food culture: eating by design

'dressing the meat of tomorrow: MRI steak' by james kingin vitro meatphoto courtesy of james kingfood culture: eating by designdesignhuis, eindhoven, the netherlandson now through 30 September'food culture: eating by design' is an exhibition by premsela,...

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Tattoos are permanent reminders of temporary feelings

'It's wisest to pick someone whom you cannot break up with or divorce.' Photograph: Gary Powell/Getty ImagesTattoos are permanent reminders of temporary feelings – at least if you believe the report in Thursday's Daily Mail, which looked at "embarrassing" matching...

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Turkish Delight

Gulets, traditional Turkish wooden boats, anchored off Gemiler Island. Andrew EilThe Lydian, an ancient Greek amphitheater in Knidos, on the Datca Peninsula. Andrew EilA gulet on Gokova Bay, near the city of Bodrum. Andrew EilThe writer...

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Latvian company creates leather bound Ferrari

We're familiar with seeing tight leather on smoking hot women, and weird old men, but it's a first for us seeing a leather bound Ferrari F430.There seems to be a lot of fuss over this leather bound Ferrari F430 in the UK with both The Sun and The...

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Two British climbers killed in an avalanche in the French Alps have been named by the Foreign Office.

John Taylor and Steve Barber were among nine people killed on Mont Maudit, near Chamonix, on Thursday.They were from Upper Poppleton, a village west of York, and were climbing to raise money for a local hospice.A third Briton killed in the avalanche...

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London’s newest and most fashionable hotel bling is Whitehall’s Corinthia Hotel

Hotels have become the newest and most luxurious of flaunt-able accessories.Fashion houses, celebrities and the anonymous super rich want to own them and the rest of us just want to say we’ve stayed there.London’s newest and most fashionable hotel bling...

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Casares actually inherited its name from Julius Caesar, who is said to have ridden himself of a nasty skin complaint thanks to his visit to the Hedionda baths

For here, in this sleepy, undeveloped valley is the still-standing Roman bathhouse, where it is said Caesar himself once bathed around 60 BC.Having survived for over 2000 years, it is a privileged place to spend an hour and the perfect reminder of the...

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Italy government hangs by thread as coalition crumbles

 Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's fate hung by a thread Friday and desertions from his crumbling centre-right coalition may have already robbed him of the parliamentary numbers he needs to survive. Berlusconi, caught in the crossfire from European powers and a party revolt at home, agreed at a G20 summit in France to IMF monitoring of economic reforms which he has long promised but...

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Chris and Mary Gorman were arrested by police in Orlando, Florida, after a member of staff at the city's Roxy venue found two men and a woman in the men's toilets.

Accused ... Mary Gorman.A multimillionaire British couple have vowed to fight charges against them after they were arrested in a US nightclub following an alleged sex act.Entrepreneurs Chris and Mary Gorman were arrested by police in Orlando, Florida,...

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TV celebrity Peter Andre visited the new Aventura Amazonia

 TV celebrity Peter Andre visited the new Aventura Amazonia adventure park in Marbella with his children. The visit was part of a recording for ITV2’s ‘My Life’.&nb...

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Hugh Grant is the delighted father of a baby girl. He and the mother had a fleeting affair and while this was not planned, Hugh could not be happier or more supportive

British actor Hugh Grant has become a father for the first time at the age of 51. Photograph: Leon Neal/AFPFilm star turned anti-hacking activist Hugh Grant has become a parent for the first time at the age of 51.The actor – best known for...

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Taking a shot … Roger Moore, shown here in 1984 Bond film A View to a Kill, was less than impressed by Quantum of Solace

. Photograph: Allstar/Cinetext CollectionFormer James Bond actor Sir Roger Moore has described the franchise's most recent outing, Quantum of Solace, as "a long, disjointed commercial". The 84-year-old actor, who played 007 for 12 years...

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Brussels is stifling City of London, Cameron claims

 David Cameron signalled new European battles ahead as he pledged to resist alleged attempts by Brussels to shackle the City of London in red tape. The Prime Minister echoed claims that the emergence of a two-tier Europe following the financial crisis could result in a wave of EU directives that would harm the Square Mile. The Government has said it is determined to prevent the 17 members of...

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Qantas grounds all flights

 Australia’s Qantas Airways grounded its entire fleet on Saturday over a bitter labour dispute in an unprecedented move that prompted the government to warn it feared for the airline’s future and would seek action to end the dispute. EDITOR’S CHOICE Strikes cost A$15m-a week in lost sales - Oct-28 US airlines earnings hit by fuel costs - Oct-27 Lufthansa scales back passenger forecasts -...

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Pop legend Madonna today told a court of her 'alarm and distress' after a delusional fan, who believes the star loves him, broke into her £10million London home and rifled through her bedding.

Grzegorz Matlok, 30, burgled a mews house linked to the singer's luxury townhouse in Marylebone, central London, and stole a can of Red Bull after wandering through two bedrooms and a living room.Southwark Crown Court heard Matlok was discovered holding...

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Knight Frank partners share £73m bonus pool

 PARTNERS in the upmarket estate agent Knight Frank have landed a £73m payout after profits rose by 10 per cent in the last financial year, buoyed by foreign investors flocking to London’s luxury property market. The firm, which advises on both residential and commercial property deals, saw pre-tax profits rise to £101.9m in the year to March – its highest level since the credit crisis – while...

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