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Joking aside for Tony Blair on Daily Show
Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair joined the likes of Bill Clinton, Jimmy Carter and Pervez Musharraf when he appeared on
the American 'fake news' programme The Daily Show on Thursday night. However, viewers expecting another comedic performance similar to Blair's well-received sketch with Catherine
Tate for Comic... [continued]
People: Jon Stewart hailed as the serious face of US current affairs 
Nick Faldo: the ego has landed
Whatever the result of golf's Ryder Cup, which started with the foursomes on Friday, there won't be any love lost between the single-minded European team captain Nick Faldo and the
world's media - a mutual loathing that dates back to 1992 when Faldo won the Open and then... [continued]
Ryder Cup preview
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In Town Last Night: Fashion’s finest turn out for Vogue
As a tie-in to London Fashion Week, a designer crowd flocked to Brown’s Hotel, Mayfair last night for Vogue's 'Celebration of Fashion' dinner. Couturiers old and new turned out, from
Grande Dame Vivienne Westwood to modern classics Roland Mouret (left) and Stella McCartney, as well as new generation It-boy
Henry... [continued]
In pictures: Vogue party
In pictures: London Fashion Week
H-boss Andy Hornby cashes in on failure
Despite his company reaching the brink of collapse before Lloyds stepped in an rescued it, Andy Hornby, chief executive of HBOS, is to receive shares worth almost £2m in Lloyds
following this week’s emergency takeover. As well as a generous stake in the new entity, Hornby, 41, is expected to... [continued]
HBOS: Lloyds rides to the rescue
Financial crisis is a mess of Brown’s creation
Lost Princess Margaret portrait goes on show
Viscount Linley caused dismay in 2006 when he auctioned off 800 treasures belonging to his mother, Princess Margaret, to foot a £3m inheritance tax bill. But he had
second thoughts about one item, a 1957 portrait of the princess by the Italian artist Pietro Annigoni. Bidding anonymously, Linley bought it... [continued]
In pictures: Annigoni portraits of Princess Margaret and the Queen
London Fashion Week: stellar cast for Vivienne Westwood show
The paparazzi descended on the Natural History Museum to catch a glimpse of Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie, who came to support Brazilian label, Issa. Dressed in
slinky Issa mini dresses, the royal fans took their places along with actress Emilia Fox and front row regular Tamsin Egerton. Lazy and... [continued]
Thursday’s report from the catwalks and parties
In pictures: London Fashion Week
London fashion designers feel the squeeze
All the pictures from New York Fashion Week
Turkish writer wins net ban on Dawkins
A Turkish court has banned internet users from viewing the official website of the leading biologist and science writer Richard Dawkins after a Muslim creationist writer claimed its
contents were defamatory and blasphemous. Adnan Oktar complained that Dawkins, who is a fierce critic of creationism and intelligent... [continued]
People: Dawkins and Winston clash in Reiss row
In brief: Van Morrison bans booze from gigs
Singer Van Morrison has imposed an alcohol ban during his upcoming concert tour because he finds it "off-putting" when fans visit the bar. Morrison, 63, is teetotal having battled alcohol addiction as a young man. He insists that is irrelevant and his motive is to discourage people from milling around... [continued]
Huntsman Otis Ferry set for Crown Court
Rock star Bryan Ferry's son Otis Ferry, a prominent campaigner against the law that made fox-hunting illegal, has been charged with trying to nobble a prosecution witness due to give evidence against him in a robbery case. Cheltenham magistrates have sent Ferry to the Crown Court on two charges... [continued]
