Bell Pottinger, the top corporate PR firm, has an entertaining blog - "The Dispatch Box" - written by chairman Peter Bingle. A recent entry begins: "As I approach my twilight years I am often asked by clients, friends and colleagues how I have lasted so long in the public affairs business... I have survived and prospered longer than most of my industry peers. I have decided to reveal why..."... more
Cabin crew are used to dealing with unusual requests from travellers - but a plea to find a passenger's missing glass eye was the last thing they expected at 35,000 feet... more
This, says 23-year-old Georgia Gould, was the toughest, most shattering experience of her life. She did not see it coming, she admits, because at first nobody paid much attention to her attempt to win selection for the soon-to-be-vacated Labour seat of Erith and Thamesmead... more
It is rare to find such precision and originality in the work of a contemporary artist as one does in the fragmented fairytales of Alice Anderson.... more
She works at five different cleaning jobs to help 15-year-old daughter Emma achieve her dream....to be a surgically enhanced glamour model just like Jordan. ... more
Sian Lloyd gets into the groove with a tribute to Madonna in the year Both turn 50. The weather presenter celebrated her birthday on 3rd July and the Queen of Pop turns 50 on 16th August.... more
While her outfits may be somewhat minimal, her make-up is always piled on in epic proportions. But glamour model Jodie Marsh has taken the brave step of posing without her bright orange slap - and is virtually unrecognisable
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Size 16 teenage beauty queen Chloe Marshall met her contenders for the annual Miss England competition. The semi-finalists were joined by the current title holder Georgia Horsley for a photo shoot in West London... more
Sound check: German industrial metal band Rammstein literally play with fire in their live performances - and now they are about to unleash their singeing spectacle on London. Watch out for your eyebrows
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