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Raffles Doha, one half of the scimitar-shaped Katara Towers, is the Gulf city’s glitziest stay...

Chartering a jet is the pinnacle of luxury. Picture this — you’re reclining in a nappa leather armchair aboard a Gulfstream G700, the cabin bathed in golden light as an unobtrusive flight attendant tops up your Baccarat flute with Dom Pérignon.

With funeral costs rising, Peter Dick has decided on a cut-price death and many other families are doing the same

British lawyers have launched a world-first Sikh court amid claims that secular judges lack expertise to deal with the religion’s sensitivities.

A headteacher has lashed out at Ofsted for downgrading her school to “inadequate” over concerns about single-sex teaching in which only girls were given dance lessons.Ofsted’s report found that pupils at Chatham & Clarendon Grammar School in Kent were “not given the opportunity or choice to be educated with members …

Campaigners question the inclusion of hundreds of under-18s on the watchlists that police forces use in street surveillance operations

The exterior of the Fairmont Doha resembles a Bond villain’s lair, particularly when lit up at night...

The artist plays Kris Kristofferson songs on his guitar, is moved by The Deer Hunter and loves EastEnders — and The Real Housewives of Atlanta

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The Curtiss Hotel, on the revitalised waterfront of Buffalo, New York, is a sophisticated place to stay with panoramic views of the Lake Erie shoreline...