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Godolphin robbed again as Crime Scene just fails in Melbourne Cup

03.11.09

Godolphin came agonisingly close yet again in Australia's most prestigious race when Crime Scene was narrowly beaten by Shocking in the Melbourne Cup... more

Financial regulation: the Governor’s role

25.06.09

The Governor of the Bank of England made clear that he had not been fully consulted about the Government’s proposals for regulatory reform of the financial sector ... more

Do men flash while women burn and burn?

27.05.09

I recently attended a rowdy dinner with Tracey Emin. At about 2am, she began to do her impression of her cat Docket... more

A slice of the Big Apple

22.05.09

It's a feeding frenzy in Manhattan. Annabel Rivkin gets stuck in at the Monkey Bar, the John Dory and Sweetiepie...... more

Barack Obama’s affair with hedge-fund managers, sparked in happier economic times, is over. A year ago, it was hard to move in Manhattan without hearing a money manager coo over Obama’s brilliance, pragmatism and global perspective. Now these erstwhile fans talk about him as if he were a Central Park mugger ... more

Spring has got me feeling all parky

24.03.09

The sky is a crisp blue, the cherry trees are in blossom and a spring of renewal beckons after a black winter. It is also the time when London's parks, at last, come into their own... more

Mother of all London parks

11.03.09

It will be 10 times larger than New York's Central Park and will stretch from the Thames to the North Downs... more

Hidden lives in Deutsche Börse photos

20.02.09

The four short-listed contenders in the Deutsche Börse Photography Prize are stretching out lazily in the new building of the Photographers' Gallery.... more

Now City of London Corp gets political

09.02.09

So Labour is to put up candidates for the City of London Corporation elections. Labour says it wants to "highlight what is wrong with the established governance of the City of London, and how its largely unaccountable leaders have brought Britain to recession"... more

The Girl in the Park grabs attention

04.12.08

You would expect something a bit special from David Auburn and The Girl in the Park, his first film as director gives us just that.... more

Reality bites – and that’s good

04.12.08

Letter from Wall Street: Recessions bring out the best in people. Or so said a money manager I saw last week for lunch in midtown Manhattan... more

Cheat row as Blaine hanging stunt ends

25.09.08

Londoners tired of David Blaine a long time ago, showing their displeasure by pelting him in his transparent box besides the Thames with eggs and kebabs... more

Regular mom Katie Holmes takes adorable Suri for fun in the park

08.08.08

Katie Holmes treated daughter Suri, two, to a day out in New York's Central Park on Thursday. The cute twosome looked like a catalogue picture of a family outing as they played on a slide and swing.... more

Art that's good enough to eat in American Scene

07.08.08

The American Scene displays a long list of artists whom most of us have never heard of and includes the little-known prints of household names.... more

Unmasked: The REAL Pamela Anderson... and the glam TV version

31.07.08

Pamela Anderson has long held the enviable status of being one of the world's most desirable women. But everyone has bad days, and yesterday she went for a stroll looking uncharacteristically dowdy.... more

Five to try: Terraces

30.07.08

Make a date with your fairweather friend, Al Fresco, and check out the best terraces on which to dine in London. ... more

Madonna's face of misery as divorce case drama takes its toll

09.07.08

For years Madonna proved unflappable in the face of controversy, but yesterday the stress of her latest - and most difficult - personal drama was written all across her face.... more

Madonna's 'late night visits from New York Yankee player' as divorce talk reaches fever pitch

01.07.08

Madonna has been playing host to late night visits from a New York Yankee player amid mounting rumours her seven-year marriage to Guy Ritchie is on the brink of collapse, an American magazine has claimed.... more

'Leave me alone': Eva Longoria lets her t-shirt do the talking

28.06.08

Desperate Housewives star Eva Longoria was pictured yesterday in West Hollywood wearing a T-Shirt that proclaimed: 'I want more privacy!'. In a dig at the Press, Longoria, 33, sported the slogan during a Friday visit to the Toast Bakery Café with husband Tony Parker.... more

Summer lovin': Eva Longoria treats herself to ice cream and kisses in New York

09.06.08

Desperate Housewives star Eva Longoria indulged in ice cream and sweet romance as a pre-summer heat waved hit New York City yesterday.... more

My nursery shame as a no-show mom

09.06.08

Vicky Ward gains a new respect for nursery school graduation ceremonies... more

Met officers in New York run to help colleagues' sick son

10.04.08

A team of Met officers are travelling to America in the hope of raising money to help save a six-year-old with a rare form of cancer... more

Doing the Marathon

02.04.08

With 30,000 runners raring to go the 2008 Flora London Marathon is fast approaching. But you don't have to be in the race to get in on the action.... more

Supermodel Claudia Schiffer falls for fashion maestro Karl Lagerfeld during New York photoshoot

26.03.08

She may be a 37-year-old mother of two but supermodel Claudia Schiffer yesterday showed why she still cuts it in the fashion world. She looked stunning in spats and a beret during a New York photoshoot with Chanel maestro Karl Lagerfeld. The German model appeared lose her composure for a second when she stumbled to the ground. But with Lagerfeld snapping away, it became clear it was all part of the project for the French label... more