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Man bags his wife a £49,250 classic

10.12.10
Man pays £49,250 at auction for a classic Hermes alligator-skin handbag as a Christmas present for his wife... more

Bienvenue Londres... French expats’ radio station on air

17.11.10
London's first French terrestrial radio station is launched, offering expatriates a “sense of being home... more

Clémence Poésy: the hottie of Hogwarts

29.10.10
Having cast a spell over the whole of Hogwarts in the Harry Potter films, Clémence Poésy has graduated to bewitching fashion designers and film directors. She's magic, says Hermione Eyre ... more

France will face Euro court for expelling Roma

14.09.10
France is facing legal action from Europe for its deportation of thousands of unwanted gypsies... more

How Michelle Obama helped Miller Harris' business boom

12.08.10
Miller Harris is much loved by fashionistas but when Sam Cameron bought Michelle Obama a present from the fragrance house, business boomed. Here Lyn Harris talks to Liz Hoggard about her success... more

Serge the seducer shows how it’s done in Gainsbourg

30.07.10
I want to live in Joann Sfar’s visually ravishing biopic of the songwriter, seducer and provocateur Serge Gainsbourg... more

Lucy Gordon: The star we loved and lost

16.07.10
Lucy Gordon was the model turned actress who committed suicide after filming her first lead role. Here her director in the critically acclaimed new film Gainsbourg laments the passing of an extraordinary young talent ... more

Charlotte Gainsbourg: to hell and back

26.02.10
As the child of France’s most famous bohemians, Charlotte Gainsbourg always used art to exorcise her demons. So it is no surprise that she turned to the gory film Antichrist and the music of the MRI scanner to get over her near-death experience... more

CDs of the week

22.01.10
Four Tet, Charlotte Gainsbourg and jazz from the Julien Lourau Quartet all feature in this week's best CDs... more

The party can wait: being young and pregnant

09.09.09
Having a baby was the last thing on 25-year-old model Rosie Mortimer's mind as she made plans for a big wedding. But then on a whim she took a test...... more

The Von Frisch Cabinet of Peculiarities failed to create a buzz

07.09.09
If ever there was an evening for which the phrase “curate’s egg” was appropriate it was The Von Frisch Cabinet of Peculiarities... more

British Spider-Man 3 actress wrote two suicide notes before hanging herself

22.05.09
Father of Lucy Gordon reveals how she left two suicide notes before hanging herself in her Paris apartment... more

Boyfriend of British Spider-Man actress quizzed over death

21.05.09
The boyfriend of British actress whose lifeless body was found hanged in her Paris flat was being questioned by police... more

The magic of a macrobiotic diet

20.05.09
When confronted with serious liver damage, fashion designer Bella Freud turned to a diet that boosted her immune system - and grew to love it... more

The reason Madonna 10 years younger

26.11.08
Forget Botox or the knife - it's the muscle retraining taught by a facial guru to the stars that holds the key to this 50-year-old divorcee's radiant youthful features.... more

Lindsay Lohan shows off her incredible figure in the bandage dress that's become the new A-list must-have

10.09.08
Lindsay Lohan revealed an incredible body on the set of Ugly Betty yesterday in the latest A-list must-have dress. Designed by eighties French designer Herve Leger, Lohan pulled off the famously unforgiving bandage dress admirably. ... more

The high life in focus

14.05.08
An exhibition of Patrick Lichfield photographs includes his shots of Mick and Bianca Jagger, Joanna Lumley and Henry Cooper.... more

The man who made us love Macbeth

28.09.07
London's most promising theatre director, Rupert Goold, takes a moment to talk about his latest show and future plans.... more

Proud to serve foie gras

28.08.07
The service might resemble queues at Heathrow Airport, but there's nothing wrong with the food at Comptoir Gascon, a deli-bistro proud to serve foie gras.... more

I'm very scared of being back on stage

02.03.07
Maggie Smith returns to the West End in an Edward Albee play that hasn't been revived since its disastrous Broadway premiere. After five decades of acting, the fear, she says, is just as bad.... more

Take me out: best weekend events

19.10.06
The Affordable Art Fair comes to town, the mammoth Fabric celebrates its 7th birthday party, there's at tribute to the musical legacy of Serge Gainsbourg and Volupte lounge host a special cacao-themed soiree.... more


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