Cherie Blair

Adlington is toast of a GB squad bubbling with optimism for 2012

scotsman.com     18-Aug-2008          

TWO gold medals and a new world record but, according to Rebecca Adlington, she was simply in Beijing for the experience. Adlington may have been the golden girl, accounting for two of the three medals won by Team GB swimmers...                    

Return to Southfork

anenglishmanscastle.com     18-Aug-2008          

Cross me at your peril, Brown warns plotters - Times Online Gordon Brown returns to the fray tomorrow after a three-week break with a plan designed to show that he is the politician best placed to lead Britain through the...                    

Daring Dave, the Tory bonkbuster

dailymail.co.uk     16-Aug-2008          

Forget the worthy summer reading list. Dog-eared copies of Hard News, a rediscovered Nineties bonkbuster, are littering the sun decks of Tory MPs. Written by Tess Stimpson, an old friend of their leader from Oxford, it features...                    

Stars in their eyes: Seeing life through rose-tinted lenses

dailymail.co.uk     15-Aug-2008          

They have perched on the noses of politicians and poets. They have graced the famous faces of pop singers and Hollywood superstars. These are spectacles whose distinctive styles helped to define the image of their illustrious...                    

Stars in their eyes: Host of celebrities auction specs for sight-saving charity

dailymail.co.uk     14-Aug-2008   5 related          

It's an online auction that gives new meaning to the phrase 'stars in their eyes.' A host of celebrities including George Michael, Ewan McGregor and Sir Michael Caine have donated their glasses to be sold for charity on eBay....                    

Peter Wilby: The media's addiction to controversy can seriously damage your health

guardian.co.uk     13-Aug-2008   8 related          

Unfounded newspaper campaigns on MMR may have left fewer children vaccinated. Stating that the threat of a measles epidemic is greater than for decades, the Department of Health launched a campaign last Thursday to get all...                    

Pandora: Financial Times critic struggles to get into character

independent.co.uk     13-Aug-2008   1 related          

The relationship between theatrical journalists and performers can be fractious at the best of times, but here's a tale from the Edinburgh Festival which takes it to a new level. Want-away 'Castaway' comes ashore Nearly a year...                    

Media seriously damages your health

guardian.co.uk     13-Aug-2008   1 related          

Nearly all journalists aspire to emulate two stories: the Watergate scandal, which brought down a US president; and the thalidomide scandal, which, after years of campaigning and legal battles, forced a multinational giant to...                    

Gordon Brown gives us nightmares

telegraph.co.uk     12-Aug-2008   19 related          

The Prime Minister Gordon Brown is quite literally the stuff of nightmares, according to a survey. By Anita Singh, Showbusiness Editor Having a dream about Mr Brown may signify a worry about the credit crisis Photo: PA Mr Brown...                    

Anne Perkins on books by Ffion Hague and Cherie Blair

guardian.co.uk     12-Aug-2008   12 related          

The function of the political spouse used to be straightforward. If you were Denis Thatcher it was to travel in the wake of the SS Margaret and collect the body parts. For most others, the public role was traditionally to...