Sooty, the little bear glove puppet, managed to floor veteran entertainer Paul Daniels with a flying pizza while shooting a scene for children's television... more
Egypt's ex-president, the King of Pop, even our own ousted prime minister - Marvin Berglas has performed tricks for them all. Nick Curtis meets London's leading close-up magician... more
England’s favourite übergeek, Clive Sinclair, plucked a busty blonde from a lap-dancing club and made her his lady. Christopher Silvester meets Angie Sinclair and asks what attracted her to the 70-year-old millionaire inventor...... more
Reading, yesterday, that there are secret plans for Prince William to take over more and more of his grandmother's official duties, I came over all funny. A manful tear, reader, welled in my eye... more
When, as a go-ahead government minister, do you get the first inkling that your whiz-bang new scheme to protect children from the number one menace of our time might have gone a bit too far?... more
Hugh Osmond is mad as hell, and he isn’t going to take it any more. The pizza guy-turned-insurance entrepreneur is so enraged at the prospect of being taxed on his pay at 50% that he may flounce out of the country
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It's something of a surprise to discover that some are still with us, let alone fresh from sell-out shows in seaside resorts all around the country.... more
He made his reputation with Trainspotting then lost it on The Beach. Director Danny Boyle's new film, Sunshine, is a sci-fi epic - space, he says, is the only place to go.... more
After a painful divorce and critical failure, Victoria Wood is back with a new version of Acorn Antiques and enjoying single life, says Bruce Dessau.... more
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