Someone was having a very bad Monday morning: a Czech man managed to cause a whole series of accidents on his way up the M11 today. Brent and Harrow councils aren’t gonna win any popularity awards this year. How’s this for a daft policy – bricking up the cars of those residents who park in their own front gardens. Beggars belief. Ali G: coming to a dreary town centre near you. This Londonista isn’t......

Time was when it cost just a tenner and the promise of a better life to tempt British folk into a new life down under. Modern times call for modern measures, however, and an Aussie tourist board has found itself in hot water after besmirching the character of our cherished city. Marketing gurus for the Australian city of Adelaide, looking for new ways to entice people southwards, are running an advertising campaign featuring legends......

Take a slice of Mayan history, a chunk of Dolce & Gabbana, a liberal dash of De Beers, and a shot of Ali G. Mix in the mind of a British artist, and what do you get? A diamond-encrusted skull expected to be sold soon as the highest priced piece of art by a living artist, that's what! Currently on display at the White Cube gallery in St James's, Damien Hirst's For The Love......

Still not finished your Christmas shopping? Got a Star Wars fan (i.e. almost any bloke) to buy for? Got £7,000 burning a hole in your pocket? Well, if you head to Christies at 2pm today and scratch your nose at an appropriate time during the Film & Entertainment auction, you may well find yourself the proud owner of a Stormtrooper helmet. Then you can then tell that joke about Darth Vader and Luke Skywalker at......