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News round-up: October 2006

Madge and Macca take alternate front-page headlines. Chris De Burgh is the new Jesus…
Madonna sparks a national debate when she flies to Malawi and adopts a 13-month-old boy. As many people accuse her of following a celebrity fad as say she is helping raise awareness of the poverty-stricken country. Human rights groups try to stop […]

Cynics too hung up on African adoption

By ROB JONES
Horror of horrors, pop queen Madonna has adopted (sharp intakes of breath all round) a black baby. The tut-tutting in Britain has only been drowned out by the sound of cynical hacks and rancorous columnists bashing out their hasty and self-righteous judgments on their PC keyboards. These people possibly still roll their eyes […]

Heaven knows Lily is miserable now

By ROB JONES
Now, I like a little whine and a moan every now and again. A sarcastic put-down is far more gratifying than over-politeness and insincere compliments; “a face like a bulldog chewing a wasp” beats “happy as Larry” every time. But there’s something a little wearing, and a touch undignified, about famous folk who […]