Renting a home of your own in London is not just out of reach for the young. Mira Bar-Hillel says rents are rocketing and talks to four of the increasing number of professionals who share... more
On 2 June 2008 at 3pm 500 police officers raided 6,717 safety deposit boxes across London. Inside they found £53m in cash along with ivory tusks, pure cocaine, fake passports, gold dust, diamons and firearms... more
Voters' queues snaked around many city blocks in South Africa on Wednesday in scenes reminiscent of the first democratic elections in 1994 - but the mood was less exuberant... more
Profile: Shriti Vadera has survived sexism, racism and her ‘green shoots’ gaffe to build a uniquely powerful position at the centre of government... more
Matthew Norman puts Richard Keys forward for parliament, wonders what Nick Faldo sees in Ian Poulter, and celebrates Jimmy Bullard's England call-up... more
It is a marriage made in Bollywood heaven. Shilpa Shetty's favourite Indian restaurant joins forces with the takeaway Gordon Ramsay rates the best in London... more
"Men think first about technique; women think first about their emotions," says Hélène Darroze, the top French chef now running the kitchen in the beautifully refurbished Connaught Hotel... more
After mutiny and malaria on the set of The Last King of Scotland, producer and former heroin addict Lisa Bryer reveals how she struggled through illness to make the film she believed in.... more
Barbet Schroeder tells how he has turned the life of Jacques Vergès, lawyer to terrorists and war criminals, into one of the most important and powerful documentaries for 40 years.... more
Dame Helen Mirren added to her clutch of awards for The Queen when she was named best British actress at the London Film Critics' Circle Awards.... more
The Brits are celebrating their biggest ever haul of Golden Globes. Helen Mirren led the way at the Beverly Hills ceremony seen as a forerunner to the Oscars.... more
The Last King of Scotland, a riveting fiction about African dictator Idi Amin, boasts a terrifying performance from Forest Whitaker, says Derek Malcolm.... more
Peter Morgan is Britain's hottest television, film and stage writer. His brilliance is in imagining the private conversations of the power players. Just don't call it docudrama, he says.... more
In The Last King of Scotland, Forest Whitaker stars as Ugandan dictator Idi Amin, giving him both the facile charm and the terrifying paranoia that many witnesses have spoken of.... more
The 50th London Film Festival kicks off with its usual flashbulb-popping flair, as British stars stud the red carpet for The Last King Of Scotland at Odeon Leicester Square.... more
Londoners pay more than three times the European average to watch a film, research showed today. An adult ticket for the Odeon in Leicester Square costs up to £17.50.... more
Morning:
9°c
