Big Brother stole my life

The winner of the first-ever Big Brother says that the show is responsible for his descent into drink, drugs and mental breakdown

Celebrity culture is killing the serious biography

In this age of fascination with showbusiness, more serious 'lives' are being lost

Minister flies flag, but for Italy, not Britain

Is it too much to ask the Culture Minister to talk up British tourism?

People

Hugh Laurie, Tracey Emin, John Prescott and Stephen Fry come under the watchful eye of Adam Sherwin

The Face: Juliette Binoche

At an age when most dancers begin to feel sore limbs, the actress Juliette Binoche, 44, is just spreading her wings

Where are Madonna's wrinkles?

Perhaps it was inevitable that Madonna, mistress of reinvention, would have a shiny new face, but it's a bit disappointing

Madonna treads the boards for hubby

Madonna turned up en route to her Amsterdam show to support Guy Richie at the world premiere of the film RocknRolla

People: Adam Sherwin

Excitement grows before the big switch-on for the LHC in Switzerland, the world’s most powerful particle physics experiment

People like them

This year’s best festival of the summer award goes to Tilda Swinton

The Ron trousers

Another Harry Potter poppet has gone and decided to take his kit off

I am what I am: Justin Timberlake

Justin Timberlake, 27, is an American singer

Curves are back

New research from America has finally proven it: Yes, you can be too rich and too thin. Mainly too thin

Tabloid week

Quotes of the week

Interviews of the week: Candice Bushnell, John Hutton, Dasha Zhukova

Talking points

My week: Joan Rivers

Attempting suicide by spotted dick before a West End opening

People: John Sergeant and Kristina Rihanoff

John Sergeant, 64, has been paired with a Christina Aguilera lookalike for his appearance on Strictly Come Dancing

People: Boris Johnson

The Mayor of London remains unapologetic about the Olympic jacket buttons fiasco that so outraged bloggers in China

People: Carla Bruni; Sir Paul McCartney

Pity Carla Bruni, whose live debut on British TV could be overshadowed by Sir Paul McCartney’s new venture