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Ben Elliot's plan to save Soho

23.10.09
Ben Elliot, nephew of the Duchess of Cornwall, has transformed Soho's House of Fallen Women into a private members' club flowing with Dom Pérignon - and all for charity... more

Jeggings: Leggings plus jeans make the summer's weirdest trend

30.07.09
Jeggings are a lightweight, practical solution to goosepimple legs and are brilliant replacement denims for a typically damp British summer... more

Stretch yourself with jersey

21.07.09
Versatile, sexy, cool and stretchy, jersey is the perfect fabric to get you through a London summer - without crunching your credit... more

Adam Cooper is the dancing king

07.07.09
With 24 dancers, big production numbers and bigger frocks, Adam Cooper has created and stars in his most ambitious show yet.... more

The endless quest for the perfect bikini

03.07.09
Hermione Eyre is on a quest for the perfect swimwear. From a 1920s 'suicide suit' to a Brancusi-inspired swimming cap, she charts her life in Lycra ... more

A mini skirt that is super flattering

11.06.09
This season those risqué minis have become a fraction easier to wear thanks to a new silhouette — the flattering prom style... more

Lorries are the threat to London's cyclists, not cars

05.06.09
If I was Mayor I'd restrict vehicles of a certain size and weight in central London to defined, off-peak hours... more

Sampling the cool fashion of Brixton

19.05.09
They're not shy south of the river - it's all leather and curves and bright colours in Brixton... more

Sci-fi trip at The Library

09.04.09
Make some noise in The Library, where anything goes at We Hate Wags night.... more

Helmet wars

17.03.09
A High Court judge has reignited the debate over whether to buckle up by saying cyclists who don’t wear headgear are to blame for their own injuries. So which side are you on?... more

Choo backers take £58m American Apparel stake

13.03.09
The London investors who made millions from backing shoe designer Jimmy Choo have bought an $80 million (£57.8 million) stake in über-trendy fashion chain American Apparel... more

Dazzling acrobatics in Cirque Du Soleil

07.01.09
You can set your calendar by the annual visit of the Canadian circus phenomenon that is Cirque Du Soleil.... more

Le Saux gears up for Dancing On Ice

07.01.09
Former footballer Graeme Le Saux is bracing himself for the sequinned numbers he will be donning for Dancing On Ice.... more

A sound thrashing has cleared my head

06.01.09
My first date with exercise in 2009 was a sobering experience — literally... more

Day of Wrath arrives for Rambert

12.11.08
When you see Rambert Dance perform work that taps an older and more spiritual tradition, the dancers are transformed.... more

Give us something new in 2012 - not Beijing Lite

28.08.08
We're letting you in because you like the Olympics now," joked the PR at the London handover party in Beijing on Sunday night. Oh dear... more

Iggy is dynamite at Loaded in Park

26.08.08
Boasting a refreshingly ballsy line-up, Get Loaded in the Park brought punk attitude to a middle-class neighbourhood.... more

Lycra envy, carb-loads and my life on the run

18.08.08
Not so long ago I was one of those people who laughed smugly at the phrase "fun run". "What kind of sickos view running as a fun activity?" I'd wonder... more

I'm no fan of this circus but real stars still thrill us

11.08.08
Elsewhere in today's paper, you may notice possibly the most ill-advised career change since George W Bush left the oil business: I have become, for the next two days only, a sports reporter... more

Big Brother's Darnell orders teetotal Maysoon to drink for task

16.07.08
Head of House Darnell infuriated Maysoon after trying to force the tee-total model to take part in a wine-tasting challenge.... more

They all said I was crazy, that Abba was so passe - Mamma made Mia fortune

04.07.08
The smash musical has hit the big screen. But for producer Judy Craymer, it has been an epic 13-year labour of love. ... more

Mamma Meryl! Get ready for an Abba singalong with the summer's most unexpected hit movie

12.06.08
Meryl Streep delivers the goods on Abba's classics and takes them from the West End to Hollywood with her athletic vibrant character. ... more

Big Apple macho men spin out of control

02.06.08
I will readily confess to being a New York gym rat: I like to go for a run or workout on the elliptical machines... more

'Do I look sexy today, Baby. C'mon, a girl's gotta know,' asks Raquel Welch

26.04.08
She smelled like a Bounty bar, drank Squirt grapefruit juice and loved raunchy videos. As Raquel Welch makes a glamorous comeback, the writer who nicknamed her 'Rocky' recalls their intense and unlikely friendship... more

Fancy a secret rave?

25.04.08
Dressing up and mystery locations texted at the last minute make Mulletover a good, old-fashioned fun night out.... more

Top 40 night out's a big hit

14.12.07
Christmas brings out the nostalgia in even the coolest of clubbers, including those at the festive bash of monthly party Tape The Top 40's.... more

Legends of the Lycra pack

06.07.07
As the Tour de France rolls into London this weekend, the exhibition, Flandrien, is an intimate show about Flemish-Belgian cyclists... more

Boys on film

31.10.06
The unique, two-decade story of the Pet Shop Boys is told at the National Portrait Gallery and the exhibition is bizarre, ironic, silly, and always detached. ... more

Virtuosity - but no fun

22.09.06
As its name implies, Ocean evokes themes of the sea and it works brilliantly in the refurbished Roundhouse, whose interior looks like a blue lagoon into which the audience is dunked.... more

Sadler's Wells samba party

02.08.06
Dance review: Samba dance show Brasil Brasileiro has so much good cheer, so much optimism and energy, and such jumping, bubbling allure that you'll go from desk duty to Latin groover in a flash, says Sarah Frater.... more

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