Mr and Mrs Bono The wife of world-famous humanitarian and tax expert Bono is suing Stella McCartney for the use of the word “nude” in her latest perfume, Stella Nude. Ali Hewson, a charity campaigner or “chugger” as they are sometimes fondly known, had previously named her company “Nude Skincare”, rendering “nude”, “skin” and “care” […]
Above the great metropolis the sky was blue, the breeze was light and the trees were in bloom. It was the first day of the year that felt like spring had arrived and they were in love. The kind of love that throws up that magical bubble of crazy happiness around your nation of two
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Madam Miaow with Park Bench genii Stephen and Charlotte Noel not reading his short story South London victory Last night saw the North versus South slam-dunk poetry playoff between Norf and Sarf London at the ingenious Park Bench installation in an empty shop in Camden Town. Inspired by Anthony Gormley’s Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square
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Parolles and Helena This is one of the rarely-staged Shakespeare plays that has eluded me thus far but I’m glad I got to see this three-hour production at the National Theatre Olivier auditorium at long last thanks to their £10 Travelex scheme. All’s Well That End’s Well is a light romcom with an ironic punch
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Well, that’s one way of dealing with it. In the absence of proven technique, method, rhyme or reason, rehab staff in Nanning, China, beat to death a fifteen year old who wouldn’t get off his computer. Allegedly. As internet horror stories go, that’s an effective one. I’d say the milk of human kindness has curdled
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With the news that Metropolitan police are to be allowed to wear Union flag badges supporting British troops currently on action in Afghanistan, I was surprised to hear Eddie Mair on yesterday’s BBC Radio 4’s PM programme taking a hostile stance towards Stop The War’s spokesperson, Chris Nineham. Chris did a stolid job if a
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