Zaha Hadid lives in a pristine white pod, has sacrificed her personal life to architecture, and will brook no opposition from underlings or the establishment. Harry Mount has an audience with the newly crowned winner of the Stirling Prize... more
The lads from St Thomas's stood side by side with the Tölz Boys Choir, some 80 voices displaying an impressive level of finesse and engagement.... more
Football: Germany coach Joachim Low feels Chelsea midfielder Michael Ballack is maturing as a captain and has praised him for his attitude in last month's friendly defeat against Norway ... more
To do his subjects justice, photographer Robert Capa insisted on being close enough to be killed. Brian Sewell is impressed by his exhibition at the Barbican Art Gallery.... more
St George's Hanover Square, where Handel worshipped, provided a fitting setting for a performance of Bach's St Matthew Passion as part of the London Handel Festival.... more
When an Austrian archduke, appointed by a Spanish king, employed a Flemish painter to copy his collection, the first ever illustrated art catalogue was born.... 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