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Rose hits bum note over Lane Fox karaoke
Sir Stuart Rose enraged Marks and Spencer shareholders earlier this year when he suddenly jumped - with the help of M&S's board - from being chief executive to executive chairman of the company. Perhaps this is why he has come under attack for a private investment he's made in a... [continued]
JK Rowling forces Trollope out
Aga queen Joanna Trollope has left her long-time publisher Bloomsbury. But why? Everyone in the industry is offering the same explanation: JK Rowling (pictured). Rowling, of course, is also published by Bloomsbury, and the publisher has made a fortune from the hugely successful Harry Potter books... [continued]
In brief: portrait of a tired PM
A painting of an exhausted-looking Tony Blair (above), painted at Chequers in the final months of his premiership by artist Phil Hale, has been unveiled;
one critic said it was perfect in every respect, apart from the head... John Cleese, faces an expensive divorce from his third... [continued]
Wills makes mystery PR dash to Harry's side 
Cleese promises to write jokes for Obama
Mailer’s mistress sells love letters to Harvard
Harvard University has brought an archive of letters, books and papers that throw light on the torrid love life of the late Norman Mailer. The seller is Mailer's
long-term mistress Carole Mallory, who accumulated the material in the course of their nine-year... [continued]
Mailer scoops Bad Sex award from the grave
Stuckists lobby PM to oust Tate’s Serota
Enemies of Sir Nicholas Serota (pictured) are petitioning Gordon Brown to end the arts supremo's 20 year reign as Director of the Tate Gallery. Sir Nicholas, 62, was first appointed to the job back in 1988 on a seven-year contract, which was renewed in 1995 and in 2002. Now the... [continued]
Madonna’s Guy speaks out for London’s beleaguered homebuyers
Guy Ritchie, the film director husband of Madonna, has spoken out for the thousands of first-time buyers struggling to get their first foot on the London property ladder, claiming that it's now virtually impossible to now buy a house in the city "unless you've got 10 million quid". "There... [continued]
Ken calls on Blair and Campbell for advice
Tony Blair and Alastair Campbell have been secretly helping out Ken Livingstone in his bid to clinch a third term as London's mayor. Along with New
Labour pollster Philip Gould, the former prime minister and his spin doctor have reportedly offered Livingstone's campaign team advice... [continued]
Ken v Boris: the London mayoral election race
Rattle plays down orchestra revolt
Disgruntled musicians at the Berlin Philharmonic are campaigning to remove its English conductor Sir Simon Rattle because they do not approve of the programme he has selected for 2009, which includes the orchestra performing Stockhausen and Messiaen in a disused aircraft hanger. It is... [continued]
