Figure of Speech: metonymy (meh-TON-ih-mee), the symbol swap. From the Greek, meaning “name change.”

America is starting to get … (read more)

The housing boom was in full flow and any property owners in … (read more)

THE Express has a picture of a drug dealer being beheaded in Saudi Arabia. And another shot of a women stuck in a pit and making ready … (read more)

ON the day the British press produce pictures of Britney stepping out with oil heir Brandon Davies, the Enquirer hears Kevin Federline beg: “TAKE ME … (read more)

GOT the rubber bracelet. Got the T–shirt. But when you went to Live 8 last year did you get the small, complementary African?

Madonna did. And, as the … (read more)

THE new Gambling Act, which comes into force next year, will allow pubs to host poker games. Before this, landlords have had to ask a local magistrate … (read more)

COME with us to the 52nd Evening Standard Theatre Awards.

It’s that time of year when the Mail’s sister publication bestows gongs on the great and … (read more)

STANDING before a scene reminiscent of the Creation, the backdrop lit as … (read more)

HEADY times for insomniacs as cricket’s Ashes series begins in earnest.

As England’s Stephen Harmison tripped like an insecure giraffe to the crease and propelled the first ball … (read more)

LAST week OK! invited us to the wedding of Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes.

It was unspecified whether or not we should rip … (read more)

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Staying with James Bond, we learn that William Hills have opened a book on how many films Daniel Craig will play the secret agent in.

Four films is the … (read more)

LET’S talk about comedy with Sacha Baron Cohen, a Jewish comedian in the mould of Lenny Bruce, The Marx Brothers and the great Jerry Sadowitz.

There are few things more … (read more)

RUPERT Murdoch is a very forgiving boss.

He’ll shrug off scandal. He’ll laugh off journalistic crimes. He’ll ignore breaches in social etiquette. He considers “ethics” to be a … (read more)

NO one says “Respect” any more, at least not anyone outside the walls of Westminster.

But in Government, Respect is due. Respect has a co-coordinator. Respect is longer … (read more)

IS the OJ Simpson If I Did It book a scam cooked up by Judith Regan and her lover from her days in the tabloid business?

Back in … (read more)

PSSST! Wanna buy … (read more)

The moment we’ve been waiting for (not really) has arrived and Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes are officially husband and wife. Katie wore an off the … (read more)

What hopes and dreams we had back … (read more)

Anorak is in Rome for the wedding of the year. With 500 … (read more)

“There is no higher stakes in poker than the shirt of a man’s back,” says Englishman Jon Young, the World Strip Poker Champion.

He wants to take on Bond … (read more)

Rupert and Mandy are so successful … (read more)

Just as the lunatic turned out not to … (read more)

Pamela Anderson is no longer as big in poker as she is in bikinis. Pamelapoker.com, Pammy’s eponymous online poker room, has closed.

The operation has been taken over by … (read more)