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Santana, 02 Arena, London

Having recently joined The Rolling Stones as the second musical act in chart history to score at least one Top 10 album in four decades, Carlos Santana's arrival in London to play at a teeming O2 could be described only as epic.

Designer Pearl Lowe suffers miscarriage

Designer Pearl Lowe has suffered a miscarriage, a statement issued on her behalf said today.

Designer Pearl Lowe pregnant with fifth child

Designer Pearl Lowe is pregnant with her fifth child, she announced in an interview with Hello! magazine.

Whatever happened to the Primrose Hill set?

Once they were the darlings of the press, feeding the gossip columns with their bed-hopping and break-ups. Andrew Johnson discovers how it worked out

Strolling Stone: Mick's daughter named Britain's best model

Burberry and John Galliano the other big winners at British fashion 'Oscars'

My secret life Daisy Lowe, model, 20

My parents were ... My mother was incredibly creative and absolutely mental. She nurtured me to do what I wanted to do when I wanted to do it.

Anvil: the real-life Spinal Tap

Anvil are the Canadian rockers now taking cinemas by storm. The film's director Sacha Gervasi recalls their unforgettable first meeting

Pandora: Davis downsizes in Tory naughty corner

Now that David Davis has forsaken the trappings of a shadow minister, he must confront the everyday life of a backbench MP.

Daisy Lowe: Pearl's girl is the new queen bee of the rock'n'roll It-girls

How does a girl born into a real-life of rock'n'roll soap opera (Sex! Drugs! Paternity tests!) make her own her mark in the world? By becoming this year's hottest model and the star of her own reality TV show, that's how...

ROCK : American ska? It's Madness

WHERE ON Earth did No Doubt spring from? One minute they're No One, and the next, before you can say "Chris Evans", their Alanis-lite single appears at No 1. Do you know anyone who bought it? Me neither.

Bush The Forum, London

The sign behind the bar says: "Welcome to Bush - no crowd-surfing please, but enjoy the show." While it may seem unfair to damn a band with the health and safety policies of a venue they happen to be playing, the Forum's big-brotherly warning to their young clientele feels like an extension of the Bush experience.

Rock: Nice face, shame about the lyrics

"They're coming home, they're coming!/ Bush are coming home ... !" It's not just Tony Blair who has appropriated the "Three Lions" refrain. When Bush's fans weren't chanting the band's name over and over, like the bit in the Only Fools and Horses theme that leads up to the chorus, they were applying Skinner and Baddiel's words to their own national heroes.

The great pretender; Interview: Gavin Rossdale

The lead singer of Bush: too coiffed for a rock star, too popular for a rebel ... too old for his date of birth?
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Next in line – but public just can't warm to idea of Charles in charge

Next in line – but public just can't warm to idea of Charles in charge

'Independent' poll finds less that half want him to take throne as ministers moan of interference
Nothing's sacred: the illegal trade in India's holy cows

Nothing's sacred: the illegal trade in India's holy cows

Andrew Buncombe reports from Kaharpara on a bloody war between rustlers and border guards
Mogul grounded: Desmond gives up his jet deal

Mogul grounded: Desmond gives up his jet deal

Media tycoon's company pays £1m to cancel his order for a £36m private jet after drop in profits
How Ai Weiwei built a pavilion in London – by remote control

How Ai Weiwei built a pavilion in London – by remote control

The artist tells Clifford Coonan how he used Skype to escape confinement in Beijing
Nature, nurture... or neither? The new twist in an age-old argument

Nature, nurture... or neither?

The new twist in an age-old argument
Radio 4 to shed its cosy image with a 'sexy' Ulysses drama

Radio 4 to shed its cosy image with a 'sexy' Ulysses drama

New station controller wants to reflect the current period of 'turmoil and uncertainity'
Alcohol: I drink therefore I am

Alcohol: I drink therefore I am

New guidelines warn Britons to drastically reduce their boozing. But is a life without liquor worth living? Hell no, says John Walsh
The Cable News Nightmare: CNN (and Piers Morgan) in audience crisis

The Cable News Nightmare

CNN (and Piers Morgan) in audience crisis
Like a barbie, but better: The Big Green Egg can griddle, roast, and smoke food - and even make pizza

The Big Green Egg: Like a barbie, but better

It can griddle, roast, and smoke food - and even make pizza...
The 10 Best chopping boards

The 10 Best chopping boards

Whether you want to dice veg, chop meat, or just slice up a salad, there’s a surface here to suit every culinary need.
Flat and fabulous: From wraps to foccacias, our appetite for new and exotic breads knows no limits

Flat and fabulous: Exotic breads

Lucy McDonald visits the bakeries of Tel Aviv to to find out what we'll be eating next.
Brendan Rodgers: Just like Mourinho... only different

Brendan Rodgers: Just like Mourinho... only different

Obsessive, ambitious, eager to learn and with no playing career; can the Northern Irishman be Liverpool's Special One?
Gary Lewin: Players need winter break

Gary Lewin: Players need winter break

The England physio tells Patrick Barclay that this spate of injuries is due to the non-stop demands of the Premier League

Countdown's rudest ever moments

Yesterday a contestant spelt the word 'minge'.
Special report: Tamil asylum-seekers to be forcibly deported

Special report

Tamil asylum-seekers to be forcibly deported