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European summits ain't what they used to be. I have fond memories of the Nice Treaty. Not its political significance, you understand, but the magnificent buffet provided by our French hosts. Nowadays the poor journalists and ministers all go to the Justus Lipsius building in Brussels which is, of course, much more efficient but lacks a certain glamour. Unless you count the presence of our Diplomatic Editor, Mark Urban, who was once famously described as having saturnine good looks.

Now that the Lisbon Treaty is set - finally - to be ratified, Mark will be asking what difference will it make to the EU? And I will be asking my guests if it is just a tidying up exercise or the route to an EU super state. We'll also be exploring who will be getting the top jobs and if David Miliband wants to become the new High Representative.

Michael Crick has been causing mischief in Taunton in Somerset where a blogger has apparently caused several councillors to resign.

And Kirsty has been interviewing that giant of American literature, Philip Roth about his new novella. Watch a preview clip here.

We will be discussing that - The Humbling - with my Review guests at 11pm, who this week are Marina Hyde, Johann Hari and Jonathan Tallis.

Our main focus will be celebrity culture with several different takes on that. There's the new documentary Starsuckers which has famously hoaxed a number of newspapers into running mad "sleb" stories, like Pixie Geldof stuffing sweets in her bra and Sarah Harding from Girls Aloud being a secret expert on quantum mechanics.

There's a more soft focus view of fame with the new film showing Michael Jackson during his final rehearsals. But is it simply cashing in on his memory?

And we'll look at Reality Killed the Video Star - Robbie Williams' new album. Did the media want him to fail even before it came out?

Do join me from 10.30pm on BBC Two.

Martha