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Equatorial Guinea pursues Mark Thatcher
Sir Mark Thatcher is a wanted man in Equatorial Guinea. An international arrest warrant has been issued and the oil-rich west African state intends to "pursue him to the ends of the
earth". Thatcher's whereabouts are uncertain - he is thought to be living in Spain. But what is clear... [continued]
Mann names Calil and Thatcher in coup plot 
In pictures: the descent of Mann
‘Spitting Image’ is back with a Noughties twist
Spitting Image, with its caricatures of a blundering Ronald Reagan, salivating Roy Hattersley and macho Mrs Thatcher and her cabinet of vegetables, was one of the big hits of British television in the 1980s. Now, 12 years after the satirical series ended, a 21st-century version... [continued]
Carla charms UK’s most powerful women
Before slipping into an off-the-shoulder number for Thursday night's dinner at Guildhall (pictured above), which brought the Sarkozys' 36-hour state visit to a close,
France's First Lady, Carla Bruni, was the star turn at a women-only charity lunch organised by Sarah Brown, the Prime Minister’s wife, at... [continued]
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R4’s Charlotte Green gets giggles on air
Charlotte Green, the BBC radio newsreader famed for her velvet tones and unflappable manner, was overcome by a fit of giggles while reading the 8.0 am news during Radio 4's Today progamme on Friday morning. The subject of mirth was the discovery by American historians of what they believe is... [continued]
Big in Worthing: Apprentice reject
Will the art career of the pompous young would-be barrister Nicholas De Lacy Brown be any more successful than his short-lived television career as a contest on The
Apprentice? Nicholas was the first man to be fired from the new series this week: Sir Alan Sugar took... [continued]
Nicholas De Lacy Brown's website
French comedy: vive la difference!
Long live Franco-British friendship, said Nicolas Sarkozy during his whirlwind trip to London and Windsor, stressing the cultural ties linking his nation and ours. Yet nothing could
illustrate better the difference between those two cultures than a comedy currently taking the French box office by storm. Almost... [continued]
In pictures: the Sarkozys' state visit
In brief: Huq set to shun Olympic relay
The television presenter Konnie Huq is set to pull out of her role in the Olympic torch relay in London on April 6 in protest at China's crackdown on Tibetan protesters... Newly
divorced Sir Paul McCartney has been spotted on holiday in Antigua with American socialite Nancy... [continued]
Sir Paul's Nancy is in Linda's mould
