For Gavin and his family, the new last name means a new beginning, said Jill Plouffe, Gavin’s grandmother and now his adoptive mother. “A whole new everything,” Plouffe said, choking back tears.

Gavin DeGraw, whose work has straddled pop, rock and country and who is perhaps best known for hits off his album Chariot ...

Gavin Houghton's brief for the drawing room of a London art dealer was simple: do whatever you like, so long as it's elegant and shows touches of wit. Newsletter Newsletter; By Arabella Youens.