News about Peter Ustinov

EDEN CONFIDENTIAL: No one in Parliament has quite captured the late Alan Clark's safford style, as the late narrist and owner of Saltwood Castle in Kent, whose enthusiasm for politics was perhaps tempered by his frantic love life. However, nearly a quarter of a century after Clark's death at the age of 71, another unstoppable septuagenarian is off to fill his shoes. I can confirm that four-time married entrepreneur Marc Burca, 72, (pictured left), was selected by Reform UK as its candidate for Clark's former London constituency, which, following boundary changes, will become Kensington & Bayswater at the next general election. Burca became a magazine publisher after a brief stint in the property business. 'I interviewed Thatcher, Richard Branson, Robert Maxwell, Peter Ustinov, Charlton Heston.' Burca was also a mentor of Pamella Bordes (inset photograph) who became a House of Commons researcher and enjoyed relationships with a number of influential men before being revealed as a call-girl.

Ancient history was never peaceful for long. If you want peace and prosperity, you must fight for them, as the Romans, the Romans, those supremely cynical realists, would have said. Pax is the third in Holland's magnificent three-volume history of ancient Rome. The first, the award-winning Rubicon, covered the career of Julius Caesar and the growth (or decay?) The old Roman Republic has been turned into Empire by the second century; Dynasty honed in on the first Emperors, including Caligula and Nero, whose notoriety has rung back the centuries. Nero, as portrayed by actor Peter Ustinov, is seen on the left. Right, A Vitellius painting being dragged to his death from a 19th-century painting.

BUMBLE'S GUIDE TO LORD'S: I never miss getting to Lord's at 9am in the morning and seeing the massive queues snaking around the ground, waiting for the gunfire!Because when they open the gates for the members, it is an absolute stampede! What a moment. It reminds me of the Grand National and I find it amusing to see some of the cricketing community's elders fighting for the best seats for the day.