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Olivia Cole

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Tweet in haste and repent at leisure

Stephen Fry is just one of a number who have discovered that what you 'tweet' on Twitter is harder to get rid of than nuclear waste

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How London's business is done as people party

If London is a centre of influence, a melting pot of creative partnerships, deals, competition and unlikely alliances then last night the Evening Standard's party for London's top 1,000 influentials was a microcosm of that in action

Let's get this after-party started

It is not enough to be invited to the best parties - to be really cool, says Olivia Cole, you must move on somewhere special

Greek secrets and Warhol's rise to fame

When a dancer friend of Andy Warhol's pirouetted out of a window to his death on the sidewalk below, Warhol is reputed to have sighed and said: "Oh God I wish I'd been there to film it"

It’s much too late to call Roman Polanski to account

There's nothing artistic about drugging, raping or sodomising a young girl. The details vary depending which version of Roman Polanski's 1977 seduction of a 13-year-old actress you read

Oh stuff it - taxidermy is the new game in town

Polly Morgan became a hit in the art world after selling a taxidermied rat in a champagne flute

This view of sex and education is crazy, professor

Even knowing the furore that his novel, Lolita, would cause, Vladimir Nabokov couldn’t resist teasing such “educators” and their discomfort with sex

Banning heels is the height of stupidity

This week the TUC said it would like to see high heels, which it terms “sexist” and “inappropriate”, outlawed in the workplace

Botox could have saved poor Dorian from the devil

Those expecting razor-sharp epigrams and bonnets in Ealing Studio's new adaptation of Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray may be disappointed

Concept clubbing: taking a night out to a whole new level

An ordinary night out doesn’t cut it any more. Londoners want to let their hair down at edgy, exclusive themed evenings, says Olivia Cole

Celebs are now invading the world of poetry

Celebrity endorsements are the latest proof of poetry's new-found fashionability

Victoria versus Hyde: Battle of the London parks

It’s east versus west as Victoria and Hyde Parks vie with each other to host the best of the summer festivals. But for Olivia Cole there’s one clear winner

A fitting tribute to the greatest Cockney poet - John Keats

With Keats House, the Heritage Lottery executives have got it right and bestowed their largesse on preserving something priceless

Pick up some smart art: Six young British artists to watch

Move over Tracey Emin and Damien Hirst - a new wave of British artists is emerging. For canny investors, now may be the time to start collecting such work

Not for Profit ladies: the women driven by charitable donations

Lavish charity galas are over. Olivia Cole looks at the Not For Profit (NFP) fundraisers who target small, considered donations from the many

The new people power - the rise of the Twittering generation

From brutal pictures of the Iranian election to viral marketing campaigns for the latest pop band, Olivia Cole looks at the growing influence of the Twittering generation

Do men flash while women burn and burn?

I recently attended a rowdy dinner with Tracey Emin. At about 2am, she began to do her impression of her cat Docket

My three minutes with Brad Pitt in Cannes

While Angelina Jolie's back was turned, our intrepid reporter Olivia Cole made a beeline for her teenage crush. So what did he say?

Helmut Newton’s double standards are our own

The work of Helmut Newton, on show from Thursday at Hamiltons gallery, remains what could best be euphemistically termed, right on the edge

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