Italian fashion company Calzedonia today bought its flagship UK Tezenis store at Oxford Circus for £22.9 million — a 12.5% premium on its value at the end of March in a sign the London property market is turning ... more
Football: Carlo Ancelotti is a top manager and nobody in England should doubt that, says Franco Ordine, AC Milan Correspondent for Il Giornale ... more
In our last extract from her inspiring new book Sheila Hancock revelas how she finally found peace after the death of her husband John Thaw - and made a life-changing decision.... more
Timothy Sheader's Fifties Mafia-country production of Romeo And Juliet at the Regent's Park Open Air Theatre is stamped with invention, surprise and imagination.... more
Flamboyant designer Zandra Rhodes has created the costumes and set for Verdi's Aida. But can she make it the Christmas hit the English National Opera so desperately needs?... more
On the verge of the 30th anniversary of Marc Bolan's death, David Smyth pays a visit to the memorial site, one of London's less well-known rock shrines.... more
Mika landed three years ago, a fully formed psychedelic pop sensation with a sound that crosses Freddie Mercury with Mozart. Hermione Eyre meets a charming misfit who refuses to be ordinary
Could we soon see a Baroness Widdecombe of Battleaxe? I hear moves are afoot to secure veteran Conservative MP and darling of the Tory grassroots, Ann Widdecombe, a peerage following the general election