A gay Metropolitan Police officer who had a close friendship with Michael Barrymore is the latest person to launch a phone-hacking claim against the Murdoch media empire... more
As the election looms and the No 10 bunker becomes increasingly fraught, Sarah Brown is an island of calm. The most formidable Prime Minister’s wife in living memory talks about her special brand of influence... more
Now that nights are getting longer, it's important to spend them well. Whether your tastes run to speakeasys, fire-eaters or a knees-up with Simon Le Bon, there's a club for you...... more
The theme for celeb hairdresser James Brown's 40th birthday party was Grease and the action seemed to be taking place on the balcony at 21 Home House in Marylebone... more
In just six years the Bugaboo pushchair has become a design classic and established itself as the baby-carrier the stars prefer to push, says Viv Groskop... more
They are keen to put on a public show of unity, but after an hour waiting for Madonna on the red carpet Guy Ritchie began to look at little strained.... more
Peaches Geldof's marriage in Las Vegas is already following the time-honoured tradition of such unions: she has returned to London without her new husband... more
Meg Mathews epitomised Britpop; married to Noel Gallagher, she partied hard with Kate Moss. Now divorced, she is putting her life back together.
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Held in what used to be the infamous Sixties strip club Raymond's Revue Bar, Circus Circus is a weekly club night that attracts a colourful, glam crowd.... more