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Decade, Commodity Quay - review

09.09.11
Decade is an ambitious attempt to mark the 10th anniversary of 9/11. This is a bold experiment in engaging with history, realised with flair... more

Staging 9/11 as an art form

02.09.11
Ten years on, London's arts world is marking the fall of the Twin Towers. Johanna Thomas-Corr reports... more

Twombly and Poussin: Arcadian Painters, Dulwich Picture Gallery - review

28.07.11
An odd new show pairs beautiful Poussins with sketchy Twomblys - order and discipline versus childish blobs and scribbles ... more

Postcard from Southend - easyJet's latest airport route

27.06.11
Feature: From next year, Essex's best-known seaside resort will have a new role to play, as easyJet's latest airport route into the capital... more

An artful look behind the doors of power

03.06.11
Samantha Cameron has selected a painting normally hidden behind closed doors at No 10 as one of her choices in the first public exhibition of work from the Government Art Collection... more

David Miliband can’t do both politics and TV

11.01.11
The relationship between politicians and journalists is founded on mutual envy and contempt... more

Press rejoice at prospect of royal wedding

17.11.10
Media analysis: The royal wedding circus rolls back into town like it's 1981 all over again... more

I’ll give heads power to punish pupils for behaviour outside school, says Michael Gove

05.10.10
Headteachers are to be given new powers to punish children who misbehave on the way to and from school, Education Secretary Michael Gove announced today... more

We've gone mad about a woman's right to shoes

22.09.10
Michael Bloomberg, the mayor of New York, enjoys approval ratings that Boris Johnson would eat his own nose for - and only two pairs of shoes... more

Could Oona King rule London?

02.08.10
Oona King, the woman who wants to be Mayor, says being a parent is the driving force behind her bid. Pippa Crerar reports.... more

Oona King can tackle violence, says The Wire star Idris Elba

23.07.10
Idris Elba, star of The Wire and Luther, was unveiled as the latest high-profile supporter of Oona King’s campaign to be Mayor... more

Simon Schama backs Oona King for mayor with donation

14.07.10
Television historian Simon Schama was revealed as a major backer of London mayoral hopeful Oona King, as she unveiled her plans to make City Hall more transparent... more

The MPs' expenses witch-hunt has gone too far

01.06.10
Not since Othello dispatched Desdemona has there been such an outpouring of anguish as has followed the resignation of David Laws... more

David Dimbleby: History shows on TV fill the gaps left by schools

09.03.10
Broadcaster David Dimbleby criticises the paucity of history teaching in schools... more

Any advance on the peanuts paid to authors now?

10.09.09
Sometime in the next few days I will be writing one of the most beautiful four-letter words in the English language: ends... more

Are we the next nation of surrender monkeys?

25.08.09
For Americans who like to think of Scotland as the home of Braveheart and mellow-voiced golf commentators, the decision to release Abdelbaset al-Megrahi has come as a shock... more

Our restaurants lead the world - so let’s celebrate

11.08.09
A new annual festival will salute London restaurateurs, their chefs and staff, and not before time. Bon appetit...... more

There's now a science to writing great books

01.07.09
Judging the Samuel Johnson Prize began as an over-enthusiastic book club - each of us had 40 books to read in three months - and ended in personal transformation... more

North Korea ‘going postal’ is truly scary

29.05.09
As the North Korea story unfolds, I wonder whether we are watching a nuclear state going postal. This is very scary stuff indeed... more

Quirky art of understatement from Mirza and Munnery

05.02.09
While Shazia Mirza covers well-trodden terrain, Simon Munnery is a scruffy clown that revels in obscurity.... more

BBC puts arts back into focus

28.01.09
The BBC has launched a bid to reclaim the public service broadcasting high ground with a giant package of new arts and music programmes... more

The iPod generation has the most to lose in a global recession

22.10.08
The global recession will hit everyone but not equally. The extent of the pain will depend on how much debt you are in... more

Slow drifts on a choppy voyage

01.10.07
The theatre-world's golden boy Rupert Goold should have cut, reshaped and made the adaptation of Rough Crossings a better journey.... more

The man who made us love Macbeth

28.09.07
London's most promising theatre director, Rupert Goold, takes a moment to talk about his latest show and future plans.... more

Goolden boy of theatre

25.09.07
Prolific 35-year-old director, Rupert Goold, is the new darling of theatreland and has two new major plays opening in London this week.... more

Art world descends on London

21.02.07
With artwork from places as diverse as Australia, Russia, Japan, Africa, China, Poland and Ireland on sale, the 20:21 International Art Fair should live up to its name.... more

Lust and libido get the blame

14.11.06
Forced Entertainment's anarchic gallop through the history of the world in The World In Pictures is wildly energetic yet ultimately sombre.... more

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