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Louis XIV would envy your life

Some things in life acquire an outsize popularity which defies all common sense. The outlandish appeal of such things cannot be explained except by reference to René Girard’s theory of mimetic desire – the idea that there are many things we value not for their intrinsic utility and enjoyment but because we see that other

The week in theatre: Machinal; Blue Beard; The Cord – review

Richard Jones’s supercharged staging of Sophie Treadwell’s 1920s masterpiece hits like a fist; Emma Rice subverts a dark fairytale with circus gaiety; and a young couple unravel beautifully in Bijan Sheibani’s latest

'I'm ashamed to live here': Inside Britain's most deprived estate where locals in £50k homes on 'lawless' streets earn lowest wages in the country and drug addicts steal BINS to get their fix

EXCLUSIVE: Grimsby's deprived East Marsh estate - which envelopes the Lincolnshire town's once-bustling fishing docks - has the lowest household income in England and Wales.

The Red Vine Clapham: A cosy restaurant with a rustic feel

I visited a cosy and dog-friendly south London restaurant that had a wood burner and focused on wines.

London mayoral election: Londoners struggle to see alternatives to Sadiq Khan just days away from mayoral election

Tory rival Susan Hall calls herself Sadiq Khan’s ‘bête noire’ but some Londoners would be unable to pick the Conservative candidate out of a lineup, Barney Davis writes

Sugar Daddy | Angela Carter

‘For what it's worth, I've never been in the least attracted to older men – nor they to me, for that matter.’

Bourton Roadrunners trio triumph in tackling London Marathon

Three of Bourton Roadrunner's own showed off some grit as they completed the London Marathon.

Adam Sandler is staying at the exclusive £1,000 a night hotel, Claridge's, for three months enjoying a 'detox from LA' as he films a Netflix project with George Clooney in London

He was named Hollywood's highest-paid actor last month but Adam Sandler has escaped to London to 'detox from LA' while he films for his latest role.

Tyneside properties searched in Abdul Ezedi chemical attack probe were ruled out of Met Police investigation

Jewish Londoners are afraid, Baroness Casey tells Metropolitan Police