When it comes to meat, we Brits aren't as adventurous as we might like to think. We eat two million tonnes of chicken a year (over half of it the boring breasts) and love a good piece of lamb or beef, but animals which are commonly found in supermarkets on the continent-rabbit, say or horse-never make it onto our shelves (well, unless we're unwittingly eating them in a burger, that is).
Among the expensive goodies available from Dolce & Gabbana, the Italian fashion house, is a &250,000 pair of sunglasses, hand-tooled in gold and puckered with diamonds, which uncannily evoke the calamitous eyewear tastes of a certain veteran rock star.
Video blogger (vlogger) Dina Torkia has amassed 150,000 subscribers on her YouTube channel. I am not one of them. Which might explain why I found Muslim Miss World (BBC Three) baffling.
His reputation as a harsh but brilliant director is well established, but Alfred Hitchcock's "total control" over his leading ladies has now been revealed in disturbing detail.
Dame Judi Dench is to appear on stage with her actress daughter for the first time, as she plays a voter in a unique election night play.
Arab leaders at a summit in Egypt announced the formation of a unified military force to counter growing security threats from Yemen to Libya, as regional heavyweights Saudi Arabia and Iran engage in sectarian proxy wars.
Iran and six major powers were exploring possible compromises to break an impasse in nuclear negotiations on Sunday, but officials cautioned they were unable to move on several sticking points.
The United States will submit a plans for reducing emissions to the United Nations early this week, but most governments will miss the informal March 31 deadline, complicating work on December's global climate deal target.
Clutching a bag of pasta, canned pears and beef, David Kirk leaves a food bank in one of Britain's poorest corners - his sixth visit in a few weeks.
Russian model Alisa Krylova canceled her order for the latest Mercedes, spent New Year in Moscow rather than skiing in the Alps and now employs Russian staff rather than foreigners.
The co-pilot suspected of intentionally crashing a Germanwings A320 Airbus on Tuesday in the southern French Alps may have been suffering from a detached retina, but investigators are unsure whether his vision problems had physical or psychological causes, a German newspaper said on Sunday.
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