The 20-year-old daughter of one of Britain's richest entrepreneurs may enjoy a life of privilege but she just wants the public to know her as a person... more
The annual arts jamboree north of the border begins tomorrow and - from Tim Supple's One Thousand and One Nights to Marc Almond's Ten Plagues and Omid Djalili's new show - there is plenty to make the trip worthwhile... more
Heavy fighting continues in Syria as troops led by President Bashar Assad's brother Maher regained control of the town of Jisr al-Shughour, 25 miles from the Turkish border... more
Policies to boost 'green' transport fuels have backfired by damaging the environment, driving up food prices and encouraging human rights abuses, a report warned
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A demonstrator who joined anarchists causing chaos in the capital is a privately educated former finance worker whose girlfriend was a reality TV star... more
A man called Rich Ricci has become one of the highest-paid bankers in the UK ... is this some kind of sick joke, or a scientific inevitability? Roger Highfield on the power of nominative determinism... more
Commonly used painkillers increase the risk of heart attacks and strokes when taken at high doses or over the long term, according to new research... more
The incestuous, drug-fuelled relationship between Mamas and Papas star John Phillips and his daughter Mackenzie has cast a different light
on the era of peace and love. One London writer who survived the early Seventies remembers how boundaries were blurred and lives ruined... more
Kasabian's reputation as a formidable, rabble-rousing live act was confirmed by a relatively intimate show for 3,000 iTunes competition winners.... more
While there is nothing but gloom on the High Street, with predictions of the most dismal Christmas ever, it could be worse for the retailers — they could be trying to sell satnav for the world’s smartest yachts... more
Ten young Conservatives - billed as the party's stars of the future - have been transformed from dour political animals to fashionable clothes horses... more
She's been called a dwarf, a midget pipsqueak and even a turkey wrapped in Bacofoil. Well here's what her tormentors don't know... she suffer from scoliosis - a severe abnormal curvature of the spine.... more
Porn heiress Fawn James enjoyed a night out in Mayfair last night, just a stone's throw away from neighbouring Soho, where her late grandfather Paul Raymond made his millions through a porn and property empire. The 22-year-old, who is expected to take a large slice of Raymond's £650 million fortune following his death last week, spent the night partying at Embassy
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Exclusive: After high-profile allegations this season, Charlton's manager is pleased the issue is now being addressed but says the authorities still have plenty of work to do