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Sir Denis Mahon obituary
An eminent historian and collector of Italian baroque art, he was also a resolutely effective lobbyist for free museumsSir Denis Mahon, who has died aged 100, was one of the most distinguished art...
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Nepalese choir goes missing after landing at Heathrow
Ten singers who flew in for the Cornwall international choir festival landed in London but then disappearedA Nepalese choir that who flew to Britain to take part in a music festival has gone missing....
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Phoebe Snow obituary
A distinctive American singer-songwriter, her stardom was fleetingThe New Rolling Stone Record Guide described the singer-songwriter Phoebe Snow, who has died aged 60 from complications following a...
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Michael Whiteley obituary
My brother Michael Whiteley, who has died of cancer aged 44, was an artist, poet, musician and teacher. He was also a qualified football referee and an unqualified comic genius.Michael was born in...
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Costa Coffee chain to double in size
Whitbread could add 1,500 Costa Coffee outlets and 65,000 Premier Inn hotel rooms in aggressive five-year expansionThe new boss of Whitbread has set out an aggressive five-year expansion plan for its...
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Nigel Whittaker obituary
As chairman of B&Q, he brought Sunday shopping to the UKNigel Whittaker, who has died of cancer aged 62, was the architect of the retail revolution that opened the floodgates to Sunday trading....
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Right Said Fred – review
Islington Academy, LondonRichard Fairbrass's opening line is not one that instills the greatest amount of confidence in tonight's performance: "I'm on Tramadol!" he says cheerfully to the awaiting pack...
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Ian Tomlinson inquest: Jury can return unlawful killing verdict
Coroner says jury would have to be sure police officer's actions had been intentional and dangerous during G20 protestsThe jury at the inquest into the death of Ian Tomlinson has been told it can...
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Response: Calm down, David Cameron – and get your facts right at PMQs |...
The prime minister distorted my views. He should stop using the health service as a political footballDavid Cameron's comments to MP Angela Eagle to "calm down, dear" caused a furore during prime...
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Premier Foods chief agrees to step down
• Robert Schofield to leave when successor found• Hovis owner struggling with debts after RHM purchaseThe boss of Britain's biggest food producer has swallowed his pride and agreed to step down. Robert...
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Panasonic to shed 17,000 jobs in cost-cutting drive
Cuts by Japanese electronics company come on top of nearly 18,000 job losses in past business yearPanasonic is to cut another 17,000 jobs and close up to 70 factories around the world over the next two...
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Sold – review
Theatre 503, LondonEver since David Mamet's testosterone-fuelled 1983 play, Glengarry Glen Ross, theatre-goers have known that estate agents sell their own grubby souls along with the property they are...
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Royal wedding trippers head to London – with flags and bunting by the busload
Excitement builds among the 'real mixture of people' travelling to the capital by coach for the big day, discovers Adam GabbattMarjorie Williams and her sister, Vera Ogden, became firm friends with...
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Glencore float to have backing from sovereign wealth funds
China Investment Corporation (CIC), Temasek of Singapore, and Korea Investment Corporation have agreed to underpin the Glencore IPO, say City punditsGlencore has lined up a number of Asian sovereign...
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Alexander Melnikov – review
Wigmore Hall, LondonShostakovich's Preludes and Fugues have become Alexander Melnikov's calling card of late. Written in 1951 for Tatiana Nikolayeva, whose Bach performances Shostakovich hugely...
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Santander blames regulation for UK profit fall
• UK profits down 3% to £572m• Bank blames 'costs of holding higher levels of liquid assets'• Santander to press ahead with flotation of UK armSpanish bank Santander is pressing ahead with the stock...
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Mario Vargas Llosa under fire for Peru election endorsement
Revered author says he will vote for leftwing Ollanta Humala 'unhappily and with fear' as the lesser of two evilsMario Vargas Llosa compared Peru's presidential candidates to cancer and Aids, but in...
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Cleo Laine – review
Cheltenham Town HallThe 2011 Cheltenham Jazz festival, curated by the springheeled Jamie Cullum and packed with young stars, opened with one of the oldest still working. But, since you could close your...
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Jeremy Hunt - from bard to verse
The culture secretary asked permission from the Speaker to break into verse before quoting ShakespeareIt was before-the-royal-wedding day in the Commons. The streets were already thronged, so that...
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Libya: Rebels in Misrata 'killed by Nato friendly fire'
Twelve dead and three wounded after rebel unit guarding city's port came under attack, reports sayA Nato airstrike has killed 12 rebel fighters and injured three others in a friendly fire incident in...
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