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Best Middle Eastern restaurants in London

28.10.09

The Middle East’s café culture hits London with stylish new restaurants. Here are some of the best.... more

Invasion of African moth that thinks it's a hummingbird

04.09.09

London's gardens are facing an exotic alien invader - a moth that looks just like a bird... more

Spike Milligan's Adolf Hitler shows a goon's mad war zone

28.07.09

Adolf Hitler: My Part in his Downfall is a delightful adaptation of Spike Milligan's books of war memoirs.... more

Saudi Arabia 'holding 3,100 prisoners in secret'

22.07.09

Saudi Arabia is holding more than 3,100 people in secret detention and has used torture to extract confessions, Amnesty International claims... more

Energy giants set to capture desert heat

18.06.09

A consortium led by some of Germany's richest companies is venturing into the deserts of North Africa in a half-billion pound project aimed at bringing solar energy to Europe... more

Killing ordered by leader who admires eighth century warlord

03.06.09

The killing of a British hostage in North Africa dramatically underlines the continuing threat of al Qaeda to Britons around the world... more

Al Qaeda: Free Qatada or we will kill Briton

27.04.09

Al Qaeda terrorists in North Africa threatened to kill a British hostage unless the UK authorities release radical cleric Abu Qatada... more

Clouds on the horizon in our ‘dash for gas’

26.03.09

Energy analysis: Gas is set to provide 70% of the UK’s energy — but the risk is that we rely too much on supplies from foreign powers.... more

Exxon Mobil to carry on spending despite oil price

16.02.09

Energy: Oil giant Exxon Mobil Corp will not cut back on investments in new crude production, despite the collapse in oil prices... more

Mile-long convoy takes aid to Gaza

16.02.09

A humanitarian aid convoy led by George Galloway, Respect MP for Bethnal Green and Bow, is on its way to Gaza... more

Unlocking the grisly secrets of glorious Byzantium

22.10.08

With its extraordinary range of glittering treasures, the Royal Academy's Byzantium exhibition, which opens this weekend, comes as a welcome reminder of what Europe owes to the forgotten empire of Constantine the Great a civilisation that preserved the art and learning of the classical world through the long night of the Dark Ages. ... more

Cage fighter in Moroccan prison 'planned Ł53m raid'

07.10.08

The leader of a £53 million robbery is a cage fighter in a Moroccan prison, the Old Bailey heard... more

The stars simply adore Dior

30.09.08

It was a case of chalk meeting cheese at the Christian Dior show in Paris. John Galliano's front row rarely disappoints, but rarely has the designer attracted two such different female guests - or sat them next to each other... more

Best speciality food stores

13.08.08

Pining for exotic climes? Create a 'hols kitchen' without leaving London after a visit to these foreign grocery stores.... more

Martine murder suspect 'fled abroad in father's private jet'

20.03.08

The prime suspect for the murder of Martine Vik Magnussen fled Britain on his billionaire father's private jet, it was claimed... more

Six Degrees: Our Future on a Hotter Planet by Mark Lynas

22.02.08

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Big in 2008

28.12.07

From pop to classical music to contemporary art, our critics name the young stars who will make their mark in the coming year.... more

North Africa in the Square Mile

19.09.07

A patch of Africa in central London, Kenza comes up with some top notch dishes, but unfortunately, the prices border on the absurd.... more

CDs of the week

17.08.07

CD offerings this week include M.I.A and Richard Hawley's extravagantly praised debut Lady's Bridge.... more

The beauty of Islam

17.07.07

Designed to illustrate the richness of Muslim culture and highlight its strong humanist traditions, Spirit and Life brings together highlights of Islamic art.... more

2.5m art sale by man who ran out of walls

12.06.07

For half a century Andrew McIntosh Patrick worked at one of London's oldest galleries while gradually building up his own art collection. ... more

Oud's your daddy?

25.05.07

Music Matbakh is a new collective comprising a dozen young musicians from all over the Middle East. And it sounds fantastic, says Arwa Haider.... more

Critic's Choice: top five clubs

18.05.07

This weekend, take advantage of a splash of Drum'n'bass at Medicine, a boat party with a bit of a kick and some seriously funky world music.... more

Critic's choice: top five exhibitions

08.03.07

Canaletto, Renoir and Gilbert & George are among the exhibitions well worth catching in the capital this week.... more

Bringing Brooklyn to Africa

17.11.06

Randy Weston led the BBC Big Band through his compositions at this London Jazz Festival concert, his African roots proudly nourishing each one.... more

CDs of the week

10.11.06

Jarvis Cocker's debut solo album features some of his most idiosyncratic work ever, All Saints' Studio 1 is jaw-droppingly dreadful and Yusuf Islam edges back to pop.... more

Impressions of Renoir improve

01.11.06

A new exhibition at the National Gallery is to reveal a little known aspect of the work of the great Impressionist master Renoir. The show will display landscapes composed during Renoir's travels.... more

Good food - both Moorish and more-ish

28.09.06

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Seduced by the barbed charms of Yerma

29.08.06

Emotion and poetry bloom in abundance in Helena Kaut-Howson's production of Lorca's play Yerma, with Kathryn Hunter producing a heart-wrenching performance as the protagonist of the piece.... more

Top 5 for Notting Hill

23.08.06

From an organic fast food joint and a lively Mexican lounge to an arty little resto and an Austrian in lederhosen playing Edelweiss on a glockenspiel, there's something to suit everyone's tastes in west London...... more