Libya's raging civil war has set the scene for the most hostile Opec meeting in years this week, but the timing is unwelcome as the global recovery approaches a potential turning point... more
Property firm Hammerson took its spending spree past £300 million this year with a £208 million deal to buy retail assets including Croydon's Centrale shopping centre from Kuwait... more
Nicknamed the 'billionaire bling-mobiles', a growing numbers of so-called supercars are being spotted in London this summer, amid an influx of shoppers from the Middle East... more
Austerity chic is so last season - in the food industry at least - as craze for dishes adorned with real gold and silver sweeps London's top restaurants... more
When you've dressed the world's most stylish women, the next step is designing a hotel's figure-of-eight plunge pool and introducing live seahorses into the lobby. Andy Barker sizes up the latest collection of chic suites... more
Last year a survey into children and growing-your-own found that an astonishing 93 per cent of six-to nine-year-olds who grow veg go on to nag their mothers into changing what they eat... more
An Italian restaurant in Knightsbridge is set to expand across the Middle East after it proved so popular with a wealthy Kuwaiti sheikh that he bought the franchise rights... more
Despite victory in the FA Cup, Chelsea need their key players to perform in the league if they are to match Manchester United's inevitable surge... more
The Middle East is poised for an initial public offering bonanza, with 20% of family-owned companies planning to list, according to an Ernst & Young International survey... more
The soaring price of oil is bad news for credit crunch London - but it means a boom time for the Middle East producers who are embarking on a massive property spending spree
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Photographer Nick Waplington's latest exhibition of images downloaded from the Internet captures the sense of boredom on a military base and the camaraderie of soldiers' lives.... more
This engrossing Arabic adaptation of Richard III is jam-packed with multimedia interventions and theatrical display that can be both exhilarating and distracting, says Kieron Quirke.... 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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