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All gain no pain: Does Hollywood have a steroid problem?
How do the world’s leading men get superhero abs seemingly overnight? Sometimes it’s down to sheer hard work, says Harry Shukman. But sometimes, of course, it’s not…
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Inside Truman Capote’s exile from high society
In November 1975, a raucous chapter of Truman Capote’s new book gossip-bombed Manhattan high society, killing the writer’s friendships — and the man himself — in a shower of outrage and champagne
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Bitcoin Anonymous: How crypto trading created a new generation of addicts
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The last days of Roman: Inside Abramovic’s new normal
Once one of the richest and most powerful men in Britain, the oligarch Chelsea FC honour cuts a more bedraggled figure of late, writes Harry Shukman
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Snobbery, steaks, and social climbers: Inside Manhattan’s original power restaurant
At Mortimer’s, arch society host Glenn Bernbaum created a star-studded dictatorship — and the greatest show in town…
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Sour grapes: Inside Château Miraval’s ‘War of the Rosés
How a Brad Pitt and Angeline Jolie’s splashy Provence winery became the latest bargaining in an acrimonious divorce battle
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The Dark Lord: Michael Ashcroft’s history of muck-spreading
With his new book on Carrie Symonds set to cause a Westminster storm, Harry Shukman investigates the motives of the billionaire Tory tax exile who sparked David Cameron’s ‘Piggate’ rumours
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Shamans on private jets, $100,000 scented candles, and 27-hour work days: Inside the life of a billionaire estate manager
What is it like to choreograph the lives of the worlds 0.1%? Gentleman’s Journal meets the string-pullers at the centre of the billionaire universe
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Who wants to live forever?
Pig-human hybrids, vampire billionaires, and 10,000-year-old ‘Meat Puppets’ — Harry Shukman meets the Silicon Valley futurists on the hunt for eternal life…
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Inside Dubai: Playground or Purgatory?
A new BBC documentary dives into the lives of the UAE’s ultra rich. But does money really buy you happinness? Or just Chanel pool floats?
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Hitmen and high fashion: The true tale behind House of Gucci
You’ve seen the film, but that’s not the full story. Harry Shukman talks to fashion journalist Sara Gay Forden about the salacious saga that inspired House of Gucci…
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King’s ransoms: An incomplete history of royal money scandals
Prince Charles is embroiled, as we speak, in a particularly uncomfortable ‘cash for access’ saga. But this is nothing new, says Harry Shukman…
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Who won the year? The sixest biggest winners (and losers) of 2021
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Annus Horribilis: the six biggest scandals of 2021
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Family feud: Inside the Succession-grade saga gripping Canada’s grandest family
Pocket dials, fratricide, and teenaged tantrums: the Rogers family makes the Roys look soft
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The Contrarian: inside the life, lawsuits and liberties of Peter Thiel
As a new book on the tech messiah and PayPal founder hits shelves, Harry Shukman analyses one of Silicon Valley’s most bothersome figures
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The Lost Prince: The life, death, and legacy of John F. Kennedy Jr
As a new film project enters production about America’s favourite son, Harry Shukman examines the life of the president that never was