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US politician puts blame on Churchill for Second World War

04.09.09
The row over responsibility for the Second World War broke out again last night at the Evening Standard and Intelligence Squared's joint debate on Winston Churchill... more

City Spy: Osborne’s strange praise for Sassoon

22.07.09
In launching his putsch on the Financial Services Authority and overhaul of City regulation, George Osborne paid tribute to Sir James Sassoon as the Shadow Chancellor’s adviser. This is most odd... ... more

The Hobgoblin is worth a closer look

29.05.09
Nothing's really changed much on the outside at the Hobgoblin, but step inside and you will find a jolly traditional pub... more

Battle of Britain hero's statue 'too traditional for Trafalgar plinth'

05.05.09
Plans for a statue of a Battle of Britain hero in Trafalgar Square are expected to be rejected because they are not "avant-garde" enough... more

Victoria hopes to click again as new media hub

27.04.09
Pimlico has had a poor press. Some may still see it as a Belgravia wannabe, but the area has come a long way since GK Chesterton decried its poverty-struck streets as a "desperate thing"... more

Hello, London! Why the world's best performers want to play in the capital

15.04.09
Vienna, Paris and Milan may have the musical heritage but the world’s best performers all want to play here...... more

London drinkers lift Shepherd Neame

24.03.09
Shepherd Neame, which has controversially traded on invoking the spirit of the Second World War, said Londoners are happily drinking their way through the financial blitzkrieg... more

Letters reveal how 'fat-boy Goering was knocked off his perch' at trials

20.03.09
Britain's prosecutor at the Nuremberg Trials bragged he had knocked "fat boy" Hermann Goering "off his perch", previously unseen letters reveal... more

Dr Marten I presume...

16.03.09
From workwear staple to iconic fashion statement: the boot is back, thanks to Aggy ... more

Man who brought newspapers into the future dies at 80

10.03.09
Bert Hardy, one of the most powerful figures in the newspaper industry in a career spanning 65 years, has died after a long illness at the age of 80... more

Snowball duel at 10 paces, Pushkin-style

03.02.09
"The destruction," said The Today programme as I sloped into the kitchen yesterday morning, "is widespread."... more

Proms brought to close with flair

15.09.08
Kitted out in Welsh red dragon coat trimmed with saltire and cross of St George, Bryn Terfel led the lusty crowd in Rule, Britannia! at the Last Night of the Proms.... more

Thames reveals forgotten wrecks

26.08.08
17th century warship and 'Dad's Navy' gunboat among the vessels rediscovered in huge salvage operation filmed by BBC.... more

A time for mischief: Bill Paterson and the day he built his very own H-bomb

01.08.08
It's a blazing summer - and time for mischief. What better way for a boy to spend the holidays than bringing mayhem to his tenement backyard?... more

Women who give 'little boys' a caning for cash

24.07.08
The case shed a fascinating light not only on the private sexual preferences of a public figure but on the hidden world of BDSM - Bondage, Domination and Sado-Masochism... more

Battle of Trafalgar Square

07.03.08
RAF veterans call for statue of leader who saved Britain ... more

21st century pub

30.10.07
Hackney seems to be moving further upmarket and the Spurstowe Arms only adds to the impression that West London is moving East. ... more

Nazi claim halts sale of Lloyd Webber's Picasso

09.11.06
As the £30 million Absinthe Drinker is withdrawn from auction at the last minute, we reveal a secret deal over another masterpiece looted by the Germans during the war.... more

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