As rambling, delusional conspiracy freaks with grossly exaggerated senses of self-importance go, Harrods owner Mohamed Al Fayed is certainly one of the most high-profile specimens. Fayed has long become infamous for claiming that his son Dodi - along with People's Sloane Ranger Princess Diana - was murdered by MI6,… read more…

Westmonster offers the following dramatisation with apologies to Ian Fleming and his estate. As M walked into Buckingham Palace on a warm August afternoon, she felt a strange tinge of excitement. She'd not been called there before, and couldn't help but wonder why she had been summoned. This was all… read more…

Looks like the higher orders have their own equivalent of the bloke who hides under the table during the pub brawl - emerging only after it's over - and then spends the rest of the evening boasting about his central role in the fighting: the politics teacher at Fettes College. Yep, Blair's former school has staged a… read more…

Much excitement in the blogosphere this morning at the news that the Tonemeister and the Gord didn't like each other that much. More interesting is this report in the Guardian that Brown stoked the tension surrounding the cash-for-honours inquiry, and told Blair that he "hadn't heard the last of… read more…