Plans to transform part of Chelsea into London's answer to Milan's glamorous Corso Como will lead to the eviction of two leading designer stores... more
A father she barely knew, a mother she 'hated' and an affair lasting half her marriage - no wonder Amanda Eliasch thought her life story would make a compelling play, as Liz Hoggard discovers... more
Designer Nicky Haslam talks to Katie Law about stripping off in a photograph on display at the National Portrait Gallery, how he beat cancer and preparing for cabaret at the Savoy ... more
As her film charting Peter Mandelson's last months in office is released, Hannah Rothschild tells Rosie Boycott what it was like to be 'another satellite of Planet Peter'... more
Take care to avoid high-end Malaysian cuisine — the best such food is to be found in modest, family-run establishments. Here is the lowdown on Sedap... more
Annabel Astor, David Cameron’s mother-in-law, is co-founder of a multi-million-pound interiors company, favoured by Tory MPs, that brings upper-class taste to the aspiring middle classes... more
Control-freak divorcées, fashion obsessives and sexual predators- Madonna and Wallis Simpson have a lot in common. But is the Material Girl the right person to bring the Duchess of Windsor's colourful life to the big screen?... more
Nicky Haslam has been to more parties than anyone and knows how to make an evening fizz: start planning three months ahead; decorate the ceiling; invite Paris Hilton; and never, ever engage the host in conversation... more
Whatever the rights and wrongs of the postal strike (and I am sure there are rights and wrong on both sides), I've already given up on my post. I don't recall it ever being so inefficient in my lifetime. ... more
Never mind the six degrees of Kevin Bacon. Nicky Haslam's forthcoming memoirs, Redeeming Features, has set a whole new benchmark for the small world phenomenon... more
Inside the world of American Vogue, it’s a joy to find as much journalistic talent and creativity as glamour — and in Anna Wintour and Grace Coddington, leading ladies with just the right amount of dramatic tension between them
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The country rests safe in the neatly manicured hands of Peter Mandelson: Gordon Brown's best frenemy and the man who exercises such a magnetic pull for protesters that an eco-suffragette promptly chained herself to his Regent's Park railings as he returned home to mind No 10's business for the week... more
Lord Mandelson took temporary charge of the country today, declaring that he was simply trying to help Gordon Brown have 'the best holiday he deserves'... more
The three-year-old, whipped into a state of exquisite anticipation, stares unhappily at the tree. "It takes too long to get Christmastime," she says, with piercing toddler woe... more
Prosecco not champagne. God forbid, Twiglets instead of caviar. The years of excess are over a grim, new age has taken hold. Don't believe me? You still think Nicky Haslam's £200,000 bash last Thursday was typical? You're wrong... more
The A-listers who received an invitation to socialite Nicky Haslam's credit crunch-busting party were instructed to wear diamonds - and dress only in couture.... more
Paris Hilton partied, Princess Michael swanned around and Fergie turned up with Beatrice in tow - this was designer Nicky Haslam's bash for his 800 closest friends... more
If ever proof were needed that the British sense of style is somewhat eccentric, a quick glance the latest best-dressed list should do the trick. Cult comedian Noel Fielding made an appearance on GQ magazine's annual list of the best-dressed men... more
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