Free Republic

I gave the President my book. He raised an eyebrow. "Who wrote this for ya, Geldof?" he said without looking up from the cover. Very dry. "Who will you get to read it for you, Mr. President?" I replied. No response. The Most Powerful Man in the World studied the front cover. Geldof in Africa — " 'The international best seller.' You write that bit yourself?" "That's right. It's called marketing. Something you obviously have no clue about or else I wouldn't have to be here telling people your Africa story." It is some story. And I have always...

Anti-Poverty campaigner Bob Geldof is the surprise new entry into The Sunday Times list of Ireland's Richest Entertainers, new figures showed today. The former lead singer of the 1970s band The Boomtown Rats takes fifth place in the table, sitting on top of a fortune worth €51m. According to compilers of The Sunday Times Rich List 2006, his shares in his television production company Ten Alps have soared and he also has a €29m stake in reality TV production firm Castaway Productions. U2 scooped first place in the list and are now worth an enviable €690m. Digital and album sales...