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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

All Hail Olga Kurylenko

05.10.09

In her next film, Olga Kurylenko plays a pagan queen – a fitting role for an imperious beauty driven by hunger and poverty to escape her deprived childhood in Ukraine... more

Discover the Marais: the fourth dimension of Paris

21.08.09

The Marais in the 4ème arrondissement is a chaotic cobbled enclave, worlds away from the chilly boulevards of 19th-century Paris. Gianluca Longo loses himself among the bourgeois bohemians... more

Action speaks louder in G.I.Joe

07.08.09

G.I.Joe is noisy, fast-paced and stuffed with special effects. The screenplay? You’ve got to be joking!... more

Madonna the working mum while her children play in Paris

10.07.09

Looking distinctly unglamorous for once, it was work as usual for Madonna while her family took in some tourist sightseeing in Paris.... more

Shame on the no-shows for Silvio Berlusconi's big day

09.07.09

In real life, when someone’s having a bad year, families tend to rally round. But the top table of world leaders isn’t like that, it seems ... more

Check out the biggest movies this summer

05.06.09

Sacha Baron Cohen's new comic creation, the latest instalment from Harry Potter at Hogwarts and adventures in the land of lizard men - here is our guide to the biggest movies of the season... more

New age of the 'ism' in Altermodern

06.02.09

Super-curator Nicolas Bourriaud has chosen some fascinating work for Altermodern, his survey of contemporary art — it's his theory that is flawed.... more

Jordan gets carried away and out

23.10.08

Katie Price easily slipped back into her alter ego of glamour girl Jordan last night, causing a sensation at the relaunch of Movida nightclub.... more

Revealed: Strictly's Craig Revel Horwood's alter-ego is a 7ft dancing drag queen named Lavish!

05.09.08

As a 20-year old dancer, I invented my alter ego, Lavish. I was dancing in heels every night in La Cage Aux Folles - a musical about drag queens - so a glamorous, female alter ego was a fitting way for me to shine.... more

'How cocaine destroyed our dream,' by Duran Duran's Andy Taylor

31.08.08

In the Eighties they were the biggest-selling band in the UK and America - but an explosive new book Andy Taylor reveals the terrible toll success took on Duran Duran.... more

Twell joins Brit pack who are bound for Beijing

21.07.08

World junior 1500 metres champion Stephanie Twell has won her battle to be at the Olympics... more

Henry's still got the va-va voom

13.06.08

The former Arsenal striker can return to get the French out of their Euro tight spot.... more

Amy Winehouse's towering hair looks more bearskin than beehive

12.06.08

Forget the Eiffel Tower and the Golden Gate Bridge - this is a real feat of engineering. Amy Winehouse's beehive attained epic proportions yesterday, when she emerged from her house with more than 12 inches of hair piled on her head.... more

Five to try: Eurostar to Paris trail

16.04.08

Taking Eurostar to Paris, Fay Maschler finds great value for money and one of the best meals of her life.... more

Vegas won't turn this ordinary Joe

16.04.08

Calzaghe won't be fazed by the bright lights and bling of sin city... more

Haven't we seen that pose before? Sharon Stone's Basic Instinct returns - as she finds a bulky new bloke

07.04.08

It's more than 15 years since Sharon Stone set pulses racing in that Basic Instinct scene, but yesterday she proved the infamous move is still second nature. Thankfully the actress, who turned 50 last month, showed a hint more constraint than her former alter ego Catherine Tramell as she addressed the audience at the Sorbonne university in Paris yesterday. The AIDs campaigner was attending the Cité de La Réussite - a forum, held every year in France, debates topics from culture, the economy, philosophy and politics ... more