'I'd make something, drop it off and she'd give me £50 cash for it. It was a lifeline'

Jamie Oliver has said that thousands of napkins go missing every month at his Jamie's Italian chain and that he's been forced to weld the handles to his loos.

Witnesses have spoken of moment they saw the death of a man at the rooftop Coq d’Argent restaurant.

They might seem an unlikely duo but Ricky Gervais and the Duchess of Cambridge are teaming up to promote Britain's creative talent to foreign investors as they arrive in London for the Olympics.

Picture this

Where once stood Marilyn, now stands Delia, in a Norwich City scarf. HG Wells has been ousted by JK Rowling, Marlene Dietrich bumped by Kate Moss. As for John, George and Ringo – they're nowhere to be seen.

This week I've been eating...pho

I'm tumble-dryer-free (and amid such insane electricity prices, we're probably all tumbling less) and have no utility room nor large bathroom – which means a kitchen clogged with drying clothes. There must be a better way...

Sir Terence Conran yesterday threatened to resign from the Design Museum he founded, claiming it was putting on "tinsel exhibitions" at the expense of serious projects.