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Steve Coogan booed in Liverpool
Steve Coogan, the creator of Alan Partridge, appears to have lost his comic touch. Big time. This, at least, was the view of the audience who came to see him at the 10,000-seat Liverpool Echo Arena on Wednesday night, many of whom showed their disappointment with the Mancunian comedian's... [continued]
Madonna fires opening shot in divorce war
Madonna's divorce from Guy Ritchie looks set to turn very messy indeed. At a concert in Boston on Wednesday night, a few hours after their break-up was officially
confirmed, the singer introduced a song she'd written about her soon-to-be ex with the words: "This song is for the emotionally... [continued]
Filth and Wisdom clip 
Madonna and Guy Ritchie to divorce
In Town: Hi-ho Haslam’s silver lining
Nicky Haslam, a man who refuses to grow old gracefully (he was already in his 60s when he dyed his hair and took on the appearance of Oasis frontman Liam Gallagher), held a party in
honour of his art-collector friend Janet de Botton on Thursday night. In his usual grand... [continued]
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Gen Richards to head the British Army
The British Army is to have a new boss as of next summer - General Sir David Richards (pictured), who will replace General Sir Richard Dannatt, who has held
the top job since 2006. Richards was the first non-American to take charge of US troops since World... [continued]
How Sarah Sands got the Dannatt scoop
Dannatt was wrong to speak out, but at least he is on the Army's side
Clive Anderson in cheating row
Clive Anderson (pictured), the broadcaster and comic, has aroused the ire of a gaggle of journalists and social do-gooders by questioning the legitimacy of their victory in a charity quiz. Anderson had acted as chairman at the event, a fund-raiser for the Rehabilitation of Addictive Prisoners Trust held at... [continued]
In brief: Eva Green and Sam Riley turn up at London Film Festival
Sam Riley and Eva Green were on the red carpet on Thursday for the opening of Franklyn, a British futuristic thriller showing at the London Film Festival.
Also in town for the festival was the New York filmmaker Spike Lee (right) whose new film Miracle at St Anna tells... [continued]
In pictures: Pick of the London Film Festival
Alan Yentob tipped for new BBC post
Alan Yentob's assertion of his northern credentials – he recently announced that, contrary to popular belief, he attended Leeds University and not Oxbridge – appears to have paid
off. He is now being tipped to become the BBC's ‘director-general of the north’, a position made necessary by the moving... [continued]
Will Dimbleby quit Question Time?
BBC’s John Simpson ‘expects to be sacked’
The Clash designer Ray Lowry dies
The cartoonist and artist Ray Lowry has died aged 64. While he contributed to a number of publications, notably Private Eye, 1960's underground magazine OZ and the New Musical Express, one of his best-known works remains the album cover design he produced for the seminal 1980 Clash album, London... [continued]
Lorca’s body to be exhumed
Spain's attempts to come to terms with the atrocities that occurred under General Franco's 36-year reign is to result in the exhumation of the remains of the poet Federico Garcia
Lorca (pictured), who was shot dead at the age of 39 for being a leftist and homosexual at the start... [continued]
Robert Capa’s photos from the Spanish Civil War
Keith Tyson spends at Frieze Art Fair
Not everyone is walking around the Frieze Art Fair with sewn-up pockets. While sales are said to be slow, this did not put off Turner Prize-winning British artist Keith Tyson
(pictured) from doing his bit to prop up the art market. On Thursday, he purchased a set of 11 Eduardo... [continued]
George Michael reveals his gallery plans at the Frieze Art Fair
