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Christopher Hitchens tries waterboarding
Christopher Hitchens, polemicist, author and TV pundit, has subjected himself to a bout of "waterboarding", the hideous form of torture known to have been perpetrated by US forces in
Iraq. His decision to undergo this ordeal was prompted by an article he wrote for the online magazine... [continued]
Video: Christopher Hitchens's water torture 
Mosley takes NOTW to court over Nazi claims
Having successfully staved off an attempt to remove him from his job as president of the Federation Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) last month, Max Mosley is now attempting to disprove the allegation that provoked it – the News of the World expose that revealed he'd enjoyed a... [continued]
Lagerfeld’s tubular belles chime with Paris fashion crowd
It was Karl Lagerfeld's turn to wow the fashionistas at the Paris couture shows on Tuesday, and he took over the Grand Palais to do so. Dominating the show was a vast steel sculpture
of organ pipes – a theme he continued through the clothes themselves, right... [continued]
More pictures from the Paris haute couture shows
Galliano aims thigh-high at Dior show
Madonna and Guy Ritchie ‘not divorcing’
It's official. Madonna and her husband, film director Guy Ritchie, are not divorcing. Liz Rosenberg, Madonna's publicist, said yesterday that "There
are no divorce plans". Rumours about the fragility of the couple's marriage have been circulating for months, fuelled most recently by reports that the singer... [continued]
Madonna and Guy Ritchie 'consult divorce lawyers'
In brief: Boy George cancels US tour
Boy George (pictured) has been forced to cancel a north American tour after the US authorities denied him a visa to enter the country; he is currently awaiting trial on a
charge of "falsely imprisoning a man"… David Cameron has enlisted the support of the man who dreamt up The... [continued]
The Mole: Latest news from Downing Street
Sarkozy’s studio dramas spark overnight internet sensation
Video footage of Nicolas Sarkozy having a major hissy fit, recorded without his knowledge at the public TV channel France 3, has become an overnight internet hit. Within 24 hours,
almost 400,000 people have watched the clip of the French President tearing into his staff. Among... [continued]
Video: Sarkozy's anger at TV staff
How Dorothy Lamour saved Ken Russell
Ken Russell (pictured), the 80-year-old film director, writes in today's Times about the difficulties he experienced while a pupil at Pangbourne Naval College during the Second World War, where public thrashings with a frayed end of rope were commonplace. Russell himself was on the receiving end of... [continued]
