20 November 2009 7:34PM
I've been busy in Brussels the last couple of days and so completely missed Iain Dale's much-anticipated list of 100 top political journos. It was flattering enough to zip up the overall chart this year (to 32), but to get...
20 November 2009 4:25PM
Today, guest blogger Iain Pickles values the unambiguous power of a price... When it comes to putting a value on something, a particular credit card company is well known for doing just that, but as we all know there are certain things which are priceless. And now according to a...
20 November 2009 4:10PM
Here's this week's instalment of the latest entertainment news from the capital: We give you our verdict on Letting In Air at The Old Red Lion Find out what productions are worth booking in advance. The London Listings Lowdown fills you in on the best film releases and upcoming gigs...
20 November 2009 2:53PM
The British Olympic Association has a new logo. Apparently the one with the tail interferes with the clarity of the Olympic rings. Mmmm. Better than the 2012 logo anyway. The BOA opened their new Soho headquarters last month and this week 20-or-so Olympics correspondents were invited to a look around...
20 November 2009 9:03AM
Last night Katie Price proved herself to be quite perceptive, commenting: "I think the public want to give me a bad time". I'd hereby like to place on record an apology to the great British voting public. I've not been giving you enough credit and for that I'm sorry. Aside...
20 November 2009 8:06AM
"HOW can you walk in those?" a man asked me earlier this week as I tottered along in my four inch high studded boots. He had chased me down the road to pass on some (entirely unwanted) sartorial advice: "You'd look so much better in a pair of kitten heels...
20 November 2009 6:56AM
Students are synonymous with work experience: working for nothing, prostituting ones' services in the hope of learning something and perhaps even impressing someone in the long-term. It can be from a few days to weeks, sometimes months. I know a girl who worked for 2 days a week, entirely free...
20 November 2009 6:42AM
For all Alan Bennett's cosy reputation, there is a darker streak epitomised by the discomforting apologia for pupil groping in The History Boys. While an artist is under no obligation to be principled and even less so to be politically...
19 November 2009 11:11AM
I wouldn't be surprised if France go on to win the World Cup after cheating their way past Ireland - such is the cruel hand of footballing fate. Remember Italy in 2006? It took a dive by Fabio Grosso against a robust Australia side to keep the Italians in the...
19 November 2009 8:28AM
Democracy in action at Barnet town hall last night, as around 200 people gathered for the first of a two-day hearing to determine what is probably the biggest planning application in London - the proposed transformation of Brent Cross shopping centre and the surrounding area (below). Opponents were out in...
18 November 2009 3:40PM
Interesting British Comedy Awards nominations announced today. Some are a lot easier to have predicted than others. It is no surprise that man of the moment Michael McIntyre is up for three nominations, or that the TV-friendly Alan Carr is...
18 November 2009 2:36PM
Remember the days when Barratt was a byword for dodgy quality and even dodgier customer care? Back in the 1990s a Barratt spokesman once actually said to me: "Compensation is not a word in our vocabulary". So no one is more surprised than I am to find this company has...
18 November 2009 12:42PM
Shares of Cadbury were nudging towards the 800p level today after the American candy bar group Hershey responded to mounting speculation and confirmed that it was reviewing its option with regard to bidding for the UK's biggest confectioner. The likelihood is that Hershey will launch a counterbid for Cadbury, either...
18 November 2009 11:15AM
Camels can't ski. Well not very well. Perhaps, as the season approaches a new alter ego should be adopted. Grumpygoat? I skia bit. I enjoy skiing and am honest about my limitations. "Oh I muddle down most things", was how one friend described his abilities on the slopes when quizzed...
18 November 2009 10:56AM
Driving down Kensington high street in a car emitting the sound of a retro scifi spaceship is a rather odd experience. The remote control in my hand lets me adjust the volume and even the sound of my car, a...
18 November 2009 10:20AM
Carla Bruni is without doubt the political leader's wife who has racked up the longest list of exes, a lot of them famous: rock stars, film stars, poets, philosophers. Now she is with the most powerful man in France. In a recent article in French Grazia she is reported to...
17 November 2009 3:15PM
Fancy having a singalong with X Factor band Miss Frank? Well, here's your chance. The girl group will be performing with members of the public as part of We Sing Nintendo Wii launch event. It takes place between 1pm and 3pm at GAME, 100 Oxford Street on Thursday 19th November...
17 November 2009 11:21AM
How difficult could it be? A hen night in London with a £150 per person budget. Difficult? I had no idea. I'd organised hens before, in Paris and in the countryside. Part of the fun is the travel, the same couldn't be said of staying in London. A London hen...
12 November 2009 5:05PM
I have been asked to be the star turn at my secondary school's speech day this year as a "distinguished" old boy. I can't tell you how chuffed this makes me feel, although slightly alarmed as well. Back in the...
12 November 2009 4:09PM
The sun is always shining brightly over White Hart Lane, even when we're on our international break. This week, see's our Cameron Diaz lookalike Russian, Roman Pavlyuchenko, tell everyone that he wants to move away from Tottenham as he can't bear warming the bench any longer. I have to say...
12 November 2009 3:46PM
Cult HQ has set up an interview for me for the "only position still open within the company" of junior or graduate sales person. Terrific stuff, cannot wait. The fellow who will be 'interviewing' me is a (very droll) peer of mine who sat alongside me on the European Management...
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...
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...
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