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Madoff's new friends: mob boss and a spy

21.10.09

Disgraced financier Bernard Madoff shares his prison cell with a drug offender and eats pizza cooked by a child molester... more

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

17.07.09

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... more

The 10-marathon river stretch

24.06.09

Dozens of people set off to run 10 marathons in three days, fuelled only by snatches of sleep, marmite sandwiches and rice pudding... more

Sir Ranulph's triumphs and tribulations

21.05.09

Described by the Guinness Book of Records as the world's greatest living explorer, Sir Ranulph Fiennes has refused to let a double heart bypass dent his spirit of adventure... more

Pink doesn't quite get 02 Arena party started

05.05.09

Pink's 02 gig was an uneven evening and not merely because this tattooed ball of energy is the dictionary definition of �in your face�.... more

Help me save Earth, Charles tells 150 business leaders

01.05.09

Prince Charles was due to lecture 150 London business leaders on the huge steps they must take to make their companies greener... more

NHS to give overweight children 'life coaching'

20.04.09

Overweight children will get life-coaching classes to help them slim in a scheme on trial in London... more

Santa's grotto comes to Punk

12.12.08

To celebrate the final weeks of 2008, Queens Of Noize have turned Punk into a veritable disco grotto.... more

Blast of cold air in 737 made us think we would die

26.08.08

Terrified holidaymakers told of the moment they thought "they were going to die" when cabin pressure dropped dramatically on their flight to Spain... more

Climate change swimmer to paddle to North Pole in kayak

15.07.08

City lawyer and daredevil swimmer Lewis Gordon Pugh announced his latest challenge today - to become the first person to paddle to the North Pole in a kayak... more

BBC attacks Top Gear for glamorising drink-driving after Clarkson sipped G&T during race to North Pole

02.07.08

Top Gear has been censured by the BBC's governing body for glamorising drink-driving.... more

Poetry takes up pole position

14.04.08

Poet and playwright Tony Harrison's new play, Fram, is a defence of poetry and the word, told through a feat of physical endurance.... more

It's Coldie Hawn: Actress Goldie dresses up like an Eskimo

11.03.08

She's known for her kooky sense of humour, but it's her kooky sense of style that's raising eyebrows as American actress Goldie Hawn, arrived in Amsterdam dressed in a coat which made her resemble an Eskimo... more

And next year's winners will be ...

15.02.07

The Brits threaten to clean up at the Oscars - but can our film industry sustain the good form? Charlotte O'Sullivan looks ahead to the movies that could take next year's prizes.... more

This Santa needs the sack

23.11.06

Sad to report, there's no Christmas cheer in The Santa Clause 3 - unless you like things which are lazy, cheaply-mounted and where not much happens.... more

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