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McCain’s royal lineage claims rubbished
Poor old John McCain. He travels all the way to London to meet the PM and push his new book, Hard Call, only to be dumped on from a great height by a bunch of British
academics. The trouble began when his London publishers, Gibson Square, claimed that the... [continued]
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British writer undone by moral turpitude
Sebastian Horsley, would-be enfant terrible of the Brit-lit scene, has been sent home from New York where he was about to embark on a promotional tour of America for his
autobiographical book Dandy of the Underworld. Customs officers at Newark airport detained the 45-year-old author for eight hours on Tuesday,... [continued]
People: American memoir hoax, the sequel
Paul Scofield dies aged 86
The Oscar-winning British actor Paul Scofield, who died Thursday 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
Becks back in Fabio Capello’s good books
Is the new England football coach an old softie after all? Fabio Capello has chosen David Beckham to appear in the squad facing France in Paris next week, which
means the former team captain will win his 100th England cap. When Capello left Beckham out of his last squad... [continued]
People: Becks misses ball after England snub
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]
Brown and Red unite against blond threat
Gordon Brown and Mayor Ken Livingstone let bygones be bygones on Thursday and joined forces to deal with the increasing threat posed to Labour's hold on London by Boris Johnson, the Tory candidate in the coming mayoral election. The two men weren't exactly throwing their arms around each other, but... [continued]
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]
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