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Venetia Thompson is a freelance journalist and regular contributor to The Spectator. Her memoir Gross Misconduct was published in April by Simon and Schuster UK. She lives in London.
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The French Laundry Revisited
Chef Thomas Keller is recreating the magic of his Yountville restaurant at a London pop-up.

Venice’s New Hot Spot
VELVET ROPEDuring the annual film festival, Bungalow 8 hosts Madonna, James Franco, and more. Venetia Thompson reports.

Madonna’s New Movie
Venice Film FestivalVenetia Thompson says the pop queen’s new work is an improvement from her last.

The Gucci Award
From Venice'The Tree of Life' actress was honored on the sidelines of the Venice Film Festival. By Venetia Thompson.

The Grossest TV Show Ever
The huge hit U.K. medical show Embarrassing Bodies has treated armpit abscesses, fungal infections, and much worse. Plus, watch clips of 11 nasty TV shows, from CSI to Hoarders .

'No One Has Won'
The U.K.’s electoral confusion would almost be amusing, were it not for the looming debt crisis. Venetia Thompson on Britain’s morning after.

Tribeca's Controversial Muslim Comedy
The screenwriter of The Infidel, in which a British Muslim discovers he's actually Jewish, talks to Venetia Thompson about the "unifying response" of laughter.

The Downing Street Wives Club
As the Labour, Tory, and Liberal Democrat leaders fight on after their first debate, Venetia Thompson sizes up their spouses—Sarah Brown (dowdy), Samantha Cameron (bohemian), and Miriam Gonzalez Durantez (high-powered).

My Classmate, the Plane Bomber
The man who tried to blow up Flight 253 on Christmas allegedly turned toward al Qaeda at London University. Alum Venetia Thompson on going to school at terrorism's Ivy League.

Gaddafi Jr.'s Shooting Party
Britain exploded this week with revelations that a top Labour minister and Cherie Blair went pheasant shooting with the Libyan dictator’s son. Venetia Thompson on the latest fallout from the al-Megrahi scandal.
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