The star of Lark Rise to Candleford on her favourite London hotels, the city's most stylish people and her passion for travel writing

As a major retrospective of Stanley Kubrick opens at the Design Museum, we explore the curious truth behind The Clockwork Orange 

From platinum albums and chart-topping collaborations to performing at Glastonbury and making YouTube history, Dua Lipa has the world at her feet

What does it take to be Takumi, the highest level of artisan in Japan?

Secure your Centre Court seat at Wimbledon, along with fine dining and free-flowing champagne

Ahead of her first UK solo show next week, the Spanish artist discusses her pop culture idols, experimenting with fashion and the symbolic joy of colour 

Oxford and Cambridge Universities are not only hotbeds of learning, they are also home to some distinctive and idiosyncratic customs and curiosities

As Debrett’s marks its 250th anniversary, associate director Lucy Hume explains how the etiquette expert is striving to find a place in the 21st century

His grandfather was close friends with Gandhi, while he himself went to Eton with Prince William; today Sacha Jafri is one of high society’s most in-demand artists, yet he has no agent and no dealer

This March, Christie's London is showcasing 120 guitars from the personal collection of Pink Floyd member David Gilmour

The Oscar-winning actress on playing strong women on screen

A new book provides a definitive look at one of the most profound influences on modern fashion and photography

Meet Bruce Russell: wedding planner extraordinaire, expert on all nuptial matters and the man with London’s ultimate little white book of contacts

Environmental explorer Bertrand Piccard is embarking on his greatest undertaking to date

Red Bull’s latest stunt sees the world's fastest freeskier take on an Olympic alpine legend in a slalom race of epic proportions

Discover the origins of Christmas gift-giving, from the practical jokers of Ancient Rome to the festive firs given the royal seal of approval