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Why did Smith spurn chance of free home?
Given the fix she's in regarding her second home allowance and the revelation of her husband's taste for blue movies, Home Secretary Jacqui Smith must be rueing the day she turned
down the opportunity of a grace and favour government home in the West End of London. If she... [continued]
People: Jacqui Smith's husband risks everything 
The Mole: Smith on a knife-edge after blue movie revelation
Lebedev ‘to sue’ Forbes over Rich List losses
After buying the London Evening Standard, the Russian billionaire and former KGB spy Alexander Lebedev has let slip his high opinion of the press by accusing Forbes magazine of precipitating the world financial crisis. He made the comments as he revealed that he intends to sue the American magazine for... [continued]
The Wire’s West criticises the BBC
Dominic West, one of the British actors in the US television series The Wire, has offended BBC bosses by hitting out at the state of British television and accusing it of
lacking "high end drama". The 40-year-old Old Etonian who plays the hard-boiled detective Jimmy McNulty in The Wire... [continued]
The bad guys will win says The Wire creator David Simon
Film Talk: The Wire finally gets a BBC slot
The Wire: When TV goes underground
Winston Churchill’s breakfast whisky
As President Barack Obama crosses the Atlantic eastward on Air Force One, a fascinating document has come to light which illustrates Winston Churchill's taste for
the high life as he flew out to Washington in June 1954 to meet one of Obama's predecessors, President Dwight Eisenhower. It was at... [continued]
People: What Camilla could do for Michelle Obama
The Obama White House: latest news and comment
Who got pickled at the Pickles party?
What on earth was the Conservative party chairman Eric Pickles (pictured) serving at his spring drinks party in the House of Commons last night? It emerged this morning that
police had to be called in to break up a fight involving two journalists clearly the worse for wear after attending... [continued]
The Mole: Daily postings from The First Post's Westminster insider
Operation Overkill: policing of G20 protests will lead to violence
Ken Stott expels teen theatre-goers
Gritty TV cop Ken Stott seems to have been trying to live up to his on-screen image by administering some impromptu (and apparently undeserved) discipline to a group of teenagers at
a West End theatre. The actor, best known for his lead roles in TV's Messiah, The Vice and... [continued]
People: Ken Stott nominated for a Bafta
Film Talk: Finally, the BBC shows ‘The Wire’
Galloway speaks by video after Canada ban
George Galloway has been forced to address an audience in Toronto, Canada by video message after a Canadian judge upheld a decision to ban the Respect MP from entering the country on
a planned speaking tour. The colourful politician, who was expelled from the Labour Party in 2003 following... [continued]
People: Oona King turns up at No10
People: Galloway closes down Jewish radio station
David Starkey attacks ‘feminised’ history
Historian David Starkey has launched a thinly veiled attack on female authors such as Lady Antonia Fraser and films like Elizabeth by lambasting the
"feminisation" of history in the run-up to his new series about Henry VIII. He says that the obsession with Henry's wives is "bizarre" and lays... [continued]
Book review: Henry: The Virtuous Prince by David Starkey
People: Lady Antonia Fraser bemoans British Library
Arianna launches the HuffFund
David Simon, creator of The Wire and subject of today’s cover story on The First Post, will be delighted to hear that Arianna Huffington
(pictured) has thrown her influence and money behind a new scheme to train the next generation of investigative reporters. Simon, a former crime reporter... [continued]
Bad guys will win, says David Simon
The Huffington Post launches the HuffFund
Film Talk: 'The Wire' finally hits the BBC
Perienne is Lucian Freud’s latest muse
Lucian Freud (pictured) has added another girl to his growing list of muses - a young artist named Perienne Christian who is expected to earn the artist
£15m when the painting goes to auction. The 25-year-old brunette, who has been posing nude for the 86-year-old... [continued]
Picasso held Lucian Freud in contempt
Kate Moss stars on Lemonheads’ album
She may always look like she's just tumbled out of bed, but Kate Moss is surely one of Britain's busiest women. Not only is she preparing for the opening of Sir Philip
Green's Topshop flagship in New York this week as well as putting the finishing touches... [continued]
Philip Green: Toast of Broadway – or just toast?
People: Is Kate Moss about to tie the knot?
Is Kate Moss joining the Kills?
