After the untimely death of Dear Leader, Supreme Commander, 

Master of the Universe, Kim Jong-il, the valiant London Workers Party

Publishers Kenneth & Livingstone (above) are forced to withdraw

their new title 'Live to be a Hundred with the Kim Jong-il Diet Plan'

Shame.

And now a final sneaky peek at next year's controversial Poetry 

Society's Celebrity Calendar.  Meet lovely Miss April, portrayed

 by the best-selling novelist Betty Buckler, Canadian-born author 

of the blockbusting Doctor and Nurses Romance Series.  

Betty asked to be photographed as her most popular heroine 

plucky Nurse Willing from 'Night Fever' and 'Fatale in Traction'

Toby Trubshaw The Readers Digest 'Young Journalist of the Year' 

 seen here being hand-operated by his mother

Another page from the Poetry Society's exciting new 2012 calendar.

Here we see Miss August, relaxing at home, portrayed by celebrated

playwright Lefty Morgan Murphy, the 'kitchen sink' feminist 

who caused a sensation at London's  Royal Court earlier this year 

performing her one-woman show 'The Fart-Arse Monologues'

A rare glimpse of poet, children's author and handbag enthusiast 

Thelma Allingham (right) seen here with her secretary and constant 

companion Phyliss Compton.  Ms Compton has just finished editing

Allingham's most recent book "Five Children and a Handbag" for

the well-known publishers Pomphrey & Wedgie-Macdonald 

(see post for Friday 15th April) Tamsin Hunter Wedgie-Macdonald

has an extensive handbag collection, said husband Piers Pomphrey. 

After following bearded wonder and celebrity author

 Salman Rushdie's guide on 'How to be Charming with Women'

 local street poet and musician Spooky Simon (above) is cautioned

by police for rude and abusive behaviour.  "There's one law

for the rich . . . " he complains later, returning to his shop doorway