Tag: 2009

  • Propping up a ‘princess’?

    Propping up a ‘princess’?

    Sara[h] Al Amoudi: a supposed ‘Saudi princess’ who has a history with the British court faces two property investors who claim she duped them into handing her £14 million worth of properties in Central London

     

    We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again: “Where there’s brass, there’s muck”. (more…)

  • A stay of execution

    A stay of execution

    Anthony Marshall gets another day of freedom

     

    Anthony Marshall, the 89-year old son of the late philanthropist Brooke Astor, got a one day stay of execution from Judge A. Kirke Bartley this afternoon.

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  • Marshalling a sentence

    Marshalling a sentence

    Brooke Astor’s 89-year old son should be jailed

     

    Anthony “Tony” Marshall, 89, is due in court in Manhattan today, Thursday 20th June, to hear whether he’ll be sent to prison. If jailed, he will be not only be one of the wealthiest prisoners but also the fourth oldest inmate in New York State’s prison system.

     
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  • Mike Rosenberg (AKA Passenger)

    Mike Rosenberg (AKA Passenger)

    PassengerThis English folk-rock singer-songwriter hails from Brighton and topped the charts in 16 countries in 2013 with Let Her Go. Passenger, whose own style is described as “evoking the style and hardworking creativity of the troubadours of old”, cannot stand Celine Dion’s My Heart Will Go On.

  • Dark discoveries

    Dark discoveries

    A review of ‘Star Trek Into Darkness’ by James Murphy

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  • Dramatic dining: Sieges and shootouts

    Dramatic dining: Sieges and shootouts

    London restaurants where diners got more than they bargained for

     

    In the first in a series, we tell the stories of five restaurants in Central London where diners sadly got a little more than dinner. All bar Walton’s are still open.

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  • Fadi Fawaz

    Fadi Fawaz

    A Lebanese born, London based “hairdresser to the stars” and former male model who is best known as the late George Michael’s on-off boyfriend from 2009 until his death on Christmas Day 2016. Fadi Fawaz was brought up in Logan Central, a “crime ridden” suburb of Brisbane, Australia, and went on to become a male model. He has over 24,000 followers on Twitter and has repeatedly shown a desire to become a photographer.

     

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wodWuQONZfI

     

  • Chloe Madeley

    Chloe Madeley

    Chloe MadeleyA model and “television personality”. The daughter of the former daytime duo Richard and Judy, Madeley appeared in a show named Celebrity Quitters in 2010 but has been banned for causing a car crash whilst drunk and photographed allegedly smoking cannabis. Maybe it would indeed be best if she did indeed give up.

  • Oiling up brings the Karma a Destino

    Oiling up brings the Karma a Destino

    Could a V8 engine save the Fisker brand?

     

    Yesterday, FoxNews.com asked: “Can the internal combustion engine save the electric car?” and answered: “In the case of the Fisker Karma, it just might be”.

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  • Brian Coleman

    Brian Coleman

    Brian Coleman“Nice to see ya. Are you alright?” was this Independent Conservative’s answer when he was asked about his inappropriate behaviour outside a court. “He grabbed my arse” was the response of his victim. A former Mayor of Barnet, Coleman, who was expelled from the Conservative Party in October 2012, was fined £270 after pleading guilty to the charge in May 2013. In both 2009 and 2011 he was to be in breach of Barnet Council’s code of conduct and in 2007 he wrote a blog post for the New Statesman accusing the late Edward Heath of being into cottaging. Would you want him as a dinner party guest?