Forget love and happiness - these multi-tier marvels are reason enough to get hitched this summer.

Forget stale Doritos, flat Fanta or a squashed Mars bar after swimming. This is the 21st century and vending machines have gone upmarket. Chanel has set up its new machine, which dispenses mascaras instead of the usual disappointing swag, in Selfridges.

In great news for patisserie purists and weight watchers everywhere (but a potential catastrophe for fans of icing): the cult of the cupcake may at last be coming to an end.

It's time to make her feel special with flowers, perfume, cupcakes – or even the latest in coffee-machine chic

It can be tricky to remember that Justin Bieber is a real human being.

No matter the style, it's the texture of your hair that ultimately sets the tone. A sleek bob means business, but the same cut artlessly ruffled up is more likely to suggest bed.

The format is the BBC's second most successful export after Strictly

Sylvester Stallone might be 66, he might not have made a decent film for a while, and he might talk a bit funny, but could he still have you in a fight? Fuhgeddaboudit!

In an interview in today's Shortlist magazine, he confounds and delights in equal measure with a serious of pronouncements that leave us in no doubt: Step off Seagal,  move aside Arnie, Sly is back!

The private equity firms Apollo Global Management and C Dean Metropoulos are believed to be near a deal to buy snack cake brands including Twinkies and Donettes from the bankrupt Hostess Brands. A deal, part of Hostess's bankruptcy reorganisation, is not yet final.

Call me out of touch, but baking is not a hobby of mine as it is for so many people these days. I'm definitely not one to lose myself in intricate bakes with elaborate decorations – that amount of precision just isn't my thing.

Premier Foods yesterday extended its licence with Cadbury to continue making cakes under the chocolate company's brand through to 2017.

It's the city that never stands still, but Simon Calder finds that the bright lights remain as warm as ever

'I pride myself on my cakes'