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Naomi Campbell mingles with Victoria Beckham at London Fashion week

22.09.09
London Fashion Week has been buzzing with countless parties being thrown.... more

Celebs are now invading the world of poetry

03.09.09
Celebrity endorsements are the latest proof of poetry's new-found fashionability... more

Cool in the Cotswolds

12.08.09
This award-winning restaurant with rooms is the ideal weekend getaway... more

Elle Macpherson is a classic model

10.07.09
Body met the chassis, as supermodel Elle Macpherson helped launch the new Jaguar XJ.... more

Kate Moss just can't get enough of Hyde Parklife

03.07.09
Kate Moss kept cool in the soaring temperatures as Blur made their "spiritual" homecoming in Hyde Park... more

Blur have a bit of a blub at Glastonbury

29.06.09
Blur's reunion is all too much for Damon Albarn as he sobs on stage ... more

Welcome back to the real band of our generation

29.06.09
Retrospect is a fine thing. Back in the Britpop era — a time of Stella Artois and Loaded magazine, Kangol hats and Gareth Southgate, the closest my generation would ever come to a Summer of Love — the band that captured the national mood was Oasis.... more

Woo hoo! Blur are back on track

16.06.09
Just 170 souls were allowed to secure the green wristbands money couldn’t buy to see Blur play their first London show in nine years.... more

Reunited Blur collect their Mojo award

12.06.09
Blur made their first public appearance since reuniting as they collected an award at the Mojo Honours List.... more

Lily Allen is face of National Portrait Gallery

01.06.09
Lily Allen has gone a step further to cement her art world credentials — by becoming the public face of the National Portrait Gallery. ... more

Lily Allen becomes face of the National Portrait gallery

01.06.09
She famously dated art dealer Jay Jopling and has been known to show her face at exhibition openings... more

50 ways to have fun in 2009

02.01.09
Priscilla on stage, Blur reunited, Michael Sheen as Brian Clough — we bring you the highlights of London’s arts calendar for the coming months. ... more

Blur tickets sell out in just two minutes

12.12.08
Tickets for a Blur comeback concert in London sold out online in two minutes... more

Hyde Park gig for reunited Blur

09.12.08
Britpop band Blur have reunited and will play in Hyde Park next July.... more

London deli is a big cheese

30.09.08
An independent London shop has won a top prize at the British Cheese Awards... more

Ronson scoops live music award

19.09.08
Mark Ronson put his split with model girlfriend Daisy Lowe behind him with an award for Best Live Male at the Vodafone Live Music Awards. See the pictures here. ... more

That 'gorgeous blond blue-eyed guy' image. That was all bulls**t

11.08.08
David Soul is about to battle it out on TV with other celebrities to find the best classical conductor, and he's glad finally to have escaped his heart-throb status ... more

Great debate on the future of London

13.06.07
A series of five major debates is to be held at Tate Modern to discuss the changing nature of London.... more

Off the record: David Smyth

11.05.07
David Smyth sees Blur bassist Alex James make an ironclad case for London to be named Favourite Music City, compares Prince and Barbra Streisand and checks out what's new on the net... more

Downloads of the week

03.11.06
Two of the world's biggest bands unite for Music Rising, cult music show The Tube returns in barely recognisable guise and MIA is offering the first fruits of her next album as a free download.... more

Schools of rock

14.09.06
From Coldplay and Pulp to The Who and Pink Floyd, much of modern music flourished in the capital's seats of higher learning. A new poll has revealed where they studied.... more

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