The hype behind the headlines

By Helen Lewis

Questions

1) Which former popstar's wife caused an airbrushing storm when she took over as the "face" of Ultimo lingerie?

2) Which Guardian hack branded ex-OxStu News Editor Anjool a "wanker"?

3) Which columnist is ex-Telegraph owner Lord Black's wife?

4) Who is the editor of The Sun?

5) And how did she mark her first day in office?

6) Who is the highest paid journalist in Britain?

7) Which tabloid editor's pay is set to top £1 million?

8) Who is The Independent's youngest columnist?

9) Which three media commentators are setting up a newspaper?

10) Which two Guardian columnists were poached in Robert Thomson's Times re-launch?

Answers

1) Rachel Hunter. As demonstrated last week, she was airbrushed to within an inch of her life.

2) Polly Curtis. Naughty woman - she claimed it justified "ruthlessly exploiting him by stealing his stories".

3) Barbara Amiel - who has written several letters to The Spectator in recent weeks rebutting rumours that she had asked a Sunday Times journalist to leave the Blacks' house by the servants' entrance.

4) Rebekah Wade.

5) She not only wore a Page 3 pin, but picked "Rebekah, from Wapping" as the bare breasted lovely of the day.

6) Jonathan Cainer, who receives a share of the profits from his astrology line. Although his yearly earnings are well into six figures, documents leaked to Private Eye show that he's always game for a few more pennies.

7) Paul Dacre, editor of the Daily Mail. It was recently rumoured that the Barclay Brothers would poach him if their takeover of the Telegraph was successful.

8) Johann Hari, the epitome of 20-something coolness, although perhaps only to himself.

9) Francis Wheen, Stephen Glover and Frank Johnson. Stephen Glover defended the move in The Spectator this week, as he believes that there are 100,000 people in Britain prepared to read a new quality tabloid. But will any of them be willing to pay for it?

10) Julie Burchill and Rod Liddle. It's suggested their salaries went up by as much as three times after the move.

3rd Apr 2004