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Mollie King's fashion dash: Leggy singer changes her designer attire THREE times to suit different London Fashion Week shows By Alanah Eriksen Updated: 07:10 GMT, 21 February 2012 e-mail 41 View Mollie King obviously knew it would have been a big no-no to turn up to a designer's show in another designer's clothes.So the Saturdays singer made three changes today as she darted around various London Fashion Week shows.The 24-year-old started the day at Dutchman Michael van der Ham's spectacular. Looking leggy: Newly-single Mollie King showed off her legs in three outfits today, including these cute dresses, as she hopped to different shows at London Fashion WeekShe donned a patterned purple and white T-shirt with a green skirt and pink suede heels as she watched the models in the autumn.winter collection at Old Billingsgate Market.The blonde was joined by her band's stylist, Frank Strachan in the front row, who went for an odd ensemble including a brown leather jacket … [Read more...] about Mollie King’s fashion dash: Leggy singer changes her designer attire THREE times to suit different London Fashion Week shows

In British architecture, Richard Rogers is the establishment. Inside Out, the grand exhibition at the Royal Academy in London that celebrates his 80th birthday makes this clear. He sits as a Labour peer in the House of Lords, and is officially known as Baron Rogers of Riverside – an apt title, given his pivotal role in opening up the river Thames to property development. He has sat on multiple quangos, most famously the Urban Task Force, and was a close ally both of Ken Livingstone and John Prescott before being sidelined by the coalition. Rogers had a major part in composing two government reports – Towards an Urban Renaissance and its sequel, Towards a Strong Urban Renaissance. Look at recent London schemes by Rogers Stirk Harbour, the firm he founded, and now takes a backseat role in, and you find the Leadenhall building, a skyscraper in the City; Riverlight, a development of luxury flats in Nine Elms; NEO Bankside, another development of luxury … [Read more...] about Richard Rogers at 80: principles and power

The message left on the telephone is slightly muffled. "Hi, Simon Hattenstone, I'm not going to give my name as yet. I've got a story you might be interested in. One of Bansky's works has been kidnapped. He's done a big piece called the Drinker and he's been moving it around London. It has been kidnapped. We've sent a demand ... well, we've sent a letter to his office to let it know it's been kidnapped. We've got full photos of the whole act going on." The caller says he'll leave a number, and then doesn't, but promises he will ring back. A couple of days later the Guardian receives photographic evidence of the kidnap, alongside a "manifesto" from the kidnappers. The emailed pictures show a sculpture - an 8ft bronze resin model of a pensive man with hand on chin, rather like Rodin's Thinker but with a traffic cone on his head - in situ off Shaftesbury Avenue in London's West End. The Drinker marked a radical departure for Britain's most famous faceless graffiti artist - it was his … [Read more...] about But is it kidnap?

Made in Chelsea star Jamie Laing has praised a student's CV that was designed to look exactly the same as a bag of his Candy Kitten sweets.  Iris Dudek, a University of Greenwich student living in London, applied for a marketing internship at the confectionery company with a clever application that read like the back of a bag of gummy sweets. Jamie, 31, shared the application with his 875k Instagram followers, writing that he'd been stunned by the 'extremely impressive, creative and smart CV'. The student included clever puns on her application, writing she had '100% positive energy', as well as joking she contained 'maybe a little fat' and was only salty 'when necessary'.  Made in Chelsea star Jamie Laing has praised a student's CV that was designed to look exactly the same as a bag of his Candy Kitten sweets. Pictured, Iris' CV (left) and actual sweets (right)  Jamie, 31, pictured in an Instagram snap, shared the application with his 875k Instagram followers, … [Read more...] about Made in Chelsea star Jamie Laing praises ‘extremely impressive’ student who designed her CV to look just like a packet of his Candy Kitten sweets

From original scripts to snaps taken on set, this stunning hotel suite is filled with enough movie memorabilia to impress even the biggest film buffs.   The St Germain Penthouse, which dominates the top floor of Paris' Lutetia Hotel, was designed by Oscar-winning director Francis Ford Coppola.  The Hollywood heavyweight, 80, lent his legendary vision to the space - and donated items from his own personal collection to help bring it to life.  Guests can enjoy sleeping under Coppola's own copy of the Godfather script - complete with hand-written notes - or stroll down halls decorated with posters from the Cannes Film Festival.  Coppola also included an Eclair camera he used as a young director, as well as a lamp the director bought from designer Mariano Fortuny in Venice. The suite consists of a large living and dining area, a bedroom, a walk-in wardrobe and a bathroom. On the second floor is  a stunning 650sq ft roof terrace where guests can take … [Read more...] about Sleep among the stars! Paris hotel suite designed by Francis Ford Coppola is filled with memorabilia from the director’s collection including film stills and original scripts – but it’ll cost you £6,000-a-NIGHT