The nu-folk scene has everything a musical movement needs: a strong aesthetic (flat caps and grandad shirts), a defning instrument (the banjo), sex and betrayal. Richard Godwin on the Mumfords, Noah and the Whale and why everyone loves Laura Marling... more
Four young unknowns from Fulham are the surprise nominees in this year’s Novello music and songwriting awards. Richard Godwin meets Patch William.... more
Mumford & Sons are leading lights in the new literary London folk scene that everyone wants to join. Singer Marcus Mumford talks Steinbeck and Shakespeare... more
London Gateway, the £1.5bn container port under construction on the Thames at Thurrock, will have capacity to unload six of the world's largest ships at one time and have as much impact on the capital as a new airport or half a dozen Westfield shopping centres
With London Fashion Week kicking off on Friday, British designer Matthew Williamson tells Rosamund Urwin about breaking up with his ex, post-show partying and his new model man