Ken McCulloch, who has died aged 76, was the Scottish entrepreneur behind the affordably chic Malmaison and Dakota hotel chains. A trained chef whose landmark ventures included Glasgow’s high-end One ...

WHETHER you are visiting Oxford with your family, heading there with friends or going for a couple’s weekend, there is plenty to do. The city is steeped in history and filled with lots of ...

Guests paying £89 get rooms with a 42-inch plasma TV and wifi connections. But where McCulloch really makes his mark is the ...

Every week, a frankly silly amount of brilliant new restaurants, cafés and street food joints arrive in London. Which makes whittling down a shortlist of the best newbies a serious challenge.

Remembering the ‘hunger, cold and fear’ of the Budapest ghetto, he would carry emergency food, even to the best hotels and restaurants György Pauk, who has died aged 88, was a Hungarian ...

Oxford Street is usually the first London district to switch on its Christmas lights, illuminating the world-famous shopping street. The magic happens on Tuesday 5 November 2024. The stars are ...

Today most of the practical reasons for obtaining the Freedom of the City have disappeared. It nevertheless remains as a unique part of London’s history to which many people who have lived or worked ...

Parking Scam Alert. The City of London does not use QR codes for parking payments. Any QR codes seen in parking bays are likely a scam. Only use the RingGo app to pay for parking. Using QR codes can ...

Art was everything to him, “not a craft, but a philosophical inquiry”. Auerbach’s subjects were north London streets and buildings, and the human form. All his work was abstracted reality ...

Here's our pick of the best light and illumination festivals in London for winter and Christmas 2024. Though not a fully-fledged light festival in the same way as other events on this list ...

Following the success of our joint seminar in 2023, we’re pleased to continue it into 2024. We’ll be covering all the key issues relating to higher and further education. This event is a chance for ...

Firethorn Trust has secured an £18m debt package with Grosvenor to support its investment in the Malmaison York hotel, which it acquired in June 2024.