MoD reveals £50k bill for Wills’s joy-rides
When it was revealed three months ago that Prince William had used an RAF Chinook helicopter for a series of joy rides around the country, including a trip to see his girlfriend
Kate Middleton at her family home, eyebrows were raised. Now the Ministry of Defence has... [continued]
Wills makes mystery PR dash to Harry's side 
Greer: Dylan ‘not fit to tie Guthrie’s laces’
Germaine Greer (pictured) has cast her critical eye over the lyrics of Bob Dylan – and found them severely wanting. In today's Guardian, she writes: "In the 1960s and 70s, I battled students who wanted me to teach Bob Dylan rather than Donne or Yeats. Ever since,... [continued]
Did Anne Hathaway help FBI with boyfriend’s arrest?
The arrest of Anne Hathaway's boyfriend Raffaello Follieri (left) last week - the Manhattan-based Italian entrepreneur is currently languishing in a New York jail on charges of fraud, conspiracy and money-laundering, crimes connected with an alleged multi-million dollar property scam – has prompted one of Follieri's... [continued]
In brief: Freud talks of rift with brother
Lucian Freud (pictured) has laid bare the extent of his rift with his younger brother by disclosing that he rejected a knighthood because Sir Clement, the broadcaster and former Liberal MP, had already been awarded the honour. "I was offered a knighthood, but turned it down. My younger brother has... [continued]
Letters unveil John Fowles’s secret affair
John Fowles, the novelist, had a secret affair with a woman 43 years his junior, it was revealed in the Sunday Times. Even setting aside the age difference, it was a highly unusual relationship, as a cache of letters written by the author, to be auctioned at Sotheby's next month,... [continued]
Carla Bruni is new Marie Antoinette
Carla Bruni (right) may be popular with the French public, but one of the country's most influential political journals, Marianne, believes she is a "modern-day
Marie Antoinette (left)". Under the headline "Enough is enough", it has lambasted the former supermodel turned chanteuse for her continual preening and showing off, which... [continued]
Carla Bruni sings of 30 lovers
Davis hits out over Langan ransom
The revelation that Channel 4 paid a ransom of more than £150,000 to secure the release of Sean Langan (right), the Bafta-nominated documentary-maker kidnapped and held
hostage in Afghanistan, has prompted protests from the British security services, the Foreign Office and MPs, among them former shadow home... [continued]
Sean Langan freed after hostage ordeal
Jessica Simpson targeted by Peta
Jessica Simpson has been singled out for attack by the animal rights organisation Peta (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals). The singer and actress, best known for her role in the comedy Blonde Ambition, was recently photographed wearing a T-shirt bearing the slogan "Real Girls Eat Meat". Peta, sensing... [continued]
