I thought I knew Damien Hirst. The one who puts dead animals in formaldehyde. Made a skull of diamonds. Did some things with coloured dots. Made me think: "Modern art? Rubbish. Anyone could do that." Well, turns out I was wrong. The current Tate Modern retrospective has changed...

Singer Paloma Faith told Stylist magazine recently that if she were Queen for the day she'd move Buckingham Palace to Holland Park, just so she could be close to Gelato Mio - an amazing Italian ice cream shop. I was in the neighbourhood with friends and,...

I have this terrible habit of booking tickets to plays that sound interesting then months later, moments before curtain up, I realise I haven't got a clue what the plot is and wonder if I'm going to be sat for three hours in the dark, literally and metaphorically. I had...

It seems there's never been a more topical moment for a play about a gypsy being turfed out of the home he's lived in for decades. Jerusalem is something of a traveller itself, having returned to the West End after a spell on Broadway, collecting a string of...

Picture the scene; it's Friday night, the girls and I have got our dancing shoes on but the question we perpetually ask each other is 'where shall we go?' and it's always met with shrugged shoulders.

We are on an ongoing mission to find the perfect London disco and I'm...

Bath is my new favourite getaway destination. Only 90 minutes by train from Paddington and with a healthy mix of contemporary boutiques, tasty restaurants and historic Roman sights, there's plenty to do - including the Thermae Bath Spa. Well, when in Rome...

Back in AD 43 the Romans...

Centrepoint isn't what you'd call an attractive building. It is 30+ stories of concrete '60s ugliness that heralds the start of the tourist hell that is Oxford Street. And, typically, of buildings this offending to the eye, it is grade II listed, so it's not getting knocked down any time...