Little Judy (Jordana Beatty) wants to enjoy the summer but her best friend is going to Borneo and her well-scrubbed parents are off to California... more
Prince Harry's Arctic adventure has finally got under way. The 26-year-old has left Norway with a group of wounded servicemen aiming to walk to the North Pole
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The Duchess of Cornwall’s brother Mark Shand, the driving force behind the funkily designed model elephants we will soon see on London’s streets, has had a colourful life of his own.... more
Scientists at Kew have discovered 292 new plant species in their 250th anniversary year - including 138ft trees with exploding seed pods and wild coffee plants that may help save people's morning cappuccino from climate change... more
A bid battle for Heritage Oil could break out after the independent upstream exploration and production company said its proposed merger with Turkey’s Genel Energy was off and it would instead sell its interests in Uganda to Italian major ENI for £900 million... more
The Deal is back. Kraft’s unsolicited £10 billion bid for Cadbury. The merger of T-Mobile and Orange to form Britain’s largest mobile phone operator. Investment bankers are slavering after 18 months of what former senior Tory Alan Duncan might term “living on rations”
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There are no better trained or motivated troops in the world than the British and like the rest of the nation I'm proud of the job they're doing in Afghanistan... more
Jamie Neale, the Muswell Hill backpacker lost for 10 days in the Australian bush, is doubtless relieved to have been found before succumbing to dehydration or unpleasant Antipodean wildlife... more
In his new TV series which launched last night, Charley Boorman is back playing the intrepid, blokey traveller. Here he talks to Lucy Cavendish about living in his father’s shadow, his years as a failed actor and how Ewan McGregor rescued him ... more
Ristorante Semplice, a newly opened restaurant off New Bond Street, is a timely reminder of why we Brits fell for Italian cooking in the first place, says Fay Maschler.... more
After a painful divorce and critical failure, Victoria Wood is back with a new version of Acorn Antiques and enjoying single life, says Bruce Dessau.... more
Sound check: German industrial metal band Rammstein literally play with fire in their live performances - and now they are about to unleash their singeing spectacle on London. Watch out for your eyebrows
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