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Olivia Cole

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Embrace the London rat race

Ditch the yoga and those dreams of running a beach bar. Olivia Cole talks to the former White House adviser who claims good stress makes us happier, thinner and more vibrant

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Smurfs up: The Smurf renaissance

They've got a major film out this month, their colour is hot and they've even sparked a racism row. Olivia Cole charts a franchise revival

Elisabetta Canalis, the bombshell who stole George Clooney's heart

You don't have to be a knock-out Italian glamazon dating George Clooney to step aboard the good ship Cavalli - a world of leopard print, diamanté and boisterous A-listers - but it certainly helps, discovers Olivia Cole

Spotlight on Hugh Grant

As Britain's biggest movie star, Hugh Grant has lived his life under the microscope for the past 16 years

Re-telling tales of William and Harry

In well researched but breezy tones, royal reporter Katie Nicholl combines a broadly speaking generous interpretation with salacious titbits of gossip

Hollywood, here I come! My Oscars party week

Olivia Cole heads to LA for the Oscars week party marathon

Bad posture is a pain in the neck

Bad posture was a pain in the neck for Olivia Cole until the Alexander technique came to her rescue

The princess diary: My 24-hour Kate Middleton makeover

It takes a lot of work to look as good as Princess Catherine. No wonder she doesn't have time for a job. Olivia Cole has a 24-hour Middleton makeover.

Hacks bemused by BBC's volte face over Live Aid

In the air: With its film When Harvey Met Bob, Auntie has certainly moved quite a way from the support she gave to a report suggesting Live Aid funds were used to buy weapons

Life's lessons up on the big screen

Director Beeban Kidron is a woman of strong opinions who is not going to be silenced — even though when we meet she has lost her voice

What’s in a name for tweet Jemima Goldsmith?

In the air: Jemima Khan, leader of the Assange arrestocracy, has made a small but significant change to her Twitter feed

Christmas spirit lacking at Trinity Mirror

In the air: Bah! humbug! Journalists working on Christmas Day to produce the Boxing Day editions of the Sunday Mirror and People newspapers are not happy

Nigella Lawson keeps mum on what comes after Kitchen

In the air: After The Delicious Miss Dahl cookery show divided critics, the BBC must be thrilled to have Nigella Lawson back on the screens this autumn with Nigella Kitchen

What you get with Lord Sugar is faulty grammar

In the air: Lord Sugar can always be relied upon to weed out the “amateurs” in his apprentices - but the winner should watch the wording in his or her contract

Harry Potter is not enough for an arts policy

When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; a man or woman tired of London’s arts scene should probably give up altogether

Misery lit is the payback for a writer’s child

Ivana Lowell pulls few punches in her memoir about life as the stepdaughter of one of America's most famous 20th century poets

Forget Nylons, here come the Mi-Lons

Once a cultural wasteland, Miami has become a drawcard for London’s top musicians and art dealers, as Olivia Cole reports

The Keira Knightley and Carey Mulligan show

They are both Surrey girls, born only months apart. As the release of their latest film Never Let Me Go casts a spotlight on Hollywood stars Carey Mulligan and Keira Knightley, Olivia Cole ponders just who will eclipse whom?

George Eliot's Victorian city view still matters today

Wimbledon’s enduring cultural reference point is the Wombles. Who knew its leafiness was also a factor in the work of one our best-known Victorian novelists?

Goodbye Southbank, hello Northbank

Art galleries, restaurants, bars — the area around King’s Cross station has finally taken off as a cultural hotspot, as Olivia Cole discovers

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