A Hounslow boy, trained as a doctor, he dreamed of R&B stardom. Now Jay Sean’s US No 1 hit has sold two million copies. X Factor wannabes take note.
Read full article...With the hit TV cookery show about to go live at Olympia, we put five chefs through the 30-minute Invention test. Nick Curtis tucks in
The Evening Standard asked five of those involved to undertake the successful TV programme's Invention Challenge, to book a dish in 30 minutes from a box of mystery ingredients
Norwich has plenty of history, olde worlde charm and culture to woo visitors to East Anglia - and at last, it has a decent hotel
It's 20 years since the Berlin Wall came down, and even longer since Nick Curtis lived in Germany's most iconic city. So what does he make of Berlin now?
They are cheap to run, breeze past queues and don't pay the congestion charge. Nick Curtis reports on the London businesses abandoning four wheels for two
Women have helmed some first-rate films this year but still account for only three per cent of the industry’s directors, says Nick Curtis
Though we take it for granted, and frequently curse it to high heaven, the London Underground is a wonder
He's rich enough to retire for good, so why does Mark Guard spend his days with a ragtag band of squatters occupying empty townhouses in some of London's most exclusive districts?
The sheer sexiness of Brazil is the latest subject of Testino’s lens. Nick Curtis can appreciate the űber-photographer’s fascination
When you're showing off in the kitchen it's now the size of your book that matters. Nick Curtis finds it difficult to lift and blend
Following his mighty performance in Jerusalem, Mark Rylance tries playing Beckett in the West End.
The sudden death of his star devastated director Terry Gilliam. He could have given up on the film they were making but, says daughter Amy, they had to finish it in tribute to their lost friend.
The £6 million, half-mile flyover in Chiswick is one of the stranger manifestations of civic London pride
Alistair McGowan made his reputation as a comedian — but as his debut play is unveiled, he can’t stop talking about heavy subjects.
With the first of his Five Day Features due for release, maverick director Shane Meadows is ready for a revolution.
John Lennon, Charles Darwin, John Keats and Heath Ledger are all coming soon in a bumper crop of homegrown releases
Marc Price’s horror film Colin, made for just £45 and fêted at Cannes, follows in a tradition of movies set in a nightmare London. Tooting Broadway is now firmly on the undead map
Love him or loathe him, Adam Sandler is in London to promote his latest film, Funny People. Here, he attempts to explain his extraordinary draw.
Recreating historic flight to Paris… with a Standard man on board again
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