14 February 2012 12:43PM
Just back from the Leicester Comedy Festival. It may not have quite the cachet of the Edinburgh Fringe, but it does have one thing in its favour. The train from St Pancras takes barely an hour so Londoners really could...
13 February 2012 3:29PM
Lost in translation London cabbies have the reputation that they have an opinion on everything; they will not go south of the River; and know just about anything to do with London, all of which we do little to dispel, but which are patiently untrue. This third urban myth that...
13 February 2012 11:54AM
Spurs is abandoning a promise to invest £16 million in the riot-hit Tottenham community in a bid to salvage plans for a new £400m stadium. The football club, which made a £32.3 million profit last year, says a 60,000-seat arena is "not financially viable" if it has to fund a...
13 February 2012 9:05AM
In Davos last month there was a room decked out in the style of a casino for entrepreneurs and those politicians and bureaucrats in attendance because of their apparent - but unproven - business acumen. Rather than traditional games, such as roulette, this elite space was home to a workshop,...
10 February 2012 4:15PM
The playwright Alan Ayckbourn made a rare appearance at one of his own West End first nights to catch the play which has not seen here since its premiere 37 years ago. Sir Alan, 72, said: "There are spoilt children...
10 February 2012 8:54AM
BORIS Johnson has been accused of manipulating poll data to claim that more londoners were taking up exercise due to the Olympics. The mayor has exaggerated the London 2012 effect by falsely claiming two thirds of Londoners have adopted active lifestyles, it is claimed. He also paints a rosier picture...
6 February 2012 6:20PM
GOOGLE has revealed ambitious plans for an 'internet university' to help online firms in the east end. The firm today unveiled plans for a seven storey building in Shoreditch, close to the area dubbed Silicon Roundabout. Called Campus, it will...
21 November 2011 10:34AM
By Jack Rivlin There was an awkward silence on Newsnight on Tuesday. An unemployed graduate was complaining about his bad job prospects when Jeremy Paxman interjected: "Maybe you should choose a degree that gets you a job." Well hang on a minute, Paxo. Is the only point of going to...
9 November 2011 5:10PM
For the indecisive amongst you, Regent's street restaurants have a tempting offer. The new 'graze and go' Food Safari experience encourages you to eat your way around the world and try a selection of small plate dishes from a variety of restaurants. Regent Street and its two food quarters; Heddon...
3 July 2011 6:27AM
I'm typing this on a dusty, wobbling morning in Dubai, on my way from Sydney to NYC where I'll be working on assignment for the Daily Mail for a while. As the plane pushed through a hazier sky than any I remember (is desert dust any different to ash clouds?),...
9 May 2011 4:56PM
Ken Livingstone has launched his new campaign website which will be essential reading for Londoners who want to know what Labour's candidate is proposing on key policy areas such as transport and crime in the 2012 race. However my favourite entry so far is Ken's response to the question "Will...
1 April 2011 4:02PM
Unlike my colleage Andrew Neather - who admittedly does know a lot more about the subject than me, I am shedding a little winey tear for poor old Oddbins today. You have to be of a certain age - definitely...
8 March 2011 9:26AM
I believe it is Shrove Tuesday. I am reliably informed by that fabulous source of information, the Hallmark site. If you are ever at a loss as to what to celebrate, how to spend your hard-earned cash, what type of tat to buy for your beloved/children/parents/doctor/dentist/midwife (delete as appropriate), then...
30 July 2010 5:03PM
Elton John, Bono, Paris Hilton, Kate Moss, Bruce Willis, Ralph Lauren, even Saudi Princes and world statesmen - the list is endless - will all soon have to find a new summer playground if the Mayor of Ramateulle, a small district in the south of France, has his way. Pampelone...
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