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Oleg’s Desert Island necessities
Oleg Gordievsky, the most senior Russian intelligence officer ever to defect to Britain, said on BBC Radio's Desert Island Discs today that since the murder of Alexander Litvinenko in London, and with relations between Whitehall and the Kremlin worsening, he no longer feels safe living in Britain. Like Litvinenko, a... [continued]
Stones toast Scorsese concert movie
The annual Berlin Film Festival kicked off on Thursday with an unusually packed press conference. The Rolling Stones were in town to attend the gala premiere of Martin
Scorsese's movie, Shine a Light, shot over three nights of Stones concerts at New York's Beacon Theatre in 2006. According to... [continued]
Trailer: Shine a Light 
Larry David - the new Woody?
Is newly-single Larry David hoping to share Javier Bardem's onscreen luck with the ladies? David, co-creator of Seinfeld and star of Curb Your Enthusiasm, has agreed to star in Woody Allen's next movie, to be shot in New York in the spring. Bardem is in the news, and... [continued]
Friendless Williams delights Oxford
The Archbishop of Canterbury (right) may be under fire from the entire British press, not to mention Gordon Brown's Cabinet, for saying that the adoption of
some aspects of Sharia law in Britain seems 'unavoidable', but he has gained some new friends in Oxford. Among the comments he made on... [continued]
Pros and Cons of allowing the 'call to prayer'
Peregrine Worsthorne: three cheers for the Archbishop
Charles goes green with luxury yacht
In an attempt to cut his carbon footprint, eco-conscious Prince Charles is to charter one of Britain's most luxurious yachts to ferry him around the Caribbean on his upcoming tour of the islands. Owned by Sir Donald Gosling, the multi-millionaire founder of NCP car parks who Charles knows well, Leander... [continued]
Mann turns up on Equatorial Guinea TV
The appearance of ex-SAS officer Simon Mann in Equatorial Guinea looks like sparking a diplomatic spat between Britain and the west African state's authoritarian regime. As reported
on The First Post, Mann disappeared from his jail cell in Harare last week after losing an extradition hearing and appeared to have... [continued]
News in Pictures: Descent of Mann
Is Marc Jacobs going out of fashion?
Marc Jacobs, once the golden boy of New York fashion week, was under pressure to pull something special from his well-tailored sleeves at his show in the Big Apple on Friday. After a
string of poorly received shows last year when Jacobs's poor time-keeping made more of a splash than... [continued]
Video: Marc by Marc Jacobs, Fall/Winter 08/09
Weinstein and Minelli usher in new era of Halston
In brief: Jolie in surprise Iraq visit
French President Nicolas Sarkozy is suing a French news website for claiming that he sent a text message to his ex-wife Cecilia offering to call off his wedding to Carla Bruni if she took him back... UN goodwill ambassador Angelina Jolie (right) has made a surprise visit to Iraq, meeting... [continued]
