Thursday, October 8, 1998
London bus driver may be en route to Booker prize
Bus driver Magnus Mills discovered he had joined Britain's literary elite only when he finished the day shift on his route 159 around London. Then he was besieged with well-wishers telling him that the novel which he had written between shifts was on the short-list for the Booker, one of the world's most famous literary prizes.
A shattered dream: Past memories come to haunt Chendru's present
Chendru's journey from Baster hinterland to international glory and back again to the confines of Baster is the ultimate story of short-lived fame. At 10 years of age, Chendru became a Celluloid star in Europe and now at 50, he toils as a day labourer fighting for two square meals every day.
Intimations of mortality
Rupert Murdoch has got himself a new girlfriend and moved to The Greenwich Village, New York, moreover he has left the Upper East Side and is staying at the Mercer Hotel on Mercer Street with a 31-year-old Asian employee named Wendy Deng.
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