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Why Ted Hughes’s son killed himself
It was the death of Ted Hughes from cancer in 1998, not Sylvia Plath’s suicide, which drove their son Nicholas to killing himself, a close friend has insisted. Those
who knew Dr Nicholas Hughes, who hanged himself last week at his home in Alaska, have spoken out... [continued]
Coline Covington: Sylvia Plath and the child she killed 
Sylvia Plath's son commits suicide
Vandals heed Max Hastings and attack Fred Goodwin’s home
It seems Scottish vandals have heeded Max Hastings' (left) suggestion in the Daily Mail on Saturday that disgruntled taxpayers should throw rocks through the
windows of the country’s disgraced bankers. Early on Wednesday morning vandals attacked the £3m Edinburgh home of former Royal Bank of Scotland... [continued]
How the taxpayer can claw back Sir Fred Goodwin's pension
Sir Fred isn't the only financier getting away with an unjust pension
Why flagellating Sir Fred won't help hypocritical Brown, Harman and Cameron
Michael Lang plans Woodstock revival
Michael Lang, co-founder of the iconic 1969 Woodstock festival (pictured), is planning to resurrect the event for a 40th anniversary shindig in New York, and has set himself
the target of raising $10m in three weeks to make it happen. After reprisals in 1994 and 1999,... [continued]
Woodstock goes for a song - and several million
Ageing Woodstock hippy 'busted'
The gig that rocked Britain's consciousness
In Town: Scarlett Johansson launched as ‘face of Moet’
A red-headed Scarlett Johansson (pictured) was launched as the 'face of Moet & Chandon' last night, when the champagne brand introduced their new ambassador at a
'Tribute to Cinema' party. Johansson will star in an international advertising campaign shot by celebrity photographers Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott. Also posing by... [continued]
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Christine Kelly is Sarkozy’s new pick
Poor Rachida Dati. As if being ousted from the French government wasn't enough, the French press is now suggesting that President Nicolas Sarkozy plans to fill the
gap in his government left by his glamorous former Justice Minister with an even younger, some say even better-looking... [continued]
Rachida Dati sacked by Nicolas Sarkozy
Campbell has a go at ‘In the Loop’
Alastair Campbell has taken a swipe at satirist Armando Iannucci - not for the spiky caricature of him in his new film, In The Loop, but because the film
"bored" him. Ahead of next month's cinema release, Campbell (above right) was asked to a sneak preview... [continued]
People: Journalist quits over New Statesman’s Campbell wheeze
Mixed reviews for Jason Donovan as ‘Priscilla’ hits London
Jason Donovan, the one-time Neighbours heartthrob who controversially sued the Face magazine for alleging that he was gay, is back on the West End stage as a
camper-than-camp drag artiste in the Aussie musical, Priscilla, Queen of the Desert. And he's likely to be little happier with this morning's reviews... [continued]
In pictures: Priscilla hits the West End
Daniel Hannan mugs Brown in Strasbourg
The Conservatives have a new hero today - Daniel Hannan, the maverick MEP and regular contributor to The First Post on the shenanigans of Brussels, who stood up before
Gordon Brown in the EU Parliament yesterday and gave the visiting PM a mugging he will never forget. "Prime Minister,... [continued]
Daniel Hannan: Justice for the reporter who dared to take on Brussels
‘Walking billboard’ attack on Sarah Palin
A Democratic blogger who uses the pen name 'Celtic Diva' has lodged an ethics complaint against Sarah Palin, claiming she used her high profile as Governor of Alaska to advertise a
certain brand of winter clothing when she attended the recent Iron Dog snow machine race in which her husband... [continued]
First Dude Todd Palin goes for the burn
In pictures: the great Alaskan dog race
Michelle Obama gets diva-esque entourage
She may not behave much like a diva - yet - but on the recommendation of White House security advisors Michelle Obama will be accompanied on her trip to Britain next week by an
entourage even Mariah Carey wouldn’t sneeze at. Eight people will surround the First... [continued]
Reggie Love – Barack Obama's 'body guy'
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