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An artful deco at the newest hotel in Mayfair

21.09.11
Designed by French architect Thierry W Despont, the attention to detail at 45 Park Lane is impressive... more

Illusionist David Copperfield is secretly a dad

15.08.11
David Copperfield - who was previously engaged to supermodel Claudia Schiffer - secretly became a father 16 months ago... more

It's sew far, sew good for Lisa's class venture

23.06.11
When Lisa Comfort was 16, her parents offered her a trip to New York if she worked hard for her GCSEs. She told them that there was something she wanted even more than to see the Statue of Liberty and to shop on Fifth Avenue: a sewing machine. Twelve years later, sitting in her sewing café in Clapham, Comfort proudly shows me that hard-earned machine ... more

Posing for Annie Leibovitz followed by a bout of exam stress

07.04.11
Perrie Shakes-Drayton: I first went to New York last year after the European Championships and I love the place - maybe because it's similar to London... more

The biggest heist of all in Inside Job

18.02.11
Charles Ferguson's documentary offers a forceful and lucid explanation of what caused the 2008 financial crisis, who's to blame and why nothing's changed since. It may leave you feeling angry... more

9/11 gang that got away hid in London after fleeing from US

02.02.11
Three Qatari men suspected of involvement in the September 11 attacks used London as a bolthole, secret new documents reveal... more

WikiLeaks: FBI launches manhunt for more 9/11 suspects

02.02.11
A gang of previously unknown men are wanted by the FBI for their alleged role in the September 11 terror attacks, it has been reported... more

Perfect victory in the Big Apple tastes so sweet

10.11.10
Double paralympic champion continues our weekly diary in the countdown to the London Games ... more

Exquisite assembly lines in Cut it, Fold it, Build it with Paper

28.10.10
From Aldgate, Cripplegate and Moorgate to the Statue of Liberty or Eiffel Tower, the Museum of Childhood is full of exquisite paper architecture for Cut it, Fold it, Build it with Paper... more

Dinner served by star chef in London Eye is a restaurant festival highlight

05.10.10
Chef Richard Corrigan kicked off this year's London Restaurant Festival by serving jelly of lobster, Granny Smith parfait and grouse pie to 10 guests in a pod of the London Eye... more

The Ground Zero mosque would heal old wounds

06.08.10
View from America: Building a place of worship for Muslims near the World Trade Center site sends the right message to extremists... more

All-American family 'at centre of Russian spy network'

30.06.10
To their neighbours, Richard and Cynthia Murphy were simply “a decent young couple” who were model parents to their daughters Katy and Lisa ... more

Imogen Poots: a starlet is born

16.04.10
From a Michael Douglas-seducing nymphet to a Michael Fassbender-seducing wise woman, Imogen Poots is every director’s new favourite purveyor of wide-eyed sex appeal. Pip Clements meets a 20-year-old ingénue with attitude... more

Boris Johnson's 'Hubble Bubble' 2012 tower is a real eyeful

31.03.10
EXCLUSIVE: Twisting, asymmetric tower taller than New York’s Statue of Liberty is to be a new icon of British art... more

Viva Las Vegas

09.12.09
In a bid to be more urban lifestyle destination and less gambling mecca, Las Vegas has opened a glittering new complex of shops and hotels. Kate Simon is the first British journalist to review the project... more

At 10, all they want is to be astronauts

26.10.09
Comes another day, comes another radical initiative to raise aspirations and break down barriers to social mobility... more

London Eye turns record £25m profit as tourism takes off

09.10.09
London Eye has defies the global recession by turning a record profit of almost £25 million as tourists flock to the capital... more

What a site: trouble at the World Trade Centre

19.06.09
The Freedom Tower has gone. The skyscrapers designed by Lords Foster and Rogers are now mere stubs but costs are still spiralling. Welcome to the most emotionally charged, financially ruinous chunk of real estate in the world... more

White House apology after their jets spark 9/11 panic

28.04.09
The White House was forced to apologise after a government exercise in which a passenger jet flew low across Manhattan caused panic in the city... more

Why Lola LaBelle is naughty but nice

08.04.09
Coco Framboise performed with a giant telephone, Scarlett Diamond twirled an ostrich feather parasol... more

On the Waterfront is enthralling

13.02.09
On the Waterfront is an extraordinary piece of expressionistic theatre with a stylised ritual that ranks as a thrilling work of art.... more

The man who made a monster

01.02.08
It was the internet sensation that stormed the American box office. As Cloverfield opens in the UK, director Matt Reeves reveals how he made "Godzilla for the YouTube generation".... more

Cloverfield is a monster movie of our times

31.01.08
Cloverfield is an audaciously original roller-coaster ride which delivers even if at first it doesn't look as if it's going to.... more

Brief encounter at St Pancras

22.10.07
An enormous 20-tonne bronze sculpture of a couple in a loving clinch has been unveiled at St Pancras International station.... more

Gormley: Am I a megalomaniac?

11.05.07
Why has Antony Gormley invaded London with a model army of sculptures based on his own body? As he prepares for a major exhibition, even he is beginning to question his motives.... more


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