Transport Secretary Philip Hammond raised predictable happy grunts from the car lobby with his plan to raise the motorway speed limit to 80mph. But might the Clarkson wannabes be behind the curve? London's example suggests so... more
The computer animation in Kung Fu Panda II is bright and inventive throughout: 3D aerial views of the battle of Gongmen City vie with sets, costumes and misty landscapes so carefully constructed they look real... more
Love affair for Agatha Christie's dapper detective Hercule Poirot and his 'little grey cells' has gone a stage further — the actor who plays him has been named an Honorary Famous Belgian... more
Self-styled lord embroiled in court battle over claims that he held hedonistic parties at a £20 million home, with revellers rowing across a swimming pool filled with cognac... more
Red faces at The Guardian. Columnist Tetsuya Ishikawa is described “a freelance writer and the author of How I Caused the Credit Crunch” - no mention there of City sex, brothels and excess... more
Tendai the 'Beast' Mtawarira is, by common consent, the front row forward the Lions will have to tame if they are to win tomorrow's Second Test against the Springboks. Fat chance... more
Clasping his outstretched hand with her tiny little white ones, she breached the stiff formality that is normally the order of the day at investitures but the prince looked positively delighted.... more
Naomi Campbell was reduced to tears on her birthday last night - recalling quite vividly the Lesley Gore hit song It’s My Party And I’ll Cry If I Want To.... more
Just weeks after her furore at Heathrow, Naomi Campbell is at the centre of controversy again, after bringing a convicted con artist as her date to Cannes.... more
Film: Anyone in search of cheerfully mindless entertainment this weekend could do much worse than The Bank Job, a British caper movie by Roger Donaldson, the Antipodean director who brought us such solidly competent fare as Thirteen Days and The World's Fastest Indian... more
Michael Douglas struggles manfully to flesh out Clark Johnson's political thriller, The Sentinel, but it's a battle the film won't let him win, says Derek Malcolm.... more
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