At the Rainbow retirement village in France, residents will enjoy something perhaps for the first time: majority status. The development near Montpellier will be the country’s first such home for the lesbian, gay and transgender community.

Distressed 22-year-old clubber searched by one female officer and four males, against regulations

An exhibition featuring some of the 20th-century’s most iconic figures in music, film and fashion opens at a London gallery on Thursday.

Visiting a great restaurant isn't just about the food. It's about the place, the space, the lighting and so many other factors that go beyond the sense of taste. David Collins, who has died of skin cancer, was one of those people who worked behind the scenes to create that multi-sensory dining experience, putting his stamp on so many of London's finest eateries and bars.

The 53-year-old has appeared in James Bond film Casino Royale and The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

The food is as authentic as it is comforting at old-school Italian Acciuga, says Lisa Markwel.

There is no entry in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography for William Webster the younger, founder of the Blackheath Halls, Blackheath Conservatoire and now defunct Blackheath College of Art.

Cut by cut, the great maverick director creates a scintillating montage of memory

British house prices rising at fastest pace in more than three years as government house-buying schemes push prices higher and demand outstrips supply

A better-than-expected US jobs report pushed the dollar up, which in turn melted metal prices yesterday and miners ended up buried at the bottom of the blue-chip index.

Bruce Forsyth's home village has been crowned the most expensive village in Britain

Vast photo of Kensington Palace hides vulgar site of poles and builders’ bums

Mark Barton denies harassment, sexual assault and common assault against female colleague

From Corsica and Karnataka to snug sleeping bags and new hotels