It is a tantalising prospect. Rupert Murdoch and his son James have bowed to pressure and are set to be grilled by MPs on the Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee about phone-hacking next week... more
Why has the Sun been gunning so relentlessly for Justice Secretary Ken Clarke? Rupert Murdoch's paper has railed against "Calamity Clarke" for being soft on prison sentence reforms, prompting David Cameron to call a halt to some of Clarke's plans... more
Is former Bank of England hawk Tim Besley trying to rewrite history? Besley was the man who voted for interest rates to rise in July and August 2008 - when the economy was already in recession and about to fall off a cliff with the collapse of Lehman Brothers... more
Former Sunday Times editor Andrew Neil today left as chairman of Western & Oriental, less than two months after joining the troubled luxury travel group... more
The value of principles is being tested to destruction at the moment. For the 171 undersigned who wrote to The Guardian’s letters page yesterday, righteous anger with BP is worth the collapse of Tate Britain.... more
In The Air: The Daily Telegraph investigation of MPs’ expenses won virtually every category for which it was nominated at last night’s British Press Awards... more
The News of the World phone-hacking scandal took another giant stride forward yesterday with the evidence presented to the Commons Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee ... more
Media analysis: For those who have followed the twists and turns of Rupert Murdoch’s remarkable career over the last 40 years the departure of another right-hand man comes as no surprise... more
Celebrity sells at an astonishing rate, yet at its heart the UK still loves a book for itself and London is a great champion of literature. These are the people who keep us reading.
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This is the heart of the social scene, with the names that make the social circuit turn and add the glitter to the parties the capital does so well
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The most influential people in London gathered at the launch of the Evening Standard's glossy magazine The 1000: London's Most Influential People 2008... more
Andrew Neil, the broadcaster and former editor of The Sunday Times, today bought one of Britain's leading literary and talent agencies for £4 million... more
Don McCullin, a rakish, atheist war photographer, says he is just the person to take the pictures of religious leaders going on show at the National Portrait Gallery.... more
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