Portly executives plot in poolside cabanas, bellhops swap Oscar gossip and the foie gras comes with candyfloss; Hermione Eyre basks in the Los Angeles starlight ... more
JB Priestley’s 1949 collection of short essays about things that delighted him has been updated by the members of the London Library. From girl bands to Bexhill-on-Sea, here six of them reveal their secret delights...... more
Harry Handelsman has taken the Victorian Gothic ruin of St Pancras and transformed it into a grand hotel and luxury flats for the post-loft generation ... more
Giles Deacon found inspiration for his first bikini line while lounging by the Chateau Marmont pool watching LA girls turn swimwear into daywear. Will Londoners follow suit?... more
When Lord Foster was asked to design a 13-storey hotel close to Heathrow airport - which has strict height restrictions due to low-flying planes - the solution was obvious. Plunge half of the building underground... more
The owner of some of the world's most glamorous hotels plans to transform a former fire station in central London into his latest boutique establishment... more
Our homegrown stars partied into the early hours today but, at Hollywood’s biggest celebration, nothing was more intoxicating than success. Nick Curtis and John Arlidge report... more
After her drunken outburst at Elton John at the GQ Men Of The Year Awards in London the increasingly troubled Lily Allen is running out of excuses for her bad behaviour.... more
Celebrity couplings often seem like a bit of a revolving door of who's now dating who. And it appears Kirsten Dunst has got over her failed romance with Razorlight rocker Johnny Borrell, after she was seen enjoying a date with actor Justin Long, Drew Barrymore's ex-boyfriend.
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Her 'trout pout' and a superbug may have ended her acting days, but with a new documentary about cosmetic procedures Leslie Ash has hopes of a revived TV career. ... more
Sienna Miller has revealed the depth of her love for new boyfriend Balthazar Getty during a secret romantic break on the Amalfi Coast in Italy.... more
Just one day after Sienna Miller was romantically linked to a married American actor, photographs purporting to show the pair openly cavorting in public have emerged.... more
Sienna Miller has been romantically linked with a married American actor who is heir to the Getty oil fortune. Revelations of her involvement with the TV and film star come just weeks after she dumped actor Rhys Ifans.... more
Victoria Beckham fancies herself as something of a style icon but it appears she taking her inspiration from an unlikely source - troubled singing diva Amy Winehouse... more
Clearly Victoria Beckham likes all things pink. Posh donned a pair of Gwyneth Paltrow-like pink platforms and her trusty Hermes designer handbag - in the same colour - for a trip to her children's favourite LA lunchspot Pink Taco
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When Ashley Jensen was a teenager, growing up in the little Scottish town of Annan, she wore Doc Martens, long flowing skirts and carried a kettle for a handbag. The arty look, she says, was all part of her determination to become an actress. 'All the locals called me Dame Flora Robson,' she recalls. 'I didn't mind - it meant they'd got the message that I was going to make it, no matter what.'
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Judging by her new film, Georgia Rule, if Lindsay Lohan can just keep the drama on the screen and out of her life she could turn out to be a first-class actress. She's trying, she says.... more
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