20 July 2001

  • A tale of riches, hoors, and diaries: Lord Jeffrey Archer off to jail for four years.
  • Could Archer's downfall have been predicted in his books? The Guardian Unlimited investigates.
  • G8 convention begins in Genoa amidst protest and anarchy; Bob Geldof condemns violence.
  • Berlin planning publicity campaign, denying Holocaust, to help build memorial for Jews.
  • Kevin Smith's movies, of "Clerks" fame, have neither good dialogue or cinematography; he envies Orson Welles.
  • White House avoids "Red Alert" virus attack by moving site to different address.
  • Dyn-O-Gel, touted as a hurricane buster, turns thunderstorms into Jello.
  • A night at the Webbys: Peter Pan won in the weird category!
  • A world of anger and rebellion has sprung up...because of those damn X10 camera ads!
  • Watch out, Stockholm Records is watching you.
  • Napster, the chimera: song-swapping will continue on sites that are harder to bust.
  • Seemen's pyrotechnic art comes to New York this weekend.