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Rain could prove a pain for Kangaroo Court

09.11.09

Top chasing prospect Kangaroo Court is likely to be put away and saved for a spring campaign if he does not take up an intended engagement at Cheltenham... more

Why there is this discord in Twitterland

03.11.09

A newspaper columnist and mentor of mine always gave short thrift to critics who asked how he would like to be on the receiving end of ill-informed opinion and knockabout abuse... more

The agony and ecstasy of The Sacred Made Real

22.10.09

The suffering expressed in the extraordinary sculptures and paintings of martyred saints from 17th-century Spain is so real, the effect is almost unbearable... more

Historical novel favourite to win Man Booker

08.09.09

Young London writer Adam Foulds joins the shortlist for this year's �50,000 Man Booker with veteran South African writer JM Coetzee bidding for a prize hat-trick... more

Horrible Henry VIII on show in British Library

01.05.09

A historical exhibition curated by David Starkey makes the case for the Henry VIII's greatness � but he was a tyrant.... more

Saturday morning's strictly for the birds

22.04.09

I'm being winked at by a Little Owl. Apart from its eyelids, the bird is motionless in its ancient oak, and very hard to spot... more

Cash boost for Greenwich site

16.04.09

The Government has pledged �700,000 for a centre telling the story of the Greenwich World Heritage site... more

King Henry re-weaves history

09.04.09

King Henry VIII returned to Hampton Court Palace to launch celebrations marking the 500th anniversary of his accession to the throne... more

What to see over Easter

09.04.09

We pick the top five exhibitions, films, shows and egg hunts in London for the Easter weekend.... more

Best London galleries and museums

08.04.09

From rock 'n' roll and graffiti art to Henry VIII and the workings of the human body, London's galleries and museums have something for everyone.... more

Henry VIII armour is fit for a king

02.04.09

A show of Henry VIII's finest steel combat wear in the forbidding White Tower at the Tower of London may not suit all tastes.... more

International polo players ride to Horse Guards Parade

01.04.09

It held jousting tournaments for Henry VIII, doubled as a car park for senior civil servants and hosted the Great British beach volleyball team... more

Starkey: Riding events will destroy Greenwich

20.10.08

The royal park at Greenwich will be ruined if Olympics organisers stage the 2012 equestrian competitions there, the historian David Starkey claims... more

Ancient house buried at Hampton Court

17.10.08

The oldest building at Hampton Court Palace has been unearthed by archaeologists... more

What a heel! Jonathan Rhys Meyers' bolstered boots take his Henry VIII to new heights

22.08.08

Jonathan Rhys Meyers was pictured wearing external and internal shoe-lifts on his knee-high leather boots as he reprised his role as British monarch Henry VIII in The Tudors.... more

Is this Henry VIII I see before me? No, it's Jonathan Rhys Meyers in Dublin town centre

30.07.08

Dubliners out and about in the Irish capital today could be forgiven for thinking they'd seen a ghost this afternoon.... more

Great Days Out J-R

22.07.08

We continue with our quest to make your summer far-from dull with an A-Z guide of summer fun, so why not try your hand at making your own family movie or take part in a night-time bat safari.... more

Great Days out: A-I

22.07.08

From a trip on Star Over London to a butterfly house visit here is your A-Z guide of great things to do in London.... more

Step back in time to castles and palaces

09.07.08

Go back in time to a land of fairytale castles, battleships or Victorian drudgery. Daralyn Danns looks at the places that bring history and heritage alive.... more

The most fun places to eat in London

09.04.08

Forget stuffy restaurants, these London eateries put the frivolity back into food.... more

Dream date with actress Scarlett Johansson fetches nearly �20,000 at auction

13.03.08

Scarlett Johansson's offer of a dream date with her has fetched nearly �20,000 at auction. The chance to spend a night with the 23-year-old Hollywood beauty sparked a bidding frenzy among eager suitors on eBay... more

Twisted sisters

06.03.08

Two sisters vie for King Henry VIII's favour in The Other Boleyn Girl, an adaptation that's long on pageantry but short on psychology.... more

Scarlett's star is rising - in her tattoo and on screen

19.02.08

Quite what Henry VIII would have made of it is anyone's guess. Arriving at the royal premiere of her film about the marriage-loving monarch in London last night, Scarlett Johansson showed off a somewhat unregal tattoo ... more

Cheers to New Year... US girls fly in for parade

02.01.08

Cheerleaders, Morris dancers, beauty queens and vintage cars and took to the streets as 500,000 Londoners watched the New Year's Day Parade.... more

Acrobatic thrills and spills

07.11.07

Pumping house music and 'erotic aerialists' make uneasy companions to complex, ambitious dishes at The Brickhouse.... more

Overhyped pony

09.08.07

Charlotte Hudson and Leila Hackett's highly recommended show proved to be disappointingly overhyped, says Bruce Dessau.... more

Dog and Duck lacking in atmosphere

07.08.07

The Dog and Duck is a tiny pub well worth a visit at quiet times, but the atmosphere is not what it used to be.... more

Get on down, way up high

27.07.07

Drink, dance and dine on a glitzy night out at the revamped roof gardens.... more

Violence and beauty collide

01.12.06

Pain and violence have rarely looked as seductive as in Raqib Shaw's strange and intricate paintings on show at Tate Britain, says Nick Hackworth.... more

How the English dumbed down Hans Holbein

02.10.06

The brilliant young German who became court painter to Henry VIII was a devout Catholic and could easily have lost his head. Dull conformity saved him from the axe, says Brian Sewell.... more