Yellow Lounge already pulls in a younger crowd for classical music in Europe - so how will its London debut fare later this month, asks Igor Toronyi-Lalic... more
Drugs worth about £1.4 million have been found by officers at Heathrow in one of the biggest seizures of illegal substances at the airport this year
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Apprentice candidate Stella English sits in a window in a tiny dress for the latest show task - prompting Nick Hewer to compare her to an Amsterdam red light girl... more
Amsterdam’s deputy mayor proposes laws to restrict brothel opening hours and raise the minimum age for prostitutes from 18 to 23 to fight the forced sex trade... more
Global efforts to improve airline security after the failed Detroit Christmas Day bombing send shares in London scanning firm Smiths Group to a 16-month high... more
The speakeasy is back, and this time there are more feathers, sequins and suspenders than ever. Sadie Whitelocks meets London's three new cabaret kings
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Edward Kienholz is the forgotten father of installation art - and his evocation of the red light district of Amsterdam captures the truth about the sex trade... more
Newcastle are angry that their friendly in Holland has been scrapped because of fears over violence with Sunderland fans who will be at a match 30 miles away.... more
First major exhibition on Vincent van Gogh in London for more than 40 years will include rarely seen correspondence in which he gives glimpses of his thought processes... more
Pinewood Studios today submitted its planning application for a £200 million expansion to give film-makers access to one of the biggest selections of ready-made locations in the world ... more
It has been this column's view for some time that we would not get through the financial crisis without the collapse of an investment bank, and probably a commercial bank... more
She's known for her kooky sense of humour, but it's her kooky sense of style that's raising eyebrows as American actress Goldie Hawn, arrived in Amsterdam dressed in a coat which made her resemble an Eskimo... more
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