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MacKenzie enters politics over parking
Kelvin MacKenzie - former editor of the Sun, scourge of Westminster, the man who flayed John Major alive and ended Neil Kinnock’s career - is about to enter politics. The legendary journalist is seeking election as an independent for Elmbridge local council in Surrey, where he... [continued]
Harman backs Boris - thanks to hackers
Harriet Harman has defected from the Labour Party and is asking Londoners to back Boris Johnson's bid to become London mayor. That, at least, was the message posted on the deputy Labour leader's official website this morning. However, it soon became apparent that Harman had been... [continued]
In Town Last Night: California dreams in south London
LA-based photographer Alex Prager brought a touch of Californian gloss to the south London art scene last night for the private view of her new exhibition The Big Valley.
Milling among the prints at the Michael Hoppen Gallery was the artist herself (left), the gallerist and a... [continued]
More pictures 
Facebook founder loses key friend
The fall in popularity of Facebook - the social networking website is currently losing 40,000 subscribers a month - appears to be effecting relations between its two 20-something founders, who,
according to reports, are no longer on speaking terms. Although it isn’t clear what... [continued]
Manchester police wants to add you as a friend
Drama at Beeb over Thatcher films
Admirers of Lady Thatcher, brace yourselves. The BBC is producing two films on the Iron Lady - both, of course, controversial. The first is called simply Margaret, and it portrays Lady T, who is now 82, as a humourless obsessive who even believed that she had... [continued]
In brief: Winehouse makes Rich List
"Troubled" singer Amy Winehouse's finances appear to be in good health - the 24-year-old (pictured) has made it onto the Sunday Times Rich List, which estimates her
wealth to be worth around £10m. Other singers new to the list include Leona Lewis, who recently secured a US No... [continued]
Rogue trader Jerome Kerviel breaks silence
Winehouse returns to stage at Brits
James Brown estate sues Morgan Stanley over missing millions
The spectre of the late soul singer James Brown, the Godfather of soul and all-round sex machine, has risen up and is haunting the American investment bank Morgan Stanley. The bank is being sued by the executors of Brown's estate in a South Carolina... [continued]
Dent-Brocklehursts part with Turner
The Dent-Brocklehurst family are selling one of their most prized heirlooms, a painting by JMW Turner, in order to pay for the upkeep of their Gloucestershire
country house, Sudeley Castle. Lady Ashcombe, the head of the family, has decided to put the 1808... [continued]
Mollie puts a dent in castle debt
