6 November 2009 4:48PM
There's been a bit of a debate amongst the Evening Standard Online team as to what songs we want to see John & Edward sing. After a careful elimination process I think we have our final ten: Thriller - Michael Jackson We want a full scale production herewerewolf get up,...
6 November 2009 1:54PM
It's November and the residents of The Maldives are perplexed. This is the start of the tourist season, the rain should have gone and planes packed with holidaymakers escaping the onslaught of winter should be landing in baking sunshine. Surprise and delight has turned to shock and despair as increasingly...
6 November 2009 12:02PM
After the Sir Nicholas Winterton bum-slapping episode, Tory MP Nadine Dorries is spilling the beans on a Scottish Labour MP who harassed her in the Commons. She tweets: "A Scottish Labour MP...walked upto me in the cloakroom and said: 'You...
6 November 2009 11:17AM
Another delightful piece of communication from Cult HQ. Despite being a "valued member of staff", they are unable to allocate me elsewhere within the business to make use of my skills, knowledge and experience. Furthermore, the vacancies that existed up until last week have suddenly - funnily enough - been...
6 November 2009 11:09AM
It must be one of the oldest surviving pieces of health and safety advice: "light the blue touch paper and retire." If only it was that easy. The words of pyrotechnic wisdom were playing through my mind as I fumbled...
6 November 2009 9:58AM
A poll claims more than 40% of Britons are scared about funding Christmas this year. According to Moneysupermarket, 66% of shoppers haven't saved enough to buy all the prezzies, tinsel and booze required so plan to splash out on credit cards, overdrafts, loans and December's income. Alternatively we could all...
5 November 2009 4:05PM
I've always hated the FA Cup. Not only does it needlessly interrupt the fantasy football season, but it has literally always been a thorn in my side - Stoke City, my team, have never reached the final. (For those interested the Potters drew with Arsenal in the 1971 FA Cup...
5 November 2009 11:43AM
Bid target Cadbury of Dairy Milk fame was trading a touch softer for choice again today. The shares now stand just 25p higher than the offer of 740p a share made by US food giant Kraft. It is an offer made up of a mixture of cash and shares. City...
5 November 2009 10:26AM
In these days, there are such things as flirting and charisma experts who are keen to tell us that 'everything in life is a flirting opportunity'. There's even a book about it, 'Flirting for Dummies' by Elizabeth Clark. And yes, she's an expert. Apparently, the British are very bad flirters...
4 November 2009 3:38PM
Ambrosia: Classical myth. The food of the gods, said to bestow immortality. Anything particularly delightful to taste or smell. (Collins Eng Dict) Four of our last five games, culminating with Queens Park Rangers at Loftus Road (Nov 3), have been 1-1 results. But as three of those were away, one...
4 November 2009 3:26PM
If Culture Secretary Ben Bradshaw really does want to rally the arts world to stop an incoming Tory government, he really needs to grasp a few essentials. The first one being the fundamental flaw in this call to arms: "We...
4 November 2009 9:07AM
In our exclusive interview Stereophonics lead singer Kelly Jones talks about his return to the music scene with seventh album Keep Calm and Carry on. He lets us know what we can expect from the 12-track record and gives us an insight into the making of it. The band's previous...
4 November 2009 6:51AM
Remember the saying "Crime wouldn't pay if the Government ran it"? Well, two recent property sales - or should I say failed property sales - suggest that this is still very much the case. The two are within spitting distance of each other in Belgravia. One was last occupied by...
3 November 2009 5:04PM
It's not every day you find yourself sitting opposite Ted Danson. I have of course, many a day, found myself opposite Ted Danson, but in a strictly home entertainment, 2D sort of a way, separated by celluloid, glass, plastic and whatever else goes into watching VHS movies crica 1990. But...
3 November 2009 9:38AM
Hello, good morning and welcome to Matthew Pencharz, now in day two as Boris's new political adviser. Mr Pencharz used to work for Boris when he was Tory MP for Henley but has returned to the fold following the departure of Alex Crowley to the wonderful world of PR. Mr...
30 October 2009 2:14PM
Gadget site Firebox has responded quickly to the postal crisis, setting up a network of couriers to deliver parcels. However, they've also been busy developing a game showing the problems they face, and the highly addictive Royal Fail game has...
30 October 2009 11:11AM
I'm thinking of reporting a persistent fault to mobile phone manufacturers. It would appear that over use causes the device to adhere to the user's ear. Cabbies are getting increasing annoyed by our punters complete inability to communicate in the normal way. They hail you and mumble their destination while...
8 October 2009 12:47PM
It's that time of the year when I start to get piles. Don't worry, fans (both of you), it's not a medical condition, I'm referring to piles of press releases publicising Christmas comedy tours and Christmas comedy DVDs. What I've...
6 October 2009 11:49AM
Refusing to use leather and fur doesn't seem to have done Stella McCartney any harm. The latest accounts from the designer's eponymous label show business is booming, despite the recession. Doubtless McCartney long ago proved her detractors wrong - they of the "just the daughter of a Beatle" rants -...
16 September 2009 1:52PM
Has anybody noticed there's a major one-day international series going on? England's "Ashes Heroes" are being utterly humiliated by Ponting, Lee, and co and look set to record a staggering 7-0 whitewash defeat. It's a national sporting catastrophe but almost nobody cares. Yet any contest between the old rivals is...
28 August 2009 4:50PM
I know, I know. It says "London Life" at the top of this screen, butI feel I've barely been in London for the past month. Rather, I've been on a whistle stop tour of the British countryside, some for holiday,...
11 August 2009 2:53PM
Normally in August there is a calmness to the City. The European workers depart for their month holiday, the bosses of the big banks head of to St Kitts and St Barts. Back in the office the juniors keep the wheels going round, but without any real authority to do...
21 July 2009 12:43PM
Complaining that you haven't heard of half the acts on the Mercury shortlist doesn't just miss the point, it flies wide of the target altogether. If you have heard of all of the 12 albums, the judges have failed in...
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