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Will Red Ken join the House of Lords?
Since being ousted from City Hall earlier this month, Ken Livingstone has made no secret (at least among his friends) of his hope to re-enter national politics. Some have talked
about him possibly contesting his old constituency, Brent East, currently held by the Lib Dems; others have... [continued]
Boris picks up tricks of trade from Bloomberg 
Bush biopic set for pre-election release
Oliver Stone plans to release his biopic of George Bush before the US general election, a move that is unlikely to go down well with Republican nominee John
McCain. Although filming of the movie, called W after the president's middle initial, only begins this month, Stone, who... [continued]
Stone paints warts'n'all portrait of Dubya
Putin holds on to trappings of office
Having recently handpicked the new president's cabinet, Vladimir Putin shows no sign of relinquishing his stranglehold on Russian politics, nor, it seems, the luxuries of office. For
not only does he still reside at the fabulously opulent Konstantin Palace, in St Petersburg, a privilege that should... [continued]
Putin quashes marriage rumours
Cannes rains on Hollywood legends
Two Hollywood legends, one bespectacled and neurotic, the other a whip-wielding adventurer, were given a luke-warm reception at the Cannes Film Festival over the weekend. The new Indiana
Jones movie, starring Harrison Ford and Cate Blanchett, was cheered by the audience in advance of the screening - some even... [continued]
Cannes 2008: latest from the red carpet
Woody Allen's new Barcelona film caught up in fresh row
Children’s Laureate calls Potter ‘boring’
Michael Rosen, the Children's Laureate, has stuck the knife into JK Rowling's Harry Potter books, claiming that the tales of the schoolboy wizard are
"boring" and inappropriate for younger children. Despite the fact the books have notched up sales of 400m worldwide (and made Rowling a half-billionaire), Rosen,... [continued]
JK Rowling forces Trollope out
Boris picks up tricks of trade from Bloomberg
London Mayor Boris Johnson appears to have picked up a few tricks when he met his New York counterpart Michael Bloomberg, who flew into London to meet him recently.
Bloomberg, as New Yorkers know, is given to dipping his hands into his own pocket to finance projects that City Hall... [continued]
Will Mike and Boris find common ground?
In pictures: a riot of mayors
Is Roman the mystery buyer of Freud and Bacon works?
Roman Abramovich, the Russian oligarch and owner of Chelsea Football Club, appears to have found a new pastime collecting contemporary art. According to the Art Newspaper,
it was Abramovich who paid the record-breaking prices, totalling £60m, for works by British artists Francis Bacon and Lucian Freud at auctions in... [continued]
What Daria did next: ex-model turns gallerist
Bacon triptych sells for record
Big Sue goes for a hefty sum
In brief: Sego eyes up party leader role
France's former presidential candidate, Segolene Royal (pictured), is seeking to follow in the footsteps of her former partner, Francois Hollande, and
replace him as leader of French Socialist Party when he steps down later this year...Poor old Granta. The influential literary magazine just spent four months recruiting... [continued]
My Autumn Kelly tabloid shame
Barclays dragged into Ritz hoax
MI5 sacking proves ‘sting’, says Mosley
News that an MI5 officer has been forced out of his job after it was discovered that his wife, a prostitute, was behind the 'sting' on Max Mosley, has delighted the motor-racing
boss. Since the story broke in the News of the World in March, Mosley has never denied he... [continued]
F1 calls in top lawyer to test Mosley's Nazi denials
