King Abdullah Financial District Metro Station has been designed by half-British architect Zaha Hadid

As it did 250 years ago, Velázquez's portrait of Pope Innocent X peers into the gloom at Houghton Hall. It is an extraordinary image in an extraordinary space.

Shaun Walker meets the Communist party faithful as the Soviet leader goes back on display

This is a story about making amends for cultural asset-stripping in the grand style. A little over three hundred years ago, the debt-ridden grandson of Sir Robert Walpole, England's first Prime Minister, sold off to Catherine the Great of Russia the great art collection amassed by his grandfather.

With ocean-facing terraces and a standout location, this chic guesthouse is the perfect Cape escape

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The Bellgrove Hotel has since been removed from the popular site

First he named himself Francis (of down-with-the-poor Assisi fame) offering an impression of humility only enhanced by his uncanny likeness to Jim Bowen.

Who could have known the world needed a laid-back French bistro that plays reggae music?

Archaeologists fear billion-pound development has led to destruction of key historical sites

The Church of Scientology, which includes celebrities Tom Cruise and John Travolta among its followers, has submitted plans for a £6m “country-estate” headquarters in Birmingham.

Turner Prize winning artist Mark Wallinger believes his new life-sized sculpture of a racehorse may “re-kick-start” funding for a 50 metre version in Kent, which is currently stuck in Limbo.

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