Susan Zinkin divorced her husband in 1962 but was forbidden from looking for new love for almost 50 years.

Leaders in the local fashion industry remember British designer Alexander McQueen who died last week.

Flamboyant chanteuse Lady Gaga has swept the boards at the Brit Awards, winning three categories.

Singer Susan Boyle has revealed that she is 'not the scared person' she was when she first found fame.

Jude Law and Rachel Weisz have scooped the acting honours at this year's Whatsonstage.com theatre awards, voted for by the public.

Writer and former jockey Dick Francis, famous for his horse racing-based crime novels, has died aged 89.

Alexander McQueen was a wonderful example of the successful blend of art and commerce, writes Lisa Markwell.

The sheer drama, grandeur and exhilarating bravery of McQueen's designs and fashion shows may never be surpassed, writes Carola Long.

Fashion blogger Isaac Hindin Miller on the death of British fashion designer Alexander McQueen.

British fashion designer Alexander McQueen has been found dead at his London home, aged 40.

It took four years of complex legal wrangling, nearly bankrupted an ailing Hindu guru and has cost the British taxpayer tens of thousands of pounds.

Swinging London will take on a whole new meaning for the capital's ageing baby-boomers, who are soon to get their own outdoor playground.

A jealous woman who killed her former lover by lacing his curry with an ancient poison has been convicted of murder.

Two British supermarket chains are to start stocking a paste that is said to create the sense of umami - an esoteric flavour first identified by a Japanese scientist 102 years ago.

Kiwi film stars Jane Campion and Kerry Fox talk about their unusual meeting during auditions for the film An Angel at My Table.

Former Immigration head Mary Anne Thompson admits fraudulently using her CV to secure top public service jobs.

Scientists have for the first time found powerful evidence that genius may be linked with madness.

No one from the UK arm of Bernard Madoff's fraudulent investment business will face prosecution, the Serious Fraud Office has decided.

Stevie Wonder and Muse are to headline this year's Glastonbury Festival.

Rockabilly beauty Katherine Gould talks us through her carefully constructed look.

Looking around the East End of London's financial district, it is hard to believe the crisis ever happened.

Asked to select a best-loved dress for a collectable tome, designers came up with some surprising choices.

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has been presented with more damaging evidence.