George Michael, in particular, will want to read the results with great interest."* UKIP MEP, Godfrey Bloom. You may remember him as the chap who made headlines last year, for saying - on joining the EU's Equal Opportunities Committee - that modern women "don't clean behind the fridge enough". Yesterday, he brandished a copy of Busty Beauties at a meeting of the same committee. He'd earlier purchased it from the parliament's own newsagent. In years gone by, Zilli was a regular drinking partner of such hellraisers as Freddie Mercury, George Michael and Chris Evans.Although he's now cleaned up his act - and recently lost three stone on the TV show Celebrity Fit Club - publishing sources say Zilli has promised that nothing will be off limits."Aldo decided to write his book after learning that Chris Evans was also doing one," I'm told."Evans recently decided to scrap his book, after it turned into a muckraking exercise, but Aldo ploughed on. In any case, economics are supposed to be Gordon Brown's baby.

His spokesman will say only: "It was a private and informal meeting."* Following in the recent footsteps of both Gordon Ramsay and Marco Pierre White another superchef is getting ready to spill the borlotti.Aldo Zilli, the Italian restaurateur whose colourful private life made headlines throughout the 1990s, has added his name to the list of culinary heroes writing their autobiography.So long as his memory's up to it, the book ought to be a cracker. However, he was later instructed to present himself at the Marriott Hotel next to Westminster Bridge at 8.30pm. Staff ushered him into a private suite, where Blair spent an hour, discussing what one French observer has described as the "British economic model."This marks a severe breach of protocol on both men's part. Sarkozy is Minister for the Interior - the equivalent of Charles Clarke - so was upstaging Chirac by discussing economic affairs.Blair, for his part, should never have held official talks with Sarkozy.

A former executive from Tupperware heads its global At Home business, which grew sales by 10 per cent in the first half. This was a slowdown from recent levels but nothing serious enough to dissuade Mr Saunders from believing the parties - which are held in people's homes by a consultant - are "a significant driver of growth". Next year, German hausfrauen can join in the fun when the group rolls out the service there.Shares in the group rose 9.5p yesterday to 219.25p, buoyed by the prospect of The Body Shop delivering full-year operating profits growth of 17 to 22 per cent. But with the weight of expectation resting on the outcome for the festive season, there is room for some doubt.Last Christmas was the first merry one for the company in four years, prompting nerves from its former broker, ABN Amro, about the tough comparatives.