Just a kiss

London, May 17: Kate Moss and Jemima Khan enjoyed a lingering kiss at Annabel’s nightclub in London on Monday, reports The Daily Telegraph.

The clinch with the model was the star lot in a charity auction and dinner at the Mayfair club. Philip Green, the 54-year-old boss of Bhs, won the lot with a bid of ?60,000. Perhaps because his wife Tina was at his side he declined the opportunity ? offering the embrace instead to the person he outbid, Hugh Grant’s girlfriend, Jemima Khan.

A guest at the auction and dinner said: “We thought it was going to be a kiss on the cheek. It lasted just over 60 seconds.” Other lots included a round of golf with Grant, with Jemima caddying, which went for ?12,000, a cricket lesson from Imran Khan, tea with the Archbishop of Canterbury and a children’s bedtime story read by Tilda Swinton, the Narnia actress.

Violin sale

New York (Reuters): An anonymous bidder paid $3.54 million for a Stradivarius violin made in 1707 at auction house Christie’s on Tuesday, making it the most expensive musical instrument ever sold at auction, Christie’s said. The violin, known as the Hammer, was made by Antonio Stradivari in Cremona, Italy, during his “golden period,” when he is believed to have crafted his finest instruments. Before the sale, Christie’s had estimated the Hammer's value at $1.5 million to $2.5 million. The previous record belonged to the Lady Tennant, a 1699 Stradivarius that sold for $2.03 million at Christie's in April last year.

Cash mate

Berlin (Reuters): A German woman left her friend as a deposit at a fuel station because she did not have enough cash to pay for her petrol, police said on Wednesday. “She didn’t have enough money to pay the bill, so her friend stayed behind as a human deposit while she went to withdraw cash,” said a spokesman