The truth about that wedding: research by MPG Media Contacts in Marketing shows that only 26% of men will follow Kate and William's nuptials on the day, against 54% of women. So expect a glut of TV advertising with a heavy female bias... more
Three years ago Jonathan Sands opened the London Film Museum with no public funding and a truckload of movie props. Now, he tells Louise Jury, the scene is set for him to expand into the old Theatre Museum in Covent Garden... more
Rare Darth Vader costume is expected to fetch between £160,000 and £300,000 when auctioned next month. Its mask and helmet are production-made from the 1980 movie The Empire Strikes Back... more
During the recession, construction of London's most grandiose building schemes ground to a halt. Now architects are dusting off their old plans and our skyline is once again being transformed. But is this era of austerity really the time for extravagant towers, asks Kieran Long... more
Lady Gaga’s Monster Ball was a fabulous, sense-tingling spectacle, part Busby Berkeley, part your favourite gay bar, part The Wanderers and part Wizard Of Oz.... more
London theatre hailed a new generation of young playwrights today in Olivier Award nominations which also recognise one of the starriest years in West End history... more
Raised eyebrows in the Treasury at the interview with Baroness Scotland, the attorney-general, in the Financial Times. She is keen to get across just how determined she is to crack down on financial crime ... ... more
One of Lord Foster's most daring designs to date - an office block resembling Darth Vader's helmet - is unlikely to be built after its developers fell victim to the credit crunch... more
David Beckham and Cristiano Ronaldo have them. Will Young danced around his. Even former Met Commissioner Sir Ian Blair has been seen out strolling with one... more
He has the rare honour of appearing in all six of the epic Star Wars movies, but Anthony Daniels, also known as the gold "droid" C-3PO, admits he has never really understood the plot... more
Whatever happens to Minerva, the property company named after the Roman "goddess of 1000 works" will leave at least two monuments to its labours in the City... more
We continue with our quest to make your summer far-from dull with an A-Z guide of summer fun, so why not try your hand at making your own family movie or take part in a night-time bat safari.... more
Londoners, beware. Wannabe Jedis from all over the globe will descend upon the capital this Friday for the biggest Star Wars party Europe has ever seen.... more
It's 30 years since the release of the first instalment of George Lucas's epic sci-fi adventure and County Hall is celebrating the anniversary with a major exhibition of memorabilia.... more
Clean-cut Canadian Charles Ross mentions mid-gig that he has done his condensed version of the original Star Wars trilogy more than 1,000 times and it shows. In a good and bad way.... more
Sound check: German industrial metal band Rammstein literally play with fire in their live performances - and now they are about to unleash their singeing spectacle on London. Watch out for your eyebrows
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