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RBS’s Fred Goodwin gets shredded
The Royal Bank of Scotland's chief executive Fred 'the Shred' Goodwin - so called for his aggressive cost-cutting skills - is the most high-profile of the bankers
who lost their jobs today as RBS, Lloyds and HBOS were all part-nationalised in Gordon Brown's £37bn rescue mission. But... [continued]
Newsdesk: Government pumps £37bn into three banks 
The Mole: Labour believe they have a chance
Jane Shepherdson meets nemesis again
One woman in particular will not be thrilled to hear that the rag-trade tycoon Sir Philip Green is trying to purchase the Icelandic Baugur Group which owns many of the British high
street's best known chain stores, including Principles, Oasis, Warehouse, Karen Millen – and Whistles. She is Jane Shepherdson... [continued]
Kate Moss and the Topshop divorce
Ex-Topshop boss resurfaces at Whistles
In brief: Penelope Cruz to face problems with bullfighting film
Penelope Cruz and Adrien Brody (pictured) are bracing themselves for a full frontal assault from animal rights activists over a film they have just
completed. The movie in question, Manolete, deals with the love affair between Manuel Sanchez - the matador known as Manolete – and Lupe Sino, but... [continued]
Angelina Jolie attacked for not supporting Barack Obama
Economist who praised Brown wins Nobel
Not content with multi-billion-pound bail-outs of British banks, does Gordon Brown also have a hand in awarding Nobel Prizes? Yesterday, the American economist Paul
Krugman (pictured) wrote an op-ed article for the New York Times entitled 'Gordon Does Good', in which he said: "The Brown government has... [continued]
Newsdesk: Government pumps £3bn into banks
The Mole: Labour believe they have a chance
Le Clezio wins Nobel prize for literature. Qui?
Nobel boss slams US writers
Howard accuses Amis of being ‘pompous’
Writer Elizabeth Jane Howard, who was married to Kingsley Amis, is often credited by her stepson Martin Amis (pictured) for nurturing his
love for books. However, she now feels that in doing so she may have created something of a literary monster. Asked in an interview with... [continued]
Has Martin Amis forced Eagleton out?
McEwan joins Amis in condemning Islam
Amis, Islam and the writer’s duty
Amis delivers fatwa warning to Obama
‘Chuckleheaded’ Amis attacked in NYT
In Town Last Night: Tracey Emin’s travelling chess set
Tracey Emin launched her new work of art – a travelling chess set – at the RS&A gallery, North London yesterday. Joining the celebrations were fellow Brit artist Tim Noble
(pictured left), supermodel friend Kate Moss, Moss's former beau Jefferson Hack (centre) and his fiancee Anouck Lepere
(right), sometime rock... [continued]
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Tony Blair, not such a straight guy after all
The truth about Tony Blair's actions during the notorious Ecclestone Affair in 1997 - the then Prime Minister excluded Formula One motor-racing from a ban on tobacco advertising in
sport, an exemption that he was later forced to withdraw - has been revealed. At the time the... [continued]
Cherie Blair compares Tony to Churchill
Are Bernie Ecclestone’s girls at odds over fur?
Is Gordon Brown going blind?
As if he didn't have enough on his plate, Gordon Brown is said to be having increasing problems with his eyesight. Close friends of the Prime Minister say that he can now only see
extremely large print and has needed guidance at public events. The PM,... [continued]
The Mole: Labour believe they have a chance
