Cole Moreton asks what the new, improved Tories have to offer this time round

World's wealthiest brothers fight each other in court after younger sibling sues for £1bn over interview

He's made a fortune throwing parties for Russian oligarchs and Hollywood idols – now Edward Davenport is buying into the fashion industry. But what exactly goes on behind the stucco-fronted façade of Fast Eddie's swinging West End mansion? He gives Rob Sharp a private tour

Even the biggest stars are feeling the pinch as the oil crisis leads to huge rises in the cost of aviation fuel

They come from North Carolina and sing round-the-campfire folk. Their songs unabashedly contain lyrics such as "It takes a lot of nerve to destroy this wondrous earth" and they are currently on tour with the lovely Bon Iver, with whom they share an entirely organic charm. But what's this in the "thank yous", hidden among sentiments such as "[this album is] dedicated to what still remains wild, on the earth, and inside us"? "Thanks to JD for taking us for a ride on his private jet." If that's not the modern dichotomy summed up in a sleevenote, then what is? You'll forgive them as you sing along, though.

Life's been tricky for Anne Hathaway recently, but, she tells Gill Pringle, for her new film she's put on a brave face

Week-long luxury package to Abu Dhabi takes travel to new heights – or new depths – of 'trophy tourism'

The ferocious activist investor Carl Icahn is taking his campaign against underperforming corporate managements into cyberspace with the launch of a scathing new blog.

Towering high above Mumbai and far from the teeming shanty towns, a billion-dollar home, an oasis of ultimate luxury, is being built for the world's fifth-richest man. By Andrew Buncombe

20 Minutes that it took for Wayne and Coleen to marry in the 17th-century splendour of the Villa Durazzo

Thomas Leer was the original one-man bedroom band, his pioneering 1978 own-label underground hit “Private Plane” prefiguring many subsequent developments in synth-pop.

Five people were killed after a private aircraft crashed into two homes near a Kent airfield yesterday.

A private jet collided with homes in a "ball of fire" and huge plumes of smoke after putting out a mayday call.

Some are galactic lifeboats, others act as hi-tech dustbins. As a new cargo-carrier blasts off, David Whitehouse profiles the top-flight spacecraft