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The race is on: just 40 days to beat the stamp duty deadline

First-time buyers in London face a huge hike, thanks to Reeves's Budget bombshell

How the AI boom and dark data are eating up our energy supply

RICHARD GODWIN investigates the environmental costs of the dizzying rise of artificial intelligence

Londoner's Diary

Baftas date night for Adrien Brody as Camila Cabello finds unlikely heroesin Wallace & Gromit

Paper Dress Vintage

If you walk along Mare Street in Hackney on a Saturday night, you are greeted by the odd sight of a queue snaking out of a vintage clothing store.

The tips and tricks everyone should know, by fashion's favourite make-up artist

Isamaya Ffrench counts Rihanna, Bella Hadid and Madonna among her clients. Here's her advice on modernising your look

Charismatic, sexy and funny...good things really do come in threes

In terms of watchability, a cast made up of Nicola Walker, Stephen Mangan and Erin Doherty is pretty hard to beat. The trio's relatable charisma, and the residual associations of their TV roles in The Split and The Crown (where Doherty played the young Princess Anne) add mightily to the enjoyment of Mike Bartlett's play, in which a loving but romantically stultified middle-aged couple decide to invite a younger woman into their bed and their lives.

Very exclusive all-inclusive Rixos Premium Belek, Turkey

I've just ordered a tenderloin steak and the waiter is pouring a large glass of local merlot.

Fashion's bloody secret

Despite the bans and the rise of faux fur, we are falling in love with the real thing again

At the table Shake off those nerves, Shakara ...then show off

Restaurants are puzzles of many parts; there is always something to fumble.

The style set's favourite pubs

MANNIONS IS VERY MUCH THE HANGOUT DU JOUR, FOR A QUIET PINT MIDWEEK OR THE BEST KARAOKE ON A FRIDAY

Can perfumes really turn us on? There's a scent of truth but they're only part of a love story

Coco Chanel's response to where a woman should apply perfume is the stuff of legend: \"Wherever one wants to be kissed.\"

This is my era now -I'm ready to prove I'm the world's best heavyweight

The road up to it is bumpy, a lone digger enjoying little success in its attempts to re-lay the surface.

In black and white, the best portable keyboards for making music anywhere

The Casiotone is so portable it even has a built-in carry handle.

This dive bar is a bloody winner

The former Everton boss Sean Dyche is having a pint at the far end of the bar.

Designer Foday Dumbuya dines in Stork, buys books in Soho ...and runs in Postman's Park

Home is... In Old Street, on Shepherdess Walk. I have lived here for 14 years, and love immersing myself in the amazing energy of east London. It truly does feel like a creative hub, with art, culture and community at my doorstep.

Cummings behind Partygate? Not quite...

\"Yeah, I mean obviously,\" was Dominic Cummings's claim when asked if he was behind the Partygate scandal.

The old-fashioned pub that's home to a new fashion set

..and our guide to the boozers loved by the most stylish Londoners

No LFW invite? No problem!

Your chance to snap up the hottest new designs

Can Hamilton get better of Leclerc in Ferrari switch?

Brit already looking at home with Scuderia

At home with... Harris Reed

Fashion designer Harris Reed oozes a strong sense of self. His collections, the latest of which is gracing the London Fashion Week catwalk on February 20 under the name Gilded, are celebrations of pride in identity. Pleasingly, his home is an expression of Reed's fabulous, fluid world.

Book your date with spring

Our pick of the perfect books for the new season

Scandi minimalism and 1970s flair make this the house of the year

There are clues outside Johan Hybschmann's Hackney house hinting that the inside is far from ordinary. Most of the street is lined with Victorian terraces. However, halfway along, on one side only, is a stretch of 1970s houses in a dark brick, built on an old bomb site. They are split level over three floors and most have an integrated garage. Not Hybschmann's.

Are rampaging influencers ruining life for the rest of us?

In some areas, they're besieging people's homes from dusk till dawn

Tackling road-runoff pollution in the capital

This SME's versatile retrofittable device could help London manage its invisible toxic debris

What I've learnt from 16 years at the top of British fashion

I've loved the behind-the-scenes view, but there's an important story to tell too

The tourist tax is crazy. We have to make London more attractive for international shoppers

Erudite, charming, on time (early, actually), Erdem Moralıoğlu is something of a model specimen.

The brutal lesson from a tale of two summits

Britain and Europe face an irrevocably changed world — they must respond

Back to black: meet your new favourite goth

Goth is back from the dead again. This time in the form of Jojo Orme, known as Heartworms, who feels like some laboratory creation made from the limbs and hair of Nick Cave, Patti Smith, Siouxsie Sioux and PJ Harvey.

Arteta's five-year Lewis-Skelly plan pays out in gold

Teenage star's precocious talent and fearless nature justifies the hype in breakthrough season

The Hill Garden and Pergola

Can heritage be romantic? Without a doubt.