No man is a hero to his editor, but Dirk Bogarde is certainly venerated by John Coldstream, the former literary editor of the Daily Telegraph, who commissioned book reviews from the actor and has spent the past nine years first writing his biography and now editing a 500-page volume of his letters, Ever, Dirk: The Bogarde Letters. "He was a ...

ST. LOUIS—Asked by reporters in the media room here at Washington University how nervous he was about tonight’s debate between Sarah Palin and Joe Biden, McCain campaign spokesman Tucker Bounds said that he was “an even-keeled five.” He tried several times to downplay the significance of tonight’s outcome, arguing that, historically, vice-presidential debates have not been decisive ...