News about Sophie Dahl

EVEN to hardened detectives, it was a ­macabre scene. In a second-floor bedroom strewn with rubbish and swarming with flies, in one of London 's most exclusive addresses, lay the decomposing body of a woman crudely covered with a tarpaulin and bin bags. Her hand was still clutching the crack pipe that had killed her, but such was the decay she could only be formally identified by the serial number of her pacemaker.

As 5ft 10 Alison Hammond is reportedly dating a '6ft 10in Russian masseur 20 years her junior' (bottom inset), she joins a cohort of celebrity couples who paired up with significant others who tower over them. Notably, these contrasts are evident at red carpet appearances. This includes a myriad of pairs, from the likes of A-listers Tom Holland and Zendaya (right) to Sophie Dahl and Jamie Cullen. Here, FEMAIL looks at the different celebrity couples reaching new heights. Left: Simone Biles and Jonathan Owens. Top inset: Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban.

As depicted in 1970s television hits The Good Life and Reggie Perrin, it is often assumed that the commuter-belt within an hour of London is featureless sprawl: boring suburbia. This is all inaccurate. Each of the following locations has its own distinct character, whether it be Leigh-on-Sea with its harbour views, Banbury with its convenient access to the Cotswolds (at a fraction of the price), or Tunbridge Wells, which is closer to Kent than Bath is to Somerset. Any one of them, be it Bray or Bedford, is different. However, each of these cities is a great place to live; to get a glimpse of what property costs in each area and how long it takes to London by train is a good place to live.

There are plenty of celebrity power couples out there, from Tom Holland and Zendaya to Sophie Dahl and Jamie Cullen. The difference in feet is often apparent when the two partners are photographed on red carpets, as the pair are photographed. For example, Stephen Merchant towers over his petite girlfriend Mircea Monroe when they are out and about.

Victoria Beckham Beauty is consistently good: practical, pragmatic, and resolutely high-performing, while also being chic and sleek. Victoria's own ride-or-die, even my husband's don't see-me-without-this-intuition is her eyebrow pencil (BabyBlade Brow Pencil, £30, vitoriabeckhambeauty.com).

RICHARD EDEN: There are few more stunning settings for a late summer wedding than Hilles, Gloucestershire's enchanting arts and crafts house built more than a century ago by society architect Detmar Blow - and strategically placed so that those strolling along its terraced gardens could be seen in no fewer than five counties. However, the dreamy views aren't the only thing to have lingered in the memory following Tara Guinness's nuptials (left and inset with her family) and Old Etonian investment manager James Kelway-Bamber. Following a luncheon, the dinner was held at Hilles courtesy of Tara's mother, designer Lulu Guinness (inset: center), the queen of the lips-print handbag, and there are just 50 people attending. Valentine Guinness (inset: left), Tara's father, and Tara's uncle Sebastian, who had come over from Spain, was also on hand.

Petra Khashoggi (pictured center with her new husband Danny Baker Jr.; left with her half-sisters, twins Victoria and Alexandra) married "the love of my life" ten days ago, wearing a white linen beach dress, a radiant smile, and a slew of pink and white flowers and a gold necklace. .. 'The nexus of the dead is back.' well, that's about it. The civil ceremony lasted for less than five minutes.' There was no reception, no wedding cake, and no one wanted to give her away. Petra reveals that Jonathan Aitken, the former Cabinet minister who fell from grace after undergoing a DNA test revealing she was his daughter, hasn't even met her son-in-law. Such is Petra's 'distant' relationship these days, when Aitken was informed that she had married Petra by email rather than phone. They've swapped texts for her mother, Soraya Khashoggi, from the 1970s. I would say that my friendship with both my mother and father is distant,' Petra tells me. I've been on my own in this world for the time being.' I had many advantages, but it wasn't the privileged life that people imagined.'