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Johnson: Gordon Brown is ‘like a drunk’
Boris Johnson, the Conservative Mayor of London, has used his column in the Daily Telegraph to launch a personal attack on Gordon Brown, accusing the PM of – among other things - behaving like a drunk. Writes Johnson: "You know what, I have now heard more than enough about how... [continued]
Conrad Black not on Bush’s pardon list
Anxious times for Conrad Black, the former proprietor of the Daily Telegraph. On Friday it was confirmed that Black - or Prisoner No 18330-424 as he is known at the Coleman
Correctional Center in Florida - had appealed to the US Justice Office to be considered for a presidential pardon... [continued]
The sad lament of Barbara Amiel 
The dramatic biography that might not be to Conrad Black’s liking
The case against Conrad Black
Laurence: How Conrad Black lost his empire
David Suchet and Lucy Cohu help Brits dominate the Emmy Awards
British actors and television shows monopolised the 36th International Emmy awards in New York last night, picking up seven of the ten awards on offer. David Suchet (pictured left) won the best actor gong for Maxwell, the 2007 BBC film in which he portrayed the media tycoon Robert... [continued]
In brief: Amy Winehouse in hospital
Amy Winehouse has been hospitalised (again). A spokeswoman for 25-year-old singer (pictured) said she had had "a bad reaction to the combination of medication she has
currently been prescribed"………….Two of the judges on Strictly Come Dancing face the sack following their criticisms of John Sergeant's performances, according to the
Daily... [continued]
Fury at Sergeant’s decision to quit
What do the US spies have on Tony Blair?
The revelation that US intelligence kept a file of a "personal nature" on Tony Blair (pictured) while he was Prime Minister has intrigued Britain's spook-watchers. One source told The First Post: "It is quite common for the American and British secret service to compile dossiers on anyone they find interesting,... [continued]
Baader-Meinhof’s Klar to be freed
As the film The Baader-Meinhof Complex continues to attract audiences and controversy in equal measure, one of the last imprisoned members of the terrorist gang, Christian
Klar (inset above), is to be freed after spending more than a quarter of a century in jail. Klar, 56,... [continued]
Matthew Carr: what made Baader kill
Film review: The Baader-Meinhof Complex
Sachs turns down Jonathan Ross invite
Jonathan Ross's attempts to rehabilitate himself following the ‘Manuelgate’ affair has suffered a blow. For while the BBC have allowed him to return to his presenting duties in
January, his hope of showing public contrition by inviting Fawlty Towers actor Andrew Sachs onto his BBC1 chat show Friday Night with... [continued]
What BBC ban means to Jonathan Ross
Liam Byrne’s demands ignored by staff
As Gordon Brown's so-called "Cabinet enforcer", Liam Byrne is a man used to getting his own way. However, his attempts to keep his team of civil servants in line – he recently issued them an 11-page memo listing, among other things, when they should bring him coffee – has not... [continued]
