Romance, cigarettes & maternity underwear

Sexy British lingerie brand Agent Provocateur is launching a line of maternity underwear. We have it on good authority that maternity physician Gowri Motha, (physician to the stars...Elle Macpherson, Kate Moss and Gwyneth Paltrow) leant a hand in the designs. Meanwhile John Turturro, Writer and Director of 'Romance and Cigarettes', a film portraying the family man’s torrid affair with flame-haired Agent Provocateur shop girl Tula (Kate Winslet), summed up his latest work - "I’d say it was a down-and-dirty love story with music", he told Agent Provocateur’s Roving Reporter Salima Saxton. Romance and Cigarettes. Released March 24th 2006 in the UK.

Sugababes aplenty

What a night! Unfortunately we could not get to NYC to be with Kate at the Calvin Klein party, but we did manage to slip into the Baglioni Hotel, London to catch the Sintillate party for the Sugababes. We hid behind the ranks of personalised Muse bags and caught sight of Millionaire city trader Surhir Singh with the gorgeous Sophie Anderton hanging off his arm....or was it the other way around? Anyway, a few good words of support were overheard for Kate and a big ditch vote on the Doherty front...and lots of other words not fitting for our gossip hungry crowds.

Trend Marketing

Well we thought we'd heard it all, but the very latest (in fact not yet launched) is from the upstart marketing outfit Media Propensity. We've heard a rumour that these guys, backed by a leading economist and some hot-shots from the marketing and advertising world, are about to shake things up a little with what they call "Base Data Marketing". In our terms that'll be 4,968 four-year-old cats in London with red hair prefer brand X. Apparently they are building the biggest pool of subscriber data in the world and to do so are luring us with free share options. Well I'm in!

Sir Tom baby

Worth over £50 million, the big Welshman Sir Tom Jones has had top ten hits each and every decade since his first No 1 single "It's Not Unusual" way back in the mid sixties. At 65 the Welsh sex-bomb has little time for boredom, in the past few years he's done some of his best work with Van Morrison, Tina Turner, The Stereophonics and Cerys Matthews. At a time when most folk might be slowing down he's releasing yet another record with dance DJ Chicane. Stoned In Love, by Chicane featuring Tom Jones, is released on April 24 through Globe Records/Universal Music. Well done Sir Tom! "It's a while since anyone called be tom baby....boyo!"

Heidi.......and other childhood memories

Back in the late 60's your Uncle Noel from Ireland turned up on the doorstep with an unruly beard, long hair, street-sweeping flares and flowers on his shirt. He entertained the family each evening playing rebel songs on an old twelve-string guitar. Upon his feet he proudly wore a pair of the biggest, brownest, buckled and boxiest sandles you had ever seen. You thought he was completely mad........it was the middle of winter! After decades of fashion obscurity the Birkenstock has quietly reappeared as an essential must-have for guys and girls. You're more likely to see them in a New York boutique than Glastonbury. Thanks to Heidi Klum the latest collection is a touch more glitzy than Uncle Noel's, but don't despair - you can still pick up a brand new pair of the old style Classics. Join the revolution...