Disgraced media psychiatrist Dr Raj Persaud has quit as a consultant at a leading London hospital four months after admitting passing off other people's research as his own... more
It's a busy time for The Metros. They are playing most of the big summer festivals, including Glastonbury, but they've taken time out to talk to us.... more
If these pictures are anything to go by, actress Jennifer Ellison is set to become the latest celebrity yummy mummy - and she has managed to keep the news under wraps for months.... more
The location may be unprepossessing, but hats off to chef Tom Ilic for at least trying to put Battersea on the culinary map, says Sebastian Shakespeare.... more
She may currently need a crutch to get about - but Glenda Jackson's star quality still shines through. Despite being well wrapped up and leaning on a crutch, there was no mistaking the double Oscar-winner as she ventured out near her South-East London home... more
The 'nueva cocina' style of Spanish cooking has set its homeland on fire and vivid little red and white restaurant Lola Rojo offers a snapshot into some of this innovation.... more
Patrick Forge & Phil Asher curate a credible mixture of hot up-and-coming live acts, Xpress 2 headline at Club Azuli and a brand new night launches in Soho Square.... more
The Puppini Sisters showed why they have been one of 2006's most unusual new acts at Hula-La! with their inspired rearrangements of vintage classics.... more
Marina O'Loughlin was gnashing her teeth with irritation at the most banal and mendacious opening of The Hoxton Grille. Even the name is 'boll**ks', she says.... more
Discover a novel use for your mobile phone, Quentin Blake's wonderfully scruffy illustrations and where to indulge in a bit of Dirty Dancing this weekend.... more
Sometimes a band is so full of self-belief that - despite their limitations - their rise is unstoppable, and that rise reached a crescendo at their gig at the Brixton Academy.... more