He blew the mind of a young Claudia Winkleman, gave Michael Palin a glimpse of the future and inspired Mike Leigh to make a film of his life. As a new Tate Britain exhibition opens, we ask seven celebrity fans to pick their favourite painting by JMW Turner. ...read

Eating anywhere run by members of the St John Diaspora, from Hereford Road to Anchor and Hope, usually guarantees a thoroughly decent lunch. But when the food starts to arrive, we realise that although chef/co-proprietor James Lowe was forged in the civilised heat of the St John kitchen, the cooking here is very much his own. ...read

While there's nothing wrong with splashing out, will fine wine lovers make a beeline for Lidl, and has it got the best bottles for wine lovers prepared to flash the cash? Lidl will of course still stock its value options as well as these new posh numbers, and there's no doubt we Brits love a wine bargain, whether it's from Aldi, Waitrose or your local indie. But I'll be fascinated to see the response to these upmarket bottles. ...read

The signature gadget at the Berlin’s IFA technology fair seems to be smartwatches, with new bracelets, bands and watches revealed by every tech brand worth its salt. Judging by the ones shown on stage and on the wrists of the audience, supposedly the cream of Europe’s tech taste-makers, they are still cheap and for the younger end of the market. Models like Acer’s Liquid Leap are slimmer and more pleasing to the eye, and conquer one of the big down sides to smartwatches, battery life, with a claimed running time of seven days. ...read

She reaches 60mph in 4.5-5.5 seconds, depending on how many horses you've paid for, and on a track she'll happily slip sideways with a sexy opposite lock going on in the cockpit. Off road, too, she is impressive, mighty even, albeit much mightier than I am guessing any of her future owners will ever need her to be. And remember, as clever and brilliant as that all-wheel-drive, all-terrain technology that you may never use undoubtedly is, you're paying big time for the pleasure. ...read

The star-studded charity game was a sell-out - 8,000 very excited locals, 99 per cent of whom had come to watch the great Brian Lara bat. Beefy tossed the coin and I called 'Heads' correctly. 'You can bat,' I told Lara.'What's your thinking, skipper?' asked Beefy, on camera. 'To get Brian in as fast as possible, so I can get him out.' ...read

It was where he partied with Bowie, first fell in love... and created some of the 20th century’s greatest art. In an exclusive extract from a riveting new book by Christopher Simon Sykes, friends, lovers and the man himself reveal how he took LA – then the world – by storm. ...read

Spandau Ballet – the band of New Romantic brothers that broke a million hearts, sold 25 million albums, topped the charts in 21 countries, had five million radio plays, were Bob Geldof’s ‘must get’ band at Live Aid, the designer pop group who disintegrated bitterly then reunited triumphantly – are back. And this time they’ve made a movie. ...read