The Martin Amis/Anna Ford exchange about what may or may not have happened 22 years ago over the deathbed of her husband Mark Boxer is a storm in a tea cup... more
On Sunday evening I was caught up in a perfect rainstorm of traffic. I could feel my temples throbbing and stretching in a dangerously Gordon Brown/Incredible Hulk fashion.... more
When fantasising about watching one's own funeral you never picture the lame reality of how it will actually be, so pity the royals for whom this has come true: Demoted to "Other Notables" by the BBC...... more
Alesha Dixon has dismissed suggestions that Arlene Phillips, who she replaced as a judge on Strictly Come Dancing, was axed by the BBC because she was too old.... more
The International Monetary Fund chief and former French finance minister, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, has apologised for "an incident concerning me and a staff member"... more
Forty writers, actors, musicians and artists, from Eric Clapton to Joanna Lumley, have produced an unusual self-portrait for an exhibition opening... more
There's nothing sadder than a bunch of unemployable has-beens rising up like the witches in Macbeth and moaning 'TV is unfair to us because we're old'.... more
Charles Dance has acquired the sort of unenviable love-them-and-leave-them status that has led his showbiz chums to dub him Dance With The Devil.... more
Fiona Bruce has hit back at allegations of ageism within the BBC. The 44-year-old said age was not a factor in her appointment as presenter of the Antiques Roadshow. ... more
Veteran newscaster Anna Ford has accused former colleague Jeremy Paxman of suffering from a 'mid-life crisis' after he said the BBC discriminates against white middle-class men.... more
Actress Patricia Routledge has claimed that the BBC is run by '10-year-old children' after bosses decided not to recommission her detective series.... more
When she last presented her last BBC news bulletin she looked similar to the elegant brunette who first graced our screens some 30 years ago. But it was a different Anna Ford who arrived at the Chelsea Flower Show this week.... 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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