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Evening Standard wins commentary awards

20.10.11
The Evening Standard has been honoured for the quality of its comment by Editorial Intelligence, the latest of a string of prestigious awards for the paper... more

'Women writers are different, I can tell, they are unequal to me'

01.06.11
Nobel Prize-winning author VS Naipaul has raised hackles by dismissing women writers as 'unequal' to him and criticising their 'sentimentality'... more

Evening Standard wins Newspaper of the Year

12.05.11
The Evening Standard has capped an unprecedented year of recognition... more

A part of me died when I lost my son... but now I help others cope

28.03.11
The Dispossessed: After Terry Booker was stabbed to death, mother Lynne found she could not get support. So she set up her own charity for grieving families, she tells Tom Harper... more

The Dispossessed Fund: Lottery gives £1m to help us fight poverty

25.03.11
The Evening Standard Dispossessed Fund makes history by winning an extraordinary windfall of £1million from the Big Lottery Fund... more

Thank you London for helping the Dispossessed

24.12.10
Londoners whose lives have been transformed by the Evening Standard Dispossessed Fund sent a message of thanks to everyone who contributed to the campaign... more

The Dispossessed: Prince William hails your 'extraordinary' £5m response

13.12.10
The Evening Standard's appeal to change the lives of Londoners reaches incredible new total thanks to your generosity... more

Let’s show world the power of London’s theatre, says Rebecca Hall

26.11.10
Rebecca Hall highlighted the global standing of the London stage today as she prepared to take her place at the 56th Evening Standard Theatre Awards... more

The Dispossessed campaign wins charity award

04.11.10
Evening Standard receives Britain’s foremost philanthropy award, the Beacon Prize, after raising £4.8 million for the Dispossessed Fund... more

First national paper in 25 years gets ‘i’ praise

26.10.10
Britain's first new national daily newspaper in nearly 25 years launched today... more

The Olympics are on course to be a runaway success

09.09.10
Initial pessimism about the Games has been replaced by excitement, particularly among the business community... more

‘Jaw-dropping’ 2012 Olympics displays to dazzle visitors

07.09.10
Boris Johnson reveals plans to deliver a “jaw-dropping” visitor experience during the Olympics... more

The Dispossessed: 'An amazing effort, but keep giving'

13.08.10
Charity bosses tell how the Dispossessed campaign would have a “profound effect” on the lives of thousands of Londoners thanks to the generosity of Evening Standard readers... more

An incredible journey to reach out to London’s dispossessed

13.08.10
A conversation between an award-winning writer and his editor started an odyssey into a hidden London. David Cohen encountered poverty and despair but also heroism. And as he wrote, the capital stirred. This is how a story became a call to arms...... more

The Dispossessed: Answer Prince’s call to arms and support our £1m appeal

20.07.10
The Standard makes a £1 million plea on behalf of the Dispossessed. Help us change lives by backing our fund to fight poverty... more

Why it won’t be the newspapers wot won the election

05.05.10
Media Analysis: History shows there are limits to the press’s influence in elections — even before Lib-Dems’ shock rise in 2010 ... more

I’m not going to talk about anything other than victory. I am fighting to the finish

04.05.10
Interview: As Labour trails in the polls, Gordon Brown reveals exclusively to Geordie Greig why he believes he can still finally be elected PM and how he learned from his Mrs Duffy gaffe... more

MPs get special Evening Standard edition on poverty campaign

11.03.10
Special edition of the Evening Standard is handed to MPs as part of The Dispossessed campaign on poverty in the capital... more

Lucian Freud: I owed the Kray twins half a million pounds

25.02.10
Artist tells the Standard how he was once up to half a million pounds in debt to the Krays because of his gambling habit... more

Best books of the year - part two

26.11.09
More of our regular reviewers reveal the books that have given them the greatest pleasure in 2009... more

Sex, scandals and parties: 300 years of life on planet Tatler

08.10.09
Tatler may be an ageing grande dame at 300 years old but she is as relevant today as she has always been... more

Honoured by the Standard: best state schools in London

07.05.09
Children and teachers gathered last night to celebrate the best of state education in London at the Evening Standard School Awards... more

Boris: I may only serve one term as Mayor of London

23.04.09
Boris Johnson revealed that he might not stand for a second term as Mayor — and would be ready to serve as Prime Minister... more

Mikhail Gorbachev calls for world unity on Standard visit

12.03.09
Mikhail Gorbachev used a visit to the Evening Standard to call for a new era of international co-operation - and urged America to stop acting as the world's policeman... more

New editor for the Evening Standard

02.02.09
Veronica Wadley is stepping down after seven years as editor of the Evening Standard. Geordie Greig is to be the newspaper's new editor. ... more

Bump in the night: A heavily pregnant Kirstie Allsopp blooms at Tatler summer party

26.06.08
Being heavily pregnant didn't stop Kirstie Allsop from being the belle of the ball last night at the Tatler magazine summer party.... more

Day in the life of London's smartest cafe

29.11.06
Sir Terry Wogan, Ralph Fiennes and Sir David Frost were among the sightings when Simon Davis spent a day in The Wolseley.... more


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