Outdone

I admit it...  Fraser's spoof paean to Kylie Minogue is funnier than my photo of Mr Johnson's hot-pants.

(He is joking, isn't he? For a moment he almost fooled me.)

That said, I would certainly be in favour of dropping her somewhere over Afghanistan.

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Boris's new look

His team of advisors is hard at work on ideas for a metropolitan make-over in time for Saturday's Pride London parade. Will the mayor be trying it out at this evening's Spectator summer party?

Picture created by the non-homophobic Beau Bo D'Or (creator of the cycle helmet City Hall). I also recommend his thoroughly groan-worthy Glastonbury joke.

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Sarko's faces

When I got home late last night I switched on TV5 to watch his choked-up speech greeting the release of hostage Ingrid Betancourt. Perhaps I'm a softy, but I was quite touched. Arthur Goldhammer takes a much more sceptical view of the whole affair. As for Charles Bremner, he's been savouring a glimpse of the president waiting to go on air to discuss his plans for the EU.  "It shows the unvarnished Sarko that journalists see," says Bremner. Is there a touch of Richard Nixon in the air?

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G-astronomic

Fancy restaurants aren't my thing, to be honest.  Kettner's is still my idea of swank, and the only time I've ever set foot in a ridiculously expensive, Michelin-starred restaurant, my host's wife spent the evening throwing up in the toilets after partaking of the sea-food. The waiters, naturally, made no effort to help or to check if we had a problem, and we were too intimidated to complain. I'm sure food writer Jay Rayner wouldn't have stood for that:

I check out the wine list, which is full of big-name wines at bizarre prices. For example, there is a 1961 Chateau Latour. It’s listed at $8,416…I call over the sommelier. “We just mark up everything 300 percent,” he says, with a “What are you going to do about it? look on his face….

I want to punch him. By now, I want

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M&S and the real economy

Cantankerous Chris Dillow listens to the company's chairman being interviewed and wishes journalists could ask more intelligent questions.

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