Five, the TV channel that has struggled for years to attract an audience, is up for sale. But who really cares? Not many viewers and even fewer advertisers, says Roy Greenslade... more
This Palladian house and gardens, re-opening today, have been lovingly restored and a strikingly modern café adds an extra dimension, says Kieran Long... more
Mark Damazer, the departing controller of Radio 4, talks about axing his friend, dating Enoch Powell’s daughter, women presenters and wanting to be England manager.... more
Radio 4 is one of this country’s great institutions. No other speech radio station in any other country is anything like as good - so
it matters who is in charge of this treasure... more
David Cameron thinks Lily Allen’s music is “unsuitable” for his six-year-old daughter - but will the Jungle Book really teach her the bare necessities?... more
So the TV and radio presenter wife of a multimillionaire club-owner, hotelier and restaurateur declares of her children, Freya, eight, and Iona, three: “The idea that they're going to come home and show me their jotters just makes me want to puke.”... more
Vanessa Redgrave is to present the best actress award in memory of her daughter, Natasha Richardson, at this year's London Evening Standard Theatre Awards... more
The worlds of business and entertainment came together in spectacular fashion at the weekend in one of the most extravagant wedding parties London has ever seen... more
Figures from Radio Joint Audience Research reveal that Radio 3 has broken the two million listener mark and that Radio 4 is reaching more than 10 million people a week ... more
The demise of Waterford Wedgwood is a sorry tale. There is red ink everywhere, the Stoke pottery operation is pointing fingers at the Irish glassmaking side, while there's much brouhaha about moving the whole manufacturing process to Indonesia... more
As the stars arrived for the BAFTA Television Awards, it was already clear who were the winners and losers in the sartorial stakes. Kelly Brook was the obvious front-runner, channelling vintage Hollywood glamour in a floor-skimming silk navy-blue gown and white fur shrug
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The closure of that Chiswick landmark, Fouberts, was a great loss. But it's replacement, High Road Brasserie, is so lovely that maybe progress ain't so bad after all.... more
High Road House in Chiswick is the latest stylish outpost of Nick Jones's burgeoning empire and the delicious, well-judged dishes on offer match the buzzy ambience of the ground-floor brasserie.... more
Sound check: German industrial metal band Rammstein literally play with fire in their live performances - and now they are about to unleash their singeing spectacle on London. Watch out for your eyebrows
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