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The Queen no friend of Michael Martin
The Speaker Michael Martin's decision to deny all responsibility for the controversial police raid on MP Damian Green's office in the House of Commons and pass the
buck to his Serjeant at Arms Jill Pay - as described by the Mole elsewhere on The First Post - will not have... [continued]
The Mole: Speaker pulls the rug from under his Serjeant at Arms 
Si Newhouse denies Wintour rumour
Si Newhouse, the owner of the publishing empire Conde Naste, issued an immediate rebuttal to rumours circulating yesterday - and reported here - that he is about to ditch
Anna Wintour (pictured), the editor-in-chief of American Vogue, and replace her with French Vogue editor, Carine Roitfeld. "This is the... [continued]
People: Is Vogue editor Anna Wintour about to be deposed?
People: Anna Wintour risks Sicilian mafia
Mumbai film a bad idea, says Vikram Bhatt
The controversy over Indian film-maker Ram Gopal Varma's visit to the devastated Taj hotel on Sunday within hours of it being cleared by security forces continues to rumble in
Bollywood. According to the Indo-Asian News Service, the producer-director Vikram Bhatt (pictured left) has entered the fray by claiming that any... [continued]
People: Ram Gopal Varma and the Taj hotel mystery
Briscoe plans to make mother pay
It looks like Constance Briscoe (pictured) is going to exact her pound of flesh from her mother, Carmen Briscoe-Mitchell, who on Monday lost a libel action
she'd brought against her daughter over child abuse allegations that appeared in Briscoe's best-selling misery memoir Ugly. Briscoe, a barrister and part-time judge,... [continued]
People: Constance Briscoe’s Ugly legal battle
In brief: Polanski sex case bid
Lawyers acting for Roman Polanski (pictured), the Oscar-winning film director, asked a Los Angeles court on Tuesday to dismiss a charge of unlawful sex with
a minor brought against the film director more than 30 years ago. The move follows the appearance of new evidence in a documentary, Roman Polanski:... [continued]
People: Shatner fumes over Takei’s wedding snub
People: Demo planned against Ross and BBC
People: Polanski victim wants him to be forgiven
People: Polanski film cuts out ‘TV, no jail’ offer
Lindsay Lohan rails against being removed from Facebook
Lindsay Lohan (pictured left), the Hollywood actress, often uses her Facebook page to keep her fans abreast of her latest goings-on. However, all did not go according to plan when she logged on the other day to pen a few words rebutting a story that she and her deejay girlfriend... [continued]
Andres Duany rounds on British architects
American architect Andres Duany (pictured), who was one of the designers of Poundbury, the Prince of Wales's retro English town in Dorset, has launched an
attack against modern British architects for pursuing “ego-driven" visions which have resulted in social dysfunction. While he does not name names, it is clear that... [continued]
People: Frank Gehry’s Brighton building axed
