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Jeremy Clarkson in new BBC row
Here we go again. Days after the humiliating suspension of Jonathan Ross and the resignation of Russell Brand, the BBC is having to deal with another lapse of taste
and judgment. The culprit this time is Jeremy Clarkson (pictured), who let rip against Britain’s lorry drivers in his laddish car... [continued]
Peregine Worsthorne: Ross & Brand’s sadism isn’t public service broadcasting ![]()
What BBC ban means to Jonathan Ross ![]()
Number 10 responds to Jeremy Clarkson joke ![]()
Baroness Vadera has staff problems
One of Gordon Brown's most trusted advisors, Baroness (Shriti) Vadera (pictured), who works under Lord Mandelson at the Department for Business, is facing increasing criticism for her somewhat demanding attitude in the work place. Six of the 10 staff in permanent positions in her private office have left since her... [continued]
Is Kate Winslet for real in Vanity Fair photo shoot?
When Kate Winslet (pictured) appeared on the cover of GQ in 2003, she famously chided the magazine for airbrushing out her thighs. However, according to photographic experts she has let the production staff at Vanity Fair, on whose cover she appears in the December issue, have free rein to make... [continued]
Tessa Jowell’s Formula 1 freebie
One of those who enjoyed Lewis Hamilton's (pictured) gripping triumph in the Formula 1 championship in Sao Paulo on Sunday was Tessa Jowell, Labour's
Olympics minister. But why, asks her opposite number on the Lib Dem benches, Don Foster, was she there in the first place, given that F1 is... [continued]
Lewis Hamiltion should live in Britain, says Stirling Moss ![]()
In brief: Russell Brand to play pirate
Russell Brand (pictured) is in talks to appear in the next Pirates of the Caribbean film. According to reports, he will play the brother of Johnny
Depp's character Jack Sparrow ………… Jane Fonda is to return to Broadway next year after an absence of more than four decades.... [continued]
Brand resigns over Sachs calls ![]()
Carla Bruni comes to the aid of terrorist ![]()
In Town Last Night: Vogue’s Secret Address Book launches
Vogue's Secret Address Book is a must-have insider's guide for the fashion devotee, so to celebrate its launch with the December issue of the magazine, Vogue hosted their
Fantastic Fashion Fantasy Party at the grand former church One Marylebone Road last night. The doyennes of the British fashion bible were... [continued]
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Crown Prince hosts PM at £9k-a-night suite
Have the freebie-loving ways of his new Business Minister, Lord Mandelson, rubbed off on the Prime Minister? On his tour of the Gulf states, Gordon Brown was put up
last night in a £9,000-a-night suite (pictured) at the seven-star Emirates Palace in Abu Dhabi. Like Mandy, who has a... [continued]
Mandelson enjoys the high life in Moscow ![]()
Why did Jenkins reveal her drug-taking?
Many were surprised when Katherine Jenkins (pictured), the comely Welsh opera star, decided to reveal at the weekend that she had used the Class A drugs ecstacy and cocaine. It wasn't so much the fact that she had done so, as why, apropos nothing, she suddenly decided to come clean.... [continued]



