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Gordon Brown plots a Palace revolution
The boys at Highgrove - Prince Charles and his two sons William and Harry - had better beware. It would just take an arsenic-laced packet of Duchy
Original chocolate orange biscuits and Princess Anne would ascend to the throne - if Gordon Brown has his way. The Prime Minister,... [continued]
The Mole: Talk of Palace reforms takes eyes off Brown’s borrowing volte face 
Lewis Hamilton gives up before he’s started
Five months is a long time in motor racing. After a scintillating end to last year's Grand Prix season, the defending champion Lewis Hamilton goes into the new season, opening this
weekend in Melbourne, in the almost certain knowledge that he is going to lose the race – and possibly... [continued]
Brawn GP in pole position for Formula 1 season
In Pictures: Grand Prix quick six
David Hockney’s trees ‘massacred’
David Hockney has had to axe his grand plan to paint the four seasons after discovering that the century-old copse of trees he had chosen as his subject have been chopped down.
Hockney (pictured) has already painted the sycamore and beech trees near his home... [continued]
Hockney donates 'Bigger Trees Near Warter' to the Tate
Is Kate Moss to tie the knot?
It is a question that has been asked before in relation to many different suitors, but could the eternally wild party girl Kate Moss be about to tie the knot? This time the
evidence consists of more than just gossip - it comes in the form... [continued]
Kate Moss and Freida Pinto turn out for Karl Lagefeld's Chanel show
Mandela trumps Kylie in Gay Icons show
Move over Judy Garland, Dusty Springfield and Kylie Minogue. The latest gay icons include Nelson Mandela (pictured), Maya Angelou and Princesss Diana, if a survey of high-profile homosexuals is anything to go by. Sir Elton John, Sir Ian McKellen and Britain's first self-admitted gay politician,... [continued]
Betty Jackson gets a dressing-down
Betty Jackson, one of Britain's most respected designers, has met some of the harshest criticism of her distinguished career. And it's not from the front row of a catwalk show
- but from the judiciary. Last year, the 59-year-old designer (pictured with Lord Chief Justice,... [continued]
In pictures: London Fashion Week
LA awaits Phil Spector verdict
The jury in the Phil Spector murder retrial has retired to consider whether or not he killed actress Lana Clarkson at his house six years ago. The renowned music
producer, who developed the 'Wall of Sound' technique and co-wrote You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' for the Righteous Brothers, now has... [continued]
From Phil Spector to Josef Fritzl, lawyers lap up the limelight
Phil Spector - music legend and chilling monster
‘Mad’ John Cleese drags up bad reviews for Python and Fawlty
Former Monty Python actor John Cleese (left) has joined the Spectator as a contributing editor and used his first column to tell readers of the lousy reviews he
used to receive in the weekly for Monty Python and Fawlty Towers. What he does not reveal, however, is that the rudest... [continued]
John Cleese: The real reason I had to join the Spectator
Robbie Williams ‘to rejoin Take That’
After eating a large slice of humble pie, singer Robbie Williams (pictured) has announced that he wants to rejoin Take That. The 35-year-old singer, who left the boy band
back in 1995 following a long-standing feud with Gary Barlow, says their differences have been resolved and... [continued]
Michael Jackson plans O2 elephant ride
