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Revived: perfume range worn by Queen Victoria

02.11.09
Mayfair businessman has revived the fortunes of London's oldest perfume house after discovering it was founded by his great-great grandfather... more

Duchess of York sells Little Red film rights

29.09.09
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Squatters wreck £2m home of Inspector Morse

21.08.09
Squatters have turned Inspector Morse's once elegant home Victorian house into an eyesore... more

Celeb chefs hit the waves with cruise ship restaurants

12.08.09
Many celebrity chefs now run restaurants on cruise ships. Kate Simon steers through some of the mouth-watering choices on offer... more

A world cruise: the ultimate travel trip

05.08.09
From the Queen Elizabeth to the grand Queen Mary, Cunard’s elite fleet has all the trappings of luxury you could want — so book now for next year’s itineraries... more

Victoria versus Hyde: Battle of the London parks

03.08.09
It’s east versus west as Victoria and Hyde Parks vie with each other to host the best of the summer festivals. But for Olivia Cole there’s one clear winner... more

Tom Parker Bowles: Baked beans, mum and me

03.08.09
Tom Parker Bowles - food writer, son of the Duchess of Cornwall, stepson of Prince Charles - grew up, rather surprisingly, on Findus beef burgers... more

Ghost of the lost zoo returns to amaze south Londoners

24.07.09
Lost zoo of Walworth, which was home to the first giraffes seen in Britain, is to be remembered in a Victorian day... more

Kensington Palace set for £12m revamp as jubilee gift

10.07.09
Plans for the biggest revamp of Kensington Palace and Gardens for a century have been drawn up to celebrate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee in 2012... more

First fight of the Proms: boxing is back at Albert Hall

20.03.09
Boxing and wrestling are set to return to the Royal Albert Hall for the first time in nearly a decade after the venue was granted a new entertainment licence... more

No sex please, we're Victorians

05.03.09
Emily Blunt plays the young Queen Victoria in love in a biopic that doesn't provide her with nearly enough passion.... more

The princesses go clubbing... and mum comes too

04.03.09
Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie were out until the early hours, partying in a way to make Queen Victoria blush.... more

What children need is love, not the 'right' sort of family

03.03.09
My friend's email said she had "some surprising news". She did indeed. The news was a four-week-old adopted baby. My friend has just turned 50. ... more

Last veterans pay their respects

11.11.08
Three of the four surviving veterans of the First World War led the nation in a two-minute silence at 11am today to mark the 90th anniversary of the end of the First World War... more

Museums and indoor attractions to visit

09.07.08
Daralyn Danns checks out what to see and do at museums and other indoor attractions.... more

Places worth leaving London for...

09.07.08
You don't have to go far to discover everything from miniature villages to Willy Wonka.... more

Who's in and who's out

02.06.08
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Victoria's Secret: The TV drama that lifts the lid on Queen Victoria's lusty sensuality - and affairs she was desperate to hide

29.05.08
The history books portray her as a symbol of moral rectitude with her mind closed to all pleasure. But the real Victoria, as a fascinating Channel 4 film reveals, was hot-blooded woman with a high libido. ... more

ROH celebrates 150 years on the same stage

10.03.08
The Royal Opera House is celebrating 150 years in the current theatre with an exhibition chronicling key events in its history... more

Free the kids at the Palace

12.02.08
If you're worrying about how to keep the children entertained during the half-term week, Kensington Palace may just have the answer.... more

Achingly cool at Skylon

19.11.07
It may sound like a hotel on the outskirts of Heathrow, but Skylon strikes exactly the right note.... more

Schlocky titillation

26.10.07
Terror 2007 is grubby little evening of cheap, schlocky titillation. Quite who would be enticed to see it is beyond critic Fiona Mountford.... more

Barbican show is posing a most seductive question

10.10.07
The Barbican has insisted their Seduced exhibition, a new survey of 2,000 years of sex in art, is a most serious academic show.... more

Fergie makes a Bealine

21.09.07
The Dutchess of York and her daughter Bea took to the catwalk together for Naomi Campbell's charity fashion show.... more

Return of the natives...

05.09.07
The oyster season is back so what type should you eat and where?... more

A portrait of cultural diversity

12.03.07
The National Portrait Gallery's Between Worlds exhibition is divided into nine sections, each devoted to the story of a foreign visitor to Britain from a colonised continent.... more

'Sex-rated' exhibition at the Barbican

23.02.07
The Barbican is staging an art exhibition so risque that it is for over-18s only. Seduced: Art And Sex From Antiquity To Now will feature representations of sex over the past 2,000 years.... more

A helping of wit with your curry

14.02.07
Menus which tell you a story and a resistance to hike up the cost of extras help make Indian restaurant Rooburoo a delightful experience.... more

Victoria's secrets

12.01.07
After a painful divorce and critical failure, Victoria Wood is back with a new version of Acorn Antiques and enjoying single life, says Bruce Dessau.... more

Empress cares for subjects

06.12.06
A 'pubby' feel has eluded the makeover of The Empress of India. But at least other diners looked more comfy than Fay Maschler felt on her unexpectedly hard banquette.... more

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