My vignette below is how I think the next big conversation between James Murdoch and Rupert perhaps ought to go, given the state the company has reached... more
We jump to conclusions about people in death as well as life. When The Times columnist Caitlin Moran tweeted from Glastonbury that a festival camper had died, I thought, there goes Pete Doherty... more
It emerges that Andrew Mitchell gave help to British cocoa magnate Anthony “Chocfinger” Ward after receiving £40,000 in donations from Ward’s company Armajaro Holdings... more
Jailed newspaper tycoon Conrad Black will be allowed to reclaim his seat in the House of Lords after he is released on bail, constitutional experts say... more
As one of the few people in the world apart from Conrad Black who thinks Conrad Black is innocent, I’m vaguely pleased to see that my old boss could be out of jail shortly... more
The decision of Fairfield Energy to cancel its initial public offering is bad news for the six banks, brokers and financial advisers that advised on the failed float... more
Despite allegations of cronyism and
lack of credibility, the Mayor’s friend Veronica Wadley is London’s new arts chair — under her old adversary Liz Forgan. She tells Stephen Robinson why she is the best person for the job... more
Newspaper boss Richard Desmond told a jury that he objected to being called a pornographer in his libel action against Conrad Black's biographer, Tom Bower ... more
Conrad Black, the convicted fraud and former owner of the Daily Telegraph, has applied to be released from his Florida jail while he launches an appeal to the US Supreme Court against his conviction... more
The £180,000 chief executive of business lobbying group London First said she was "unashamed" after being dragged into the "peers for hire" furore... more
The former business partner of disgraced media tycoon Conrad Black has walked free from a Canadian prison after serving 10 months of his 29-month sentence... more
So much for social diversity. David Cameron has given his MPs a summer reading list of 37 titles, which includes a book by his Etonian contemporary David Runciman, a memoir by Cameron's OE cousin Ferdinand Mount, and no fewer than two books about another famous OE, Boris Johnson... more
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