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Cold War nations celebrate day the Berlin Wall was toppled 20 years ago

09.11.09
Thousands of Germans celebrated the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall as world leaders gathered to mark the event that triggered the end of the Cold War... more

Fall of the wall was a great day for Europe

09.11.09
The 20th century was bloody and terrible in many ways but 20 years ago today, one grim chapter in the history of that time was brought to a good conclusion... more

Fear and loathing inside the BBC

12.10.09
A BBC reporter, asked for his assessment of the quality of the management of the corporation, answers the question with an anecdote. He recalls how he was walking through Television Centre a few days ago and observed Jana Bennett... more

Obama presses ‘reset’ — but can Russia change?

02.09.09
Prime Minister Putin has issued tentative criticism of the Stalinist past but Obama now needs a fresh start... more

Harry Potter star Emma Watson charms Burberry

09.06.09
Emma Watson has been unveiled as the new face of Burberry, joining a roster of past stars that includes Kate Moss, Rachel Weisz, Agyness Deyn and Stella Tennant... more

We should join euro – but won’t

21.04.09
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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

Gorby has a lot to answer for as football loses its soul

05.09.08
Many people might be held accountable for the transformation of domestic football into a bamboozling madhouse, but Matthew Norman blames Mikhail Gorbachev... more

Russia will pay for its invasion warns Miliband

27.08.08
Russia will pay a heavy economic price for its aggression, Foreign Secretary David Miliband has warned... more

Solzhenitsyn, tortured poet of Stalin's Gulag

04.08.08
Russia is in mourning today following the death of Nobel prize-winning author Alexander Solzhenitsyn, who helped to free the Russian people from Soviet tyranny ... more

Different role for Leonardo DiCaprio in 11th Hour

06.06.08
Leonardo DiCaprio gives us an insight into why he chose to make The 11th Hour and what the future holds for his acting career now that he has unleashed another talent. ... more

Mrs Thatcher the temptress - and a woman who knew all about the seductive powers of politics

05.06.08
A controversial new film about the young Margaret Thatcher's ten-year struggle to become an MP is to be screened next week. Edwina Currie reveals Mrs Thatcher wasn't afraid to use the seductive powers of politics.... more

DiCaprio does climate change

20.03.08
Doom-laden documentary, The 11th Hour, is not exciting stuff - just a bit second-hand and depressing.... more

No Chekhovian insight here

23.01.08
Penny Gold has taken no less a theme than the beginning of the end of the Soviet Union and managed to craft an astoundingly lifeless two-hour play from it with The President's Holiday.... more

Hollywood's diamond geezer

18.01.07
From a lead role in the hard-hitting Blood Diamond to his enthusiasm for green issues, former wild boy Leonardo diCaprio is growing up. ... more

Fanatics blow us up but their time is over

22.08.06
Howard Brenton shocked us in the Eighties, but then he fell out of favour. Now the provocative playwright is back. He talks to Fiona Maddocks about his new comedy on extremism.... more

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