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Celebcity peers behind the scenes at the Labour Party conference

Mandy’s made up

The annual Labour Party conference tour bus lurched into Brighton last week, bringing the great and the good of politics along for the ride. The five day conference fest ran from Sunday to Thursday with speeches at the Brighton Centre. Most notable was the speech given by the “comeback kid” Peter Mandelson last Monday, including the now famous words “if I can come back, we can come back.”
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Animal fanatic Carla Lane moves out, Colin Firth pays a visit and Nick Hornby falls for Bexhill

Pet’s palace

Top TV writer Carla Lane has finally sold her Sussex mansion. Carla, who is probably most famous for writing hit TV series The Liver Birds and Bread, is completely potty about animals and turned her Horsted Keynes pile into an animal sanctuary.
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Rock goddess scouts for a house, Nick Cave is a good Samaritan, and Katie and Peter finally divorce

If you thought Hove already had its fill of iconic musicians, think again – it looks like a bona fide rock goddess might now be queuing at the Town Tall to obtain a parking permit.
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Jo Brooks on the Brighton Rock remake, Cheryl Cole dressing (not) to kill, and the infamous Madam who dropped in for a drink

Gangster’s Paradise
BBC Films are remaking the classic film Brighton Rock. The original film, based on the novel of the same name by Graham Greene, was set in Brighton in 1947 – but this new version is set in 1964 against the backdrop of Mods and Rockers.

The lead role of Pinkie the villain, brilliantly played in the original by Sir Richard Attenborough, will now be undertaken by Sam Riley, who starred as Joy Division’s Ian Curtis in the film Control. His girlfriend will be played by Andrea Riseborough.
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