CHAMPAGNE. The word needs little explanation to any adult and is almost guaranteed to conjure up a memory or two.

Friday began with your intrepid and, let’s face it, unfortunate correspondent 100 quid down after three days. (Four runners-up on Thursday. Napoleon would never have had me as a general.) As to how it ended, you’ll see in due course. Here’s a hint, however.

Jack Reynor wants to work with Michael Fassbender.

Facebook the business was dwarfed by Facebook the story. John Hearne says it was the money that bewitched everyone, it was the numbers that powered the hubris

Minutes before Karl Breen inflicted the three stabs wounds, which killed Martin McLaughlin, he was pictured on CCTV hugging and embracing his friend, a court has heard.

She may be a millionaire but Charlotte Church was a real Crazy Chick when she ‘accidentally’ spent £1,000 (€1,500) on two bottles of champagne at a nightclub, despite the fact she doesn’t like the stuff.

South African diamond mining group De Beers is reported to be in talks about the sale of its brand name to a luxury global goods group.