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Greek secrets and Warhol's rise to fame

08.10.09
When a dancer friend of Andy Warhol's pirouetted out of a window to his death on the sidewalk below, Warhol is reputed to have sighed and said: "Oh God I wish I'd been there to film it"... more

Haute hotels and chic suites

18.09.09
When you've dressed the world's most stylish women, the next step is designing a hotel's figure-of-eight plunge pool and introducing live seahorses into the lobby. Andy Barker sizes up the latest collection of chic suites... more

WORLD: US Senator Teddy Kennedy dies, aged 77

26.08.09
Edward Kennedy, head of America’s most famous political dynasty ever since the assassination of his two brothers, dies at the age of 77 after suffering a brain tumour... more

Gloria Vanderbilt: the grand dame of New York society

21.08.09
Gloria Vanderbilt's life of scandalous affairs, intriguing business ventures and unbridled extravagance has provided the material for her latest creation - a steamy novel that has Manhattan in a spin... more

The world goes Coco Chanel crazy

11.05.09
She liberated women from the corset. Her friends included Cocteau, Picasso and Chaplin. No wonder Coco Chanel (1883-1971) is the muse for the coolest names in fashion... more

Whiff of change and cigarettes as Mad Men start new campaign

11.02.09
US drama Mad Men is set in a Madison Avenue advertising agency, where ladies zip themselves up into improbable dresses and men thread the cufflinks that will prove the killer accessory... more

The career woman who is set to shine as Supermom-in-Chief

31.10.08
America's "mom in chief" is Michelle Obama's description of her anticipated future as presidential consort... more

Debo and Paddy: pen friends from a bygone age

02.09.08
The most striking aspect of the newly published letters between Deborah Devonshire and Patrick Leigh Fermor is that they have been published in the lifetime of their authors... more

Did Jackie Kennedy's jealous lover order the assassination of her beloved brother-in-law Bobby?

22.08.08
An explosive play reveals how Aristotle Onassis' obsession with Jackie Kennedy may have driven him to murder her beloved brother-in-law Bobby.... more

Overcooked: Fashion designer Valentino looks like an Oompa-Loompa with his tangerine tan

01.08.08
Fashion designer Valentino looked more like an Oompa-Loompa than a style icon as he stepped out for a spot of shopping in Italy.... more

Mick Jagger turns 65 next week. So what will he do with his bus pass?

19.07.08
He's a collision of contradictions. The most outrageous, sexually ambiguous, tantalising rock singer ever who has spent 45 years pursuing legions of beautiful, rich girls.... more

Michelle will be a fine feisty First Lady

23.06.08
A friend saw Laura Bush recently told me how "poised" our First Lady was: "petite" and "gracious", a "listener", not a talker... more

Sotheby's auction smashes art record

28.02.08
Sotheby's is celebrating a record-breaking auction which saw artwork from Francis Bacon to Gilbert and George total more than £95 million... more

Inspiration of the photograph

08.10.07
Work from Andy Warhol and Gerhard Richter kicks-off the Painting Of The Modern World exhibition.... more

Capturing the 20th century

29.06.07
This Alfred Eisenstaedt exhibition acheives the wonderful feat of summing up the entire history of the 20th Century using just 36 images.... more

Britons up for theatre awards

16.05.07
British artists achieved success across the board in the nominations for the 61st annual Tony awards. British playwright Tom Stoppard received 10 nominations, including Best Play. ... more

DVDs of the week

24.04.07
Renče Zellweger playing Beatrix Potter, the John Sayles Collection, American black comedy Big Nothing and Gabrielle feature among the DVDs released this week.... more

Record £127m for modern art

16.11.06
Art continued to break records with a Christie's sale of Andy Warhol paintings in New York making £127 million.... more

Warhol's portraits of Mao set to fetch £6.5m

15.11.06
Andy Warhol portraits of Mao Tse-Tung, Marilyn Monroe and Jackie Kennedy could fetch record prices when they go under the hammer in New York.... more

All the First Lady's men

31.08.06
Michael Douglas struggles manfully to flesh out Clark Johnson's political thriller, The Sentinel, but it's a battle the film won't let him win, says Derek Malcolm.... more

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