http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/pandora/?service=Rss http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/pandora/pandora-the-trudie-show-gets-ready-for-copenhagen-1815749.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/pandora/pandora-the-trudie-show-gets-ready-for-copenhagen-1815749.html ]]> <p>As politicians, diplomats and scientists around the world prepare to decamp to Copenhagen for December's make-or-break United Nations climate change conference, it occurs to <i>Pandora</i> that one very important guest may have been left off the list. </p> Pandora Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/pandora/pandora-palins-effort-is-in-vain-as-christie-takes-office-1814796.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/pandora/pandora-palins-effort-is-in-vain-as-christie-takes-office-1814796.html ]]> <p> *One person who won't be cracking open the bubbly at the thought of the Republican Chris Christie taking office as Governor of New Jersey is Michael Palin, the English documentary maker and former Python (not to be confused with Sarah, beehived US vice-presidential candidate, of whom the former insists he is no relation). </p> Pandora Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/pandora/pandora-heckler-puts-the-boot-in-to-expm-howard-1814193.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/pandora/pandora-heckler-puts-the-boot-in-to-expm-howard-1814193.html ]]> <p>John Howard was the second-longest-serving prime minister in Australian history; he is also (probably) the only one ever to come under attack from a university student throwing Dr Martens.</p> Pandora Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/pandora/pandora-bill-makes-a-date-with-greenfingered-charles-1813637.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/pandora/pandora-bill-makes-a-date-with-greenfingered-charles-1813637.html ]]> <p>Ever since his wife's ascent to the office of Secretary of State, the former US president Bill Clinton has clocked up more air miles than U2 on tour. </p> Pandora Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/pandora/pandora-dale-misses-out-on-oxford-union-gig-1811723.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/pandora/pandora-dale-misses-out-on-oxford-union-gig-1811723.html ]]> <p>Calamity over at the Oxford Union, after a second high-profile guest is forced to pull the plug at the last minute.</p> Pandora Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/pandora/pandora-how-cotton-thawed-the-icy-peaches-1811147.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/pandora/pandora-how-cotton-thawed-the-icy-peaches-1811147.html <p> We hope Fearne Cotton hasn't bitten off more than she can chew with her series of documentaries for ITV2. </p> Pandora Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/pandora/pandora-burlesque-dance-troupe-to-hit-harmans-house-1810514.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/pandora/pandora-burlesque-dance-troupe-to-hit-harmans-house-1810514.html ]]> <p>Midway through your breakfast? Then look away now. Ben Westwood, photographer and ardent protector of all things erotic, is planning a new campaign.</p> Pandora Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/pandora/pandora-book-will-find-out-why-bercow-is-so-loathed-1809947.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/pandora/pandora-book-will-find-out-why-bercow-is-so-loathed-1809947.html ]]> <p>It was only a matter of time. John Bercow's election as Speaker provoked pantomime boos from many within his own, Conservative, party. (Metaphorical, of course.)</p> Pandora Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/pandora/pandora-symonds-gets-up-close-and-personal-1807648.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/pandora/pandora-symonds-gets-up-close-and-personal-1807648.html ]]> <p>Bunker time at Ramsay HQ. Sarah Symonds is stretching her legs.</p> Pandora Fri, 23 Oct 2009 00:00:01 +0100 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/pandora/pandora-rushdies-an-open-book-over-his-love-life-woes-1806889.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/pandora/pandora-rushdies-an-open-book-over-his-love-life-woes-1806889.html ]]> <p>One Fatwa, an assassination attempt and a, ahem, string of photogenic girlfriends: Salman Rushdie is no stranger to attention. </p> Pandora Thu, 22 Oct 2009 00:00:01 +0100 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/pandora/pandora-conway-cheers-on-civil-ceremony-reform-1806266.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/pandora/pandora-conway-cheers-on-civil-ceremony-reform-1806266.html ]]> <p>Should Gordon Brown find himself feeling a little short of friends, he could do worse that call up Sloane Square's uber-socialite, Henry Conway.</p> Pandora Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:00:01 +0100 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/pandora/pandora-wheeler-offers-a-ray-of-sunshine-for-ukip-1805631.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/pandora/pandora-wheeler-offers-a-ray-of-sunshine-for-ukip-1805631.html <p>There was not, Pandora suspects, the cheeriest of moods among Ukip bean counters yesterday, after the Court of Appeal declared nearly £350,000-worth of donations to the party illegal. </p> Pandora Tue, 20 Oct 2009 00:00:01 +0100 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/pandora/pandora-marr-loses-modesty-for-good-of-the-nation-1803649.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/pandora/pandora-marr-loses-modesty-for-good-of-the-nation-1803649.html ]]> <p>To paraphrase Oscar Wilde, there is only one thing worse than seeing the BBC's Andrew Marr in a 1930s-style bathing suit, and that's seeing him out of one. Try not to imagine then the scene on a Skegness beach as the aurally embellished former political editor filmed a piece for his forthcoming History of Modern Britain series. </p> Pandora Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:00:01 +0100 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/pandora/pandora-sven-dashes-north-korean-dreams-1802826.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/pandora/pandora-sven-dashes-north-korean-dreams-1802826.html ]]> <p>As far as the millions of love-struck women living above the 39th parallel are concerned, the world knows only one impish, receding figure, with enough charisma to change the weather merely by his mood.</p> Pandora Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:00:01 +0100 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/pandora/pandora-littlejohn-misses-out-on-toasting-his-award-1802254.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/pandora/pandora-littlejohn-misses-out-on-toasting-his-award-1802254.html ]]> <p>Richard Littlejohn, bile-secreting gallbladder of the Daily Mail, is used to life as a conspicuous figure. Not usually conspicuous, however, by his absence. </p> Pandora Wed, 14 Oct 2009 00:00:01 +0100 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/pandora/pandora-hains-antiapartheid-show-hits-the-skids-1801790.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/pandora/pandora-hains-antiapartheid-show-hits-the-skids-1801790.html <p>Ever since Peter Hain was "too busy" to declare £100,000 worth of donations to his deputy leadership campaign last year, the Welsh Secretary has not been the beneficiary of a great deal of public sympathy. Perhaps until now. </p> Pandora Tue, 13 Oct 2009 00:00:01 +0100 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/pandora/pandora-should-davis-forget-about-his-dream-job-1799967.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/pandora/pandora-should-davis-forget-about-his-dream-job-1799967.html ]]> <p>David Cameron may have announced plans to promote his former leader Iain Duncan Smith, but there remain no such assurances for the party's long-serving henchman David Davis. </p> Pandora Fri, 09 Oct 2009 00:00:01 +0100