Chelsea and Marc. Aren’t they lovely? Photograph: Sipa Press / Rex Features What is Truman trying to prove?” wondered a waspishly pained Cecil Beaton of Mr Capote’s legendary Black and White Ball. “The foolishness of spending so much time organising the party is something for a younger man or worthless woman to indulge in, if [...]

John Makinson: the consumer must be given what the consumer wants. Photograph: David Levene/for the Guardian Penguin this week celebrates its 75th year and is marking the anniversary by repackaging a series of seminal books from the 1960s to the 1980s. Although the company might afford itself a brief look backwards, it feels as though [...]

PartyGaming says the deal with Bwin will create a group worth .3bn. Photograph: Graham Turner PartyGaming and its Austrian-based rival Bwin today announced plans for a merger that they say will create the world’s biggest publicly-listed online gambling company. The enlarged group, to be incorporated in Gibraltar and listed on the London Stock Exchange, would [...]