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Monday January 5, 2009

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Gaunt Steve Jobs explains himself

After months in which computer king Steve Jobs has looked more and more gaunt with every public appearance, Apple's CEO has quashed concerns that he is quitting as head of the company - or indeed about to die - with a letter on the company website. It... [continued]

Diana Athill wins Costa award at 91

Diana Athill, the revered British literary publisher, novelist and memoirist, has emerged triumphant in the Costa book awards, winning the biography category with Somewhere Towards the End, which deals with the process of getting old, a subject of which the author (pictured) can claim intimate knowledge having celebrated her 91st... [continued]

Is Nicolas Sarkozy’s brother the father of Rachida Dati’s child?

Rachida Dati, France's glamorous Justice Minister, gave birth to a baby daughter called Zohra on Friday, an event that has intensified speculation as to who is the father. The latest candidate is Francois Sarkozy, the younger brother of the President Nicolas Sarkozy (pictured with Dati), who was seen visiting... [continued]

Susan Hill and the GCSE English students

Writer Philip Hensher has had a timely dig at his fellow novelist Susan Hill (pictured) in today’s Independent. He was commenting on Hill’s revelation in the January issue of Standpoint magazine that she has been deluged with emails from GCSE English students studying her novel, I'm King of the Castle,... [continued]

Is Pinault planning to sell Christie’s?

One of the world’s wealthiest business tycoons, the Frenchman Francois Pinault (pictured), may be in more of a financial squeeze than first thought. Following reports that he is thinking of selling off the renowned Chateau Latour vineyard for £200 million, it is now mooted that he might want to... [continued]

In brief: Cheryl Cole makes the cover of Vogue

Cheryl Cole, the Girls Aloud singer, wife of England and Chelsea footballer Ashley Cole and judge on The X Factor, has another feather in her cap. She has made the front cover of the February issue of Vogue, a remarkable feat that will no doubt trouble fellow footballers' WAGs... [continued]

Ann Coulter savages Michelle Obama’s style

Ann Coulter (right), the right-wing political polemicist and US TV pundit, has thrown a well-aimed knife into the back of Michelle Obama (left). It comes in her latest book, Guilty: Liberal 'Victims' and their Assault on America, in which she diverts her pen from the book's main argument –... [continued]

Michelle Obama and Ann Coulter

Tony O’Reilly’s Independent problem

These are not the happiest of times for staff at the Independent and Independent on Sunday. And they are likely to be sunk further into gloom by today's news that Waterford Wedgwood, the 250-year-old china and glassware maker, has gone into liquidation. Why? Because Tony O'Reilly (pictured), the chief executive... [continued]

Jimmy Carter’s housing scheme row

A model housing estate bankrolled by a raft of Hollywood celebrities, among them Brad Pitt, Johnny Depp and Helena Bonham-Carter, is, according to its residents, falling apart. Fairway Oaks was built by volunteers - even the former US president, Jimmy Carter (pictured), put in a few days toil - on... [continued]

Pauline Prescott asked to write memoirs

John Prescott's memoirs, Prezza – My Story: Pulling No Punches, did not trouble the bestseller lists when they were published last year. But it looks like the former deputy prime minister's wife, Pauline (pictured), could fare a lot better if she decides to write an account of her own life.... [continued]

Salman Rushdie rants against his detractors

Next month sees the 20th anniversary of the publication of Salman Rushdie's (pictured) controversial novel, The Satanic Verses, but he doesn't seem much in the mood to mark the event himself, or indeed to show gratitude for the vast amount of money shelled out by the British taxpayer to protect... [continued]

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