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Sir Tim Berners-Lee admits internet faults
Mea culpa. Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the scientist credited with inventing the worldwide web, is alarmed that the internet has become a method of promoting alarm and disinformation.
Cults, he says, can spread "very rapidly" and the internet fosters conspiracy theories "which you can imagine spreading to thousands of... [continued]
Leave your child alone, Sir Tim 
How Hitchcock ruined Tippi Hedren’s career
At the age of 78, the actress Tippi Hedren has finally spoken about how Alfred Hitchcock destroyed her career. Her most famous roles were in his films The Birds and Marnie but in an interview for the Times she describes how he then stopped her getting other work by holding... [continued]
In Town Last Night: fashion victims out for book launch
A style-conscious crowd was at Hamilton's Gallery last night to celebrate the launch of Michael Roberts's new fashion guide Fashion Victims (HarperCollins). Hosted by
Vanity Fair, the party attracted the likes of supermodel Naomi Campbell (above with the author), foppish actor Rupert Everett and It-girls
Tara Palmer-Tompkinson and Tamara Beckwith.... [continued]
In pictures: Vanity Fair book launch party
In pictures: London Fashion Week
Lehman CEO arrives in time to sack everyone
The collapse of Lehman Brothers is thought likely to put 25,000 bankers out on the streets in New York, London and beyond. Few of them, however, have had such a career shock as Christian
Meissner who became chief executive of Lehman Brothers in Europe only last week, taking over at... [continued]
Newsdesk: Lehman collapse causes turmoil
Business Pages: Market rout on Lehman bankruptcy
Damien Hirst Sotheby’s show a success despite economic crash
Damien Hirst got away with it. The artist's recurring nightmare - reported here yesterday - that the Sotheby's auction of his work would attract no bids turned out to be just a bad
dream. In the event, a total of £70.5m was raised last night - a comfortable... [continued]
People: Will Sotheby’s show become a nightmare for Damien Hirst?
In pictures: Hirsts on sale at Sotheby's, London
In pictures: Damien Hirst party
Business Pages: Lehman Bros files for bankruptcy
In brief: Pink Floyd’s Rick Wright dies
Pink Floyd keyboard player and founder member Richard Wright has died, aged 65, from cancer. Wright appeared on the group's first album, The Piper at the Gates of Dawn, in 1967 alongside lead guitarist Syd Barrett, Roger Waters and Nick Mason.......... Prince William has decided to become a full-time helicopter... [continued]
Could Russell Tovey be the new Doctor Who?
With speculation that David Tennant may stand down as Doctor Who, Russell T Davies, its lead writer and executive producer of the show, says he favours the
26-year-old actor Russell Tovey to succeed Tennant. "He's amazing. I think I'd make him the eleventh Doctor," says Davies. Tovey has appeared in... [continued]
People: the Doctor conquers Stratford
London Fashion Week: Westwood’s album and Art Deco Temperley
Vivienne Westwood celebrated the release of her first album (yes, album) at Selfridges yesterday. The fashion mix-tape entitled Catwalk Breakdown features 16 of Westwood's
favourite tracks from her shows, ranging from the New York Dolls' Personality Crisis to Tchaikovsky's Sugar Plum Fairy. Over at the Natural History Museum, models... [continued]
London fashion designers feel the squeeze
In pictures: London Fashion Week
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