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Whitehall’s mystery blogger goes to ground
A cheeky female civil servant blogger, who has been ridiculing Cabinet members including Gordon Brown and Alistair Darling, and taking the mickey out of civil service mandarins, right up to Cabinet secretary Gus O'Donnell, appears to have gone to ground after the Sunday Times reported that the hunt for her... [continued]
Pellicano trial kicks
off in La-La Land
The long-awaited trial in Los Angeles of Anthony Pellicano, Hollywood's 'private eye to the stars', in which a galaxy of film actors, agents and studio chiefs are due to take the
witness stand in the coming weeks, finally got underway on Thursday with Pellicano, dressed in green prison garb, representing... [continued]
Who's who in the Pellicano trial 
Americans: lawyer to the stars takes centre stage
In Town: Agyness Deyn and the art-fashion fusion crowd
Model-of-the-moment Agyness Deyn and best mate Henry Holland (above left) were the star attractions at annual fundraiser Tod's Art Plus Film Party 2008 at
the Whitechapel Gallery last night. Art fusion was the theme with designer invites by Holland, an auction of artworks, a film screening and DJ... [continued]
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At last, Posh lives
up to her name
She's spent her whole career being mocked for her 'Posh' soubriquet, but a new photoshoot with Victoria Beckham in Vogue magazine suggests that she's finally living up to her nickname. Shot by photographer Nick Knight in the style of Cecil Beaton's famously refined and majestic photographs of Princess Margaret and... [continued]
‘Merchant of Death’ Viktor Bout caught
The 'Merchant of Death' is finally behind bars. Viktor Bout, one of the world's most notorious international arms dealers, has been arrested by Thai police in Bangkok for supplying weapons and explosives to Colombia's FARC rebels. Bout or Butt, Bont, Buttee or Boutov depending on which alias he... [continued]
Al Gore’s inconvenient media share deal
Just when some political commentators are suggesting that only Al Gore can break the deadlock between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton - and that
he’d be a better candidate anyway to take on John McCain - the former Vice-President is looking to profit from a controversial share deal. In what... [continued]
Al Gore is finally beating Bush
Ken cashes in on Banksy graffiti
Another bad week for London mayor Ken Livingstone - his friend and race advisor Lee Jasper resigned on Tuesday amid allegations of cronyism and misconduct - finally
perked up on Thursday night when he raised almost a quarter of a million pounds for his re-election campaign with an auction of... [continued]
People: 'Boring' Gormley rages at 'crap' art
People: Banksy comes out for Ken Livingstone
Ken Shuttleworth, the gherkin and egg man
While fans of modern architecture marvel at Norman Foster's new airport for Beijing - photographed on The First Post today - the 'hidden genius' actually responsible for
designing many of Lord Foster's most famous buildings over three decades will next week unveil plans for a series of skyscrapers to be... [continued]
In pictures: Beijing airport
Burrell refuses to return to Di inquest
Princess Diana's former butler Paul Burrell has refused to return to the London inquest into her death, despite being asked to explain discrepancies between his
evidence and a video recording in which he apparently claims that he introduced "red herrings". In the video obtained by the Sun newspaper, Burrell allegedly... [continued]
People: Burrell humiliated at Diana inquest
