If you fancy having an argument about animal rights with Ricky Gervais or are brave enough to trade insults with James Blunt about his musical prowess then you're probably already one of the 300 million users pumping out half a billion tweets a day on Twitter. No other website gives you such a personal peek into the lives of celebrities. ...read
EVENT COLUMNISTS
- PIERS MORGAN: Jeremy Paxman leant in close to me and said with a weird, creepy smirk: 'You know, I don't really hate you...'
- CHRIS EVANS: Erasing the roof: What's the star feature of Mazda's new convertible? That it takes less than two seconds to drop the top...
- CRAIG BROWN: They shoot trout, bite partridges and eat badgers for breakfast. So, is anybody or anything safe from The Last English Poachers?
TOM PARKER BOWLES: This'll hit you for six (...or maybe four): Can a steakhouse named after 'Beefy' Botham live up to its hero? Well, almost
It's not only named after him but has its menu partly designed by him and some rather lovely black-and-white shots of Boff in whites, tails and rugby shirt. Separately, of course. Plus lifesize murals, one at either end, of Beefy bowling, appealing a dodgy decision and tonking the hell out of a small leather ball.
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TOM PARKER BOWLES ON FOOD
This'll hit you for six (...or maybe four): Can a steakhouse named after 'Beefy' Botham live up to its hero? Well, almost
It's not only named after him but has its menu partly designed by him and some rather lovely black-and-white shots of Boff in whites, tails and rugby shirt. Separately, of course. Plus lifesize murals, one at either end, of Beefy bowling, appealing a dodgy decision and tonking the hell out of a small leather ball. Sounds a little over the top, perhaps, but it's not. Way too understated. ...read
OLLY SMITH ON WINE
It's Wimbubbledon! It's Wimbubbledon! There's only one thing that could surpass a corking triumph for Andy. Some smashing fizz to toast it...
A good start is Champagne Lanson, exclusive supplier to Wimbledon whose bottles are united by crispness and zing - a bit like watching the tennis in 5K definition rather than a fuzzy telly from the Eighties. The technique responsible for Lanson's house style is 'non-malolactic fermentation', which gives its fizz an edge of freshness ...read
TECH
An indestructible tablet that hides the dark side of the web from the kids? Sack the babysitter - there's nothing safer than... playing with Fire
The Kindle Fire HD Kids Edition is designed purely for children - a good idea, as I've slowly forgotten that I'm meant to use tablets for myself - and comes armed with features to soothe any residual guilt pangs one might feel when allowing a set of silicon chips to babysit one's child. ...read
CHRIS EVANS ON CARS
Erasing the roof: Sensational looks, terrific value - but what's the star feature of Mazda's new convertible? That it takes less than two seconds to drop the top...
I had never actually driven a brand-new MX-5 until this week, when this beauty landed on my drive. 'Gorgeous car,' I thought immediately. Puts me in mind of a mini Alfa Romeo 8C Spider, which they only made 500 of and now costs more than it did when it was new in 2009 - ten times more than this little raver. ...read
PIERS MORGAN: MY LIFE AND OTHER CELEBRITIES
Jeremy Paxman leant in close to me and said with a weird, creepy smirk: 'You know, I don't really hate you...'
Here he was, the supposed great interrogatory Rottweiler of our time, crouched in front of me like some fawning, trembling knave begging the King for clemency. 'Well,' I replied, 'you have a very strange way of showing it.' Paxman erupted with comically indignant rage, his benign, smiling face suddenly crunching into the ferocious scowl of a scorned lover refused permission for a second chance. ...read
LAST WEEK'S EVENT
'There was no sultry sexiness about her. That came much later': The astonishing treasure trove of rare images show Marilyn Monroe as you've never seen her before
They languished for decades in an old box, yet these extremely rare photographs, many never seen before, reveal the stunning transformation of a naive young model into the world's biggest movie star... but only after she reluctantly agreed to break open the peroxide ...read
'You have to work out what to do with the fame, how to behave, but I've been doing it so long it is part of me': Martin Kemp on Spandau Ballet and playing the hard man
He has known phenomenal success in three ways: as a rock star, a film star and a soap star. Spandau Ballet have sold 25 million albums and are in the middle of a comeback estimated to be worth at least £4 million to each of the band. When they broke up in 1990, he immediately won great acclaim by playing Reggie alongside his brother and bandmate Gary as Ronnie in The Krays. ...read