quote AILY MAIL (London)
March 7, 2002
HEADLINE: ALL ON TICK
BODY:
HARBOURING a priest-like faith in human nature, veteran actress Dinah Sheridan and her daughter Jenny Hanley are appealing for the return of a book they lent 30 years ago. However, they may be whistling in the wind, for they entrusted the precious volume to a tabloid journalist, of all people.
But Jenny, 54, a one-time Magpie TV presenter, asserts optimistically: 'I can't remember who it was, but I am sure he will give it back once he knows how badly we want it.' Dinah, best remembered for her role in the 1953 classic film Genevieve, needs the book to help her write her autobiography. Explains Jenny: 'It was a copy of my grandmother's autobiography, From Cabbages To Kings. What made it special was that it had extra handwritten notes, and folded inside were letters from the Queen and the Queen Mother.'
QATARI oil broker Sheik Nasser bin Rashid, 37, is auctioning off his collection of Omega, Rolex and Patek Philippe watches over the internet.
Included are several steel Rolex Daytona models at a fraction of their original cost. All profits will go to the International Red Cross.
His wife, Sheikha Maha, 29, is famous for spending more than $ 2 million on clothes and jewellery during a shopping spree last June at Saks Fifth Avenue in Manhattan.
But for them it's a mere drop in the oil well: the sheik, a member of the Al Thani ruling family of Qatar, has homes in Doha, London, New York, Paris and Geneva, and travels by yacht and private jet.
GEORGE W. BUSH made something of a fool of himself at Washington's historic Ford Theatre -- scene of President Lincoln's assassination -- when he appeared to forget that soul superstar Stevie Wonder is blind. Incredibly, Bush, who was sitting in the front row, began smiling and waving at the legendary singer when he came on stage and sat down at the piano. Dubya even seemed puzzled that Wonder did not acknowledge him. After a moment, it dawned on Bush, who dropped his hand into his lap.
A witness to the gaffe said: 'I know I shouldn't have, but I started laughing.' The concert is due to be shown on U.S. television this weekend -- no doubt with the President's hand-waving edited out.
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