The
artists achieved new heights last week when a buyer paid a record £636,500
for Bad Thoughts Number 2. It is a photo of the pair in the 1970s,
drinking at home. Doubles
all round.
Many
years after his former wife married her long-term boyfriend, the heir to
the throne, Andrew Parker Bowles enjoyed a break
with Camilla, without Prince Charles tagging along
for the ride. How very grown up.
Stuart Rose
Not just
financially astute
but also very green, as the M&S boss bans free plastic bags.
Anyone who forgets to bring their eco-friendly bag will have to pay 5p per
plastic carrier. Sceptics will point to the miles of plastic covering the
endless fruit and veg, but it's a start.
Peter
Fincham
Like sacked
footballer managers, sacked TV execs pop up, sooner or later, for
another team. Having resigned as controller of BBC1 after the faked 'Queen
storms out' trailer, he's been made director of television at ITV. As
keen fans, we fancy he could score a goal or two.
What a
conspiracy of fate, enough, indeed, to have you railing against the gods,
which saw Mr McAllister became Sir Ian on the very same day that his
company, Network Rail, was fined £14m for causing travel chaos. It must
have taken some of the shine off the whole investiturejamboree. Although
since Sir Ian only works a three-day week, he can't have been entirely to
blame...
Lakshmi Mittal
The
billionaire steel magnate is selling his house in the Bishops Avenue in
north London for £40m. It seems that he has put his house on the market
because Barratt Homes is building a luxury block next door. Luxury block
with flats for sale for up to £11m, but block none the less.
Conrad Black
The
former Telegraph proprietor has had a
last-ditch attempt to remain out of jail, pending an appeal, rejected
by the US Court of Appeals. So this week he starts life behind bars, with
a prison routine that involves a 10pm curfew, allows limited
email access and - oh horror - involves dormitory
living.