Ten thousand Tracey Emin tents have today arrived in Haiti in the latest bid to provide the country’s earthquake victims with vital Brit Art aid.
But the tents, embroidered with the names of every Boy Scout Emin has ever slept with, have received a cool reception from aid workers on the ground.
Posted: Jan 23rd, 2010
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Following on from her recent stay in hospital, plans are being drawn up to commemorate the increasingly frail Baroness Thatcher upon the event of her passing. After a lengthy consultation a panel of experts has announced that the former Prime Minister’s embalmed body will be put on display in a giant milk bottle-shaped mausoleum in Trafalgar Square.
Posted: Aug 7th, 2009
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Madonna has lost the first round of her court battle to adopt one of Angelina Jolie’s children. The singer has now vowed to take her case to the Supreme Court. Madonna bitterly attacked Jolie for reneging on a deal handing the destiny of all African orphans to her, while Jolie was free to save children from South East Asia.
Posted: Jul 6th, 2009
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A rare copy of The Guardian containing a printing error fetched a record £250,000 at auction yesterday. Some 20,000 copies of the paper were printed in 1992 before the mistake was noticed. Most of the defective copies were immediately pulped but a small number found their way into the hands of collectors.
Posted: Jul 2nd, 2009
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Lawyers for Michael Jackson lodged an urgent court appeal to overturn what attorney, Thomas Mesereau Jr., described as a ‘salacious accusation’ that their client is dead, claiming it was merely an attempt to wheedle money out of him. ‘Michael is a naïve victim who’s been manipulated by unscrupulous doctors,’ claimed Mesereau, ‘Same thing happened to Elvis. They destroyed his career, forcing him to earn a living in a chip shop.’
Posted: Jun 28th, 2009
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