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Max Mosley scuppers Sir Fred’s F1 chances
From the unbelievable-but-true department: In January, before the news broke of his £16m pension pot, Sir Fred Goodwin, former chief executive of the Royal Bank of Scotland, was
being considered as a potential new head of Formula 1 motor racing, to take over from the equally controversial Max Mosley.... [continued]
People: Max Mosley slams into Paul Dacre 
Guy Hands hands back £70m bonuses
As 250 former Dresdner Kleinwort staff launch a legal action to keep their full annual bonuses in tact, Guy Hands, the boss of private equity firm Terra Firma, has decided to do the
decent thing, announcing that he will return the greatest part of his own and his senior management's... [continued]
People: Guy Hands sues over mutant shrimp film
Freida Pinto and Naomi Watts at Milan Fashion Week
Attention swung from the designers to the women who wear their creations when some of the world’s most celebrated beauties, among them the actresses Naomi Watts (left),
Eva Mendes, Caterina Murino and Slumgdog Millionaire’s Freida Pinto (right), attended a photographic exhibition called Extreme
Beauty in Vogue in Milan on Monday... [continued]
People: Miuccia Prada takes Milan to war
In pictures: Milan Fashion Week
Film Talk: Slumdog Millionaire sweeps the Oscars
Sean Connery accused of loan swindle
Scottish actor Sir Sean Connery (pictured) has long had to put up with brickbats about his carefulness with money, which is said to be legendary. However, it now looks like
he will have to defend himself against something far more serious, allegedly swindling a former business partner out of millions... [continued]
People: Sean Connery blasts ex-wife Cilento
Conrad Black makes new friends in jail
Conrad Black, the disgraced former publisher of the Daily Telegraph and now prisoner number 18330-424 at the Coleman correctional facility in Florida, claims life in jail
has its benefits: he is learning to play the piano, which his mother never allowed him to do as a child, there are fewer... [continued]
The Mole: Black, Archer targeted
People: Bush fails to pardon Conrad Back
People: Lady Black defends ‘kulak’ bankers
People: Barbara Amiel gains a bleeding heart
Jennifer Aniston attends Marley & Me premiere
Hollywood actors Jennifer Aniston (left) and Owen Wilson (right) braved plunging temperatures in London to attend the British premiere of their new film, Marley & Me, on Monday night. The movie, an adaptation of journalist John Grogan’s US bestseller about a couple - played by Aniston and Wilson - learning... [continued]
Julie Myerson’s son denies stoner claim
The son of the novelist Julie Myerson has responded to his mother's extraordinary claim that she had thrown her 20-year-old son out of the family's South London home because he'd
become addicted to cannabis. Jake Myerson (pictured) has completely denied her claim that he is an out-of-control stoner... [continued]
Why Julie Myerson threw out her son
In brief: Oasis banned from China
British rock band Oasis have been forced to cancel two planned concerts in Beijing and Shanghai after Chinese authorities revoked their performance licenses, allegedly because of the group’s support
for the Dalai Lama and the Tibetan freedom movement. According to the promoters, problems arose after Chinese officials discovered that Noel... [continued]
People: Jack Straw lends a hand to Jade Goody
People: Gail Trimble’s uni team challenged
How Jade Goody became the new Princess Diana
I write for the money says Colm Toibin
The Irish novelist Colm Toibin (pictured) has put the cat among the literary pigeons by claiming that writing is no fun and that he only does it for the money. Toibin, 53,
the author of six novels including The Heather Blazing and The Master, made his claim during a Q&A... [continued]
The Manchester Review: Interview with Colm Toibin in full
The Guardian: Writing for a living: a joy or a chore?
