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Hillary embarrassed by White House records
Hillary Clinton's argument that she is more experienced than her rival Barack Obama - 'Ready on Day One' is her slogan - took a blow on Wednesday when archived
schedules from her days as First Lady were made public. Far from showing her at the centre of decision-making, they indicate... [continued]
US Election 2008 latest 
Paul Scofield dies aged 86
The Oscar-winning British actor Paul Scofield, who died today at the age 86, was widely seen as one of the finest actors of his generation - no mean feat, given that his
contemporaries included Richard Burton and Alec Guinness. In 2004, a poll of such Royal... [continued]
Paul Scofield in A Man for all Seasons, courtesy Sony Pictures Releasing. Available on DVD
Authors claim Vatican censorship of novel
It reads like the plot from a Dan Brown novel: two bold authors unwittingly stumble across restricted Vatican secrets and are then hounded out of Italy by the forces of the Catholic
establishment. Which is precisely what Rita Monaldi and Francesco Sorti claim has happened to them. The husband-and-wife... [continued]
People: Da Vinci trial loser Richard Leigh dies
In brief: Naomi, Lewis and Archbishop feted
Naomi Campbell, Lewis Hamilton and Archbishop of York Dr John Sentuma are among 50 black Britons honoured at a London exhibition… Bryn Terfel is to return to the Royal Opera House to play the title role in Wagner’s Flying Dutchman; the Welsh bass baritone pulled out... [continued]
Anya Hindmarch is hit again
What has the London designer Anya Hindmarch done to deserve such trouble - apart from making some of the world's most coveted handbags? For the fourth time since October, a Hindmarch store has been targeted by smash-and-grab thieves. This time her new shop on Bond Street was hit. Two... [continued]
Now Daily Mail faces massive pay-out
While Fleet Street gleefully joined in the schadenfreude at the Express Group's £550,000 pay-out to Kate and Gerry McCann, the Daily Mail's report of their rival's shame was
curiously muted. Could it have something lot to do with the fact that they had just spent an even more expensive day... [continued]
People: Express papers say sorry to McCanns
