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Ł50m family home nearly finished after 10-year delay

03.08.09

One of London's grandest private residences is due to become a family home this year after a decade of delays caused by a mountain of red tape and an embarrassing law suit... more

Designers’ boast of a gold-medal vision fades away to bronze

07.07.09

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Nothing more than a bad New Year's Eve celebration

07.07.09

Give me a break. At least a freak show has freaks and mime has meaning. In the past 24 hours I have visited Trafalgar Square three times... more

Why Quick had to quit the Met

09.04.09

Bob Quick, the country’s most senior anti-terrorism officer, has resigned. He was right to do so... more

Miliband keeps his grace and favour property

09.04.09

David Miliband has decided to retain his grace-and-favour residence despite huge pressure on the Foreign Office budget... more

Water of life for Marble Arch

09.04.09

Marble Arch is to be turned into a “beauty spot” with fountains and lights... more

Let’s have an Olympic legacy like this

17.02.09

London should take inspiration from Stockholm, Amsterdam, or even Dubai if the benefits from 2012 are to amount to more than fantasy... more

A majestic and even bigger park: now that really is a 2012 legacy

16.01.09

We’re halfway there. With 1,287 days to go until the Games, our architecture critic calls for radical thinking about the Olympic park that could outlive all the stadia... more

York & Albany restored in best of taste

01.10.08

Gordon Ramsay's first foray into hotels is a triumph on two counts: its historic setting – and the woman in the kitchen.... more

Eight new academies ... and not one has its own swimming pool

05.09.08

City academies costing hundreds of millions of pounds are being built across London without crucial sports facilities... more

Café Royal to become five-star hotel in Ł90m lease

28.08.08

The historic Café Royal in Regent Street, where Oscar Wilde and Aubrey Beardsley were once regulars, is to be transformed into a 160-bedroom five-star hotel... more

Free culture in London

13.08.08

In these straitened times, the first sacrifices are the theatre, concert tickets and art gallery visits, right? Wrong.... more

Defeat for Pimlico school campaigners

29.05.08

Parents and teachers campaigning against Pimlico School becoming an academy have lost an appeal in the High Court... more

Comment: Pimlico progress

29.05.08

A High Court judge has thrown out objections to the transformation of Pimlico School, an underachieving comprehensive which had entered special measures, into an academy... more

St Martin's, through a glass lightly

24.04.08

Prince Charles and the Archbishop of Canterbury will lead a service of thanksgiving to mark the £36 million transformation of St Martin-in-the-Fields... more

Somerset House in talks with hotel firm

18.04.08

A section of the Grade I-listed Somerset House could be converted into a hotel... more

Take the plunge

01.02.08

You can get cocktails and cabaret by the pool without leaving the West End at the newly revamped Haymarket Hotel.... more

2007: licence to thrill

03.01.07

From the people who will liven up London to Kylie's undies at the V&A and The Lord of the Rings in the West End, this year promises to be a prize one for getting out in the capital.... more

The coolest places to hangout in 2007

08.11.06

The coolest places in London to be seen at next year include the latest restaurant from the duo behind The Ivy and a new night spot by New York's "queen of clubs". ... more