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Why celebrating Dickens' birthday has really been the best of times
www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk
[Belfast Telegraph] - On Tuesday the Alan Partridge and Thick of It creator tweeted 'today I celebrated Charles Dickens' birthday by standing at his grave in Westminster Abbey and laughing'. Dickens, the master of compassionate satire, would have approved of such silly
Google News: Obama shares Spotify playlist, likes Noah and the Whale
[CNET UK] - Fine for Alan Partridge maybe, but for the leader of the free world? Other notable shockers on the 27-track list include Even Better Than The Real Thing by U2, Tonight's The Kind of Night by Noah And The Whale, and -- yes -- Ricky Martin.
ABBEY CLANCY AND PETER CROUCH'S PHONE HACK HELL
www.dailystar.co.uk
[Daily Star] - Alan Partridge funnyman Coogan, who told the Leveson Inquiry into the scandal that hackers had caused turmoil in his private life, said: “This has never been about the money. “At the time when these civil cases began, News International seemed likely
Steve Coogan's tragic hairstyle: even Alan Partridge is cooler than this
blogs.telegraph.co.uk
[Telegraph.co.uk (blog)] - But Steve Coogan is worse than his fictional alter-ego Alan Partridge. They are both vain and smug, but Partridge at least wants to be liked. Coogan's ambition is so much more embarrassing: he wants to be cool.
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