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Sven-Goran Eriksson's lost his Sol but he's already a ghost

25.09.09
Being England football coach is rather like being leader of one of our main political parties: you seldom leave the post with your reputation enhanced. This, as we know, applies especially to Sven-Goran Eriksson or Svennis as he is known in Sweden. ... more

Surely this is the winner, a tome that makes history

08.09.09
Not one of this year's Man Booker shortlisted novels is set in the present. Perhaps we don't have any contemporary stories to tell? ... more

Historical novel favourite to win Man Booker

08.09.09
Young London writer Adam Foulds joins the shortlist for this year's £50,000 Man Booker with veteran South African writer JM Coetzee bidding for a prize hat-trick... more

Get great beer at Czechoslovak National House

19.06.09
The bar is just one part of this club for exiles from Czechoslovakia at Czechoslovak National House, which has been going since the late 1940s. ... more

Flowering rebellion could fade away as fast as it blossomed

16.06.09
Iran is on the brink, but it is going to fall the wrong way... more

Tom Stoppard: My passion

01.06.09
As Arcadia is revived in the West End and his translation of The Cherry Orchard opens at the Old Vic, the playwright lets down his guard.... more

End this downloads ban

25.02.09
As a Dutch radio station celebrates Haitink’s 80th birthday with free music online, it’s time for the BBC to stand up to the music industry... more

Mad to be sane in Every Good Boy Deserves Favour

19.01.09
Every Good Boy Deserves Favour, premiered in 1977, poses a vital question for countries where the still small voice of dissent remains stifled.... more

Václav Havel season shows an artist held in check

11.11.08
The Orange Tree’s enterprising season of work by Czech playwright-turned-dissident-turned-president Václav Havel features fours plays from the time his work was banned.... more

Masters of scissors and glue in cut and paste

26.09.08
Occasionally an exhibition both startling and compelling lands in one of London’s off-centre galleries. Cut and paste is one of them.... more

Oh! What a lovely Cold War exhibition

19.09.08
Art and design, displayed with coherence and humour, throw new light on a dark era for the Cold War Modern: Design exhibition.... more

Shoe king Bata dies at age of 93

02.09.08
Consumer: Thomas Bata, the Canadian industrialist who gave his name to hundreds of millions of shoes across the world, has died in Toronto, aged 93... more

Russia abandons truce and goes back into Georgia

14.08.08
Explosions were heard in the strategic Georgian city of Gori today as the Russian pull-out from the area appeared to collapse... more

Stand up to Putin, say Tories

12.08.08
David Cameron has compared Vladimir Putin's war in Georgia to Nazi invasions of the Thirties as he called for international retaliation against Russia... more

Is Soros taking his biggest gamble ever?

18.07.08
The buzz in the City is that George Soros, the greatest speculator of the age, is betting heavily that the FTSE will plummet... more

Robert Maxwell's war medals up for auction

04.06.08
Media tycoon Robert Maxwell's war medals, including the Military Cross for bravery, are expected to fetch up to £8,000 at auction next month... more

Revealed: the story behind the Soviet tank with its guns trained on council HQ

11.04.08
The sight of this former Soviet tank on a quiet London street has received more than an occasional bemused glance from passers-by... more

Stoppard and Pinter set for Gala

20.02.08
Undettered by their ban in their own country, the Belarus Free Theatre is hosting a star-studded double bill tonight.... more

Stars back theatre group banned in their homeland

20.02.08
Sir Tom Stoppard will host a gala tonight in support of a theatre company banned in its home country... more

The year of my big break

30.11.07
Eight months on, Frances Barber talks of her struggle to overcome a devastating leg injury and her triumphant return to the West End.... more

Spinster gave away £5 million art collection

27.03.07
Staff at the Courtauld Institute of Art received a collection of more than 50 paintings valued at £5 million. Yet nobody at the gallery had heard of their owner, Dorothy Scharf.... more

Rufus triumphant as Rock'n'Roll rules

27.11.06
Sir Tom Stoppard's politics and music saga Rock'n'Roll blasted its way to a double victory at the prestigious Evening Standard Theatre Awards.... more

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