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
It isn’t easy to make a good film out of the pulp fiction of Jim Thompson. Burt Kennedy first tried to adapt this story in 1976 and came a cropper... more
Mohamed Fayed reveals the reason behind his surprise decision to sell Harrods for £1.5 billion - a clash with pension trustees who stopped him paying himself a dividend... more
What a strange contradiction Tory MEP Struan Stevenson is. On the one hand he has visited Kazakhstan on no fewer than 10 separate occasions to investigate the effects of Soviet-era nuclear explosions on the inhabitants there... ... 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
Roll up! Roll up! Monday sees the start of what could be a fascinating week in the High Court in the Strand. Case Number One, which may well take all of July, involves City giants Tullett Prebon (prop. Terry Smith) and BGC over alleged poaching of Tullett’s highly paid expert staff ... more
Encouraged by Downing Street loyalists, the Prime Minister still believes he can survive. But his biographer is convinced this is now an impossibility... more
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