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Paris and Rome show Boris the way
Boris Johnson, newly elected Mayor of London, got down to work this morning at City Hall and was given a first date for his diary - a visit from Mayor Bloomberg of
New York who will fly in on Friday with some words of advice on how to run one... [continued]
Congested Paris freewheels into future 
People: Ed Koch's advice to Boris
In brief: Toynbee named most influential
A report published by Editorial Intelligence and the Reuters Institute names the Guardian's Polly Toynbee (pictured) as Britain's most influential newspaper columnist... Tamsin Dunwoody has been selected by Labour to fight her mother Gwyneth Dunwoody's former seat of Crewe & Nantwich in the May 22 by-election, called after the MP's... [continued]
Jemima Khan reveals ‘pathological indecision’
It doesn't look as if Hugh Grant and Jemima Khan will be walking down the aisle anytime soon. This is not because of the actor's reluctance to take the plunge, as many have speculated, but a consequence of what Kahn calls her "pathological indecision". She says: "It's... [continued]
Blairs aim to live in theatrical style
Tony and Cherie Blair have bought the former home of the late actor Sir John Gielgud. The Mail on Sunday claims the Blairs paid £4m for South Pavilion, in Wotton, Buckinghamshire, where the thespian lived happily with his long-time companion Martin Hensler. The elegant property - the actor called... [continued]
Microsoft balks at Yahoo asking price
Microsoft boss Steve Balmer's bid to swallow up Yahoo - a deal that would have resulted in the search engine founders David Filo and Jerry Yang
selling the company for more than $47.5bn - collapsed at the weekend, but it was touch and go until the last... [continued]
Why Microsoft made a move on Yahoo!
Historian under fire for ‘Nazi Prince’ claims
Martin Allen, author of a number of controversial Second World War history books - one of which claimed the Duke of Windsor (pictured with his wife Wallis Simpson and Hitler) was a Nazi traitor, another that Churchill ordered the assassination of SS chief Heinrich Himmler - is facing some tough... [continued]
How Jimmy Savile fixed it for Maggie
Although best known as a cigar-chomping disc-jockey, forever raising money for charity, it appears that Sir Jimmy Savile is, in fact, a much valued behind-the-scenes advisor to the royal family and Lady Thatcher. In an interview in this month's Esquire magazine, Savile, 81, (pictured) reveals how the Prince of... [continued]
