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Louise Bagshawe MP next novel will be 'a girl's riches-to-rags-to-riches story'

Diary: Bagshawe's novel ideas

Tory totty Louise Bagshawe MP gave new meaning to the phrase "in-house publicity" by garnering a series of plugs for her book Passion in the Commons this summer.

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Bono is currently working on a musical version of 'Spider-Man'

Diary: Bono and the art of creation

Thursday, 25 November 2010

"Creating art that has never been done before is the reason I get out of bed in the morning," diminutive U2 frontman Paul "Bono" Hewson has informed The New York Times.

According to the BBC, Mandelson declined an offer to take part in 'Strictly Come Dancing'. The former First Secretary sees it differently

Diary: Mandy out of step with Beeb

Wednesday, 24 November 2010

Waltzing Peter Mandelson will not be appearing on his beloved Strictly Come Dancing, but controversy still rages as to who snubbed whom: Mandy or the BBC.

Amstell admitted he suffers sleepless nights after making cruel remarks

Diary: Bigmouth strikes again

Tuesday, 23 November 2010

Slight stand-up Simon Amstell has again turned his lashing tongue to the abuse of a music-based national treasure.

Melanie Phillips: magisterially ignored requests for a simple correction until a trial was imminent

Diary: The paper with teeth

Monday, 22 November 2010

Another explosive week on the kith and kin front (see the Milibandroids below) brings a new contender for Nuclear Families, our reality TV-style search for Britain's most radioactive family.

Johnny Depp read the audio version of Keith Richards' memoirs, in the absence of Richards

Diary: Not quite like a Rolling Stone

Friday, 19 November 2010

After it presumably became clear the man himself couldn't be bothered, who better to read the audio version of Keith Richards' memoirs than dashing shipmate Johnny Depp?

Bonneville remained tightlipped when it came to future titbits about the next series of hit TV show Downtown Abbey

Diary: Hugh in denial over Vietnam

Thursday, 18 November 2010

In keeping with the royal theme, today's picture story cunningly features an actor who actually looks a bit like Paul Burrell.

Lady Black's Anglo-Canadian accent was subject to mockery at the Giller Literary Awards in Toronto

Diary: Lady Black is one fair lady

Wednesday, 17 November 2010

Here's something for the dads and indeed their dads – news reaches me that the ever-fragrant Lady Black of Crossharbour has just made a long-awaited society "comeback" across the Atlantic.

Alan Partridge: Monkey Tennis news

Diary: More monkey business

Tuesday, 16 November 2010

For those of you pedantic enough to question the merits of any column that resorts to revealing "news" about pretend people, move along.

Glenn Beck: the giant of Fox News has been attacking financier George Soros

Diary: Murdoch's laureate of lunacy goes too far

Monday, 15 November 2010

Will this vile persecution of Andy Coulson never cease? What days these have been for any PhD student researching the thesis entitled "Conspiracy Theory and the Murdoch Empire: Seeking a Common Thread".

Thompson has reprised her role as Sybill Trelawney in the first part of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

Diary: Emma fears bard set too high

Friday, 12 November 2010

Thoroughly charming non-cougar Emma Thompson, 51, recently starred with her husband Greg Wise, 44, in the BBC's screen adaptation of Christopher Reid's The Song of Lunch, a book-long poem of youthful lust, longing and adult regret.

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