Bob Woodward’s recent flap reveals a grotesquely swollen ego fed by 40 years of hero worship. Max Holland asks: why is this man an icon?

The long-term friend of Conrad Black who accepted a plea deal and became a key prosecution witness in the multi-million pound fraud trial of the disgraced media mogul was sentenced to 29 months in jail today.

The US government’s star witness at former media mogul Conrad Black’s fraud trial testified that he consulted Black on every business deal he made on behalf of the Hollinger newspaper empire.

Barry Manilow was hospitalised after suffering from chest pain due to stress, his publicist said.