Pick at the pops

There's nothing like a candid interview to alert the scandal-mongers of the tabloid press, and this week it was Lily Allen's turn to be hauled over the coals for some ill-chosen remarks. The returning pop princess had made the mistake of telling it how she saw it in a monthly music magazine when she was quizzed on cocaine use. Her chief error? To imply that not everyone dies as soon as they're exposed to the drug. Strictly true, but not worth making the point, insists David Haynes of the Nationa...

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