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Capital's gourmet chocolate hotspot

09.11.09
Britain's top chocolatier William Curley opens his first central London shop in Pimlico Green... more

Millennium hotels upbeat

05.11.09
Millennium and Copthorne, the international hotelier which is the first to announce hotel plans for Iraq, saw third-quarter, pre-tax profit slump by almost a third but said “the worst may be behind us” ... more

Met must think again on stop and search

16.10.09
Our interview today with black community worker Ken Hinds raises troubling questions about police use of stop-and-search... more

Bonkers for Bingo in London

09.10.09
"This was Midnight Underground Rebel Bingo, a hardcore bingo night, not to be taken lightly nor attended by old people or children." The underground bingo scene explored.... more

Bingo’s alive and clickety-clicking

08.10.09
The death of the bingo hall may have been greatly exaggerated ... more

Victoria versus Hyde: Battle of the London parks

03.08.09
It’s east versus west as Victoria and Hyde Parks vie with each other to host the best of the summer festivals. But for Olivia Cole there’s one clear winner... more

Rank blast

31.07.09
Ian Burke, chief executive of bingo, casinos and betting outfit Rank, told shareholders today to blame the Chancellor Alistair Darling for their continuing lack of dividend payouts ... more

Dates, mates and colour at Rosie's Deli Cafe

04.06.09
The combination of nice food with the miraculous place that is Brixton Market makes you want to return to Rosie's Deli Cafe.... more

Boy killed by 'silent' police car in chase

01.06.09
A 16-year-old cyclist has been knocked down and killed by a police car answering an emergency call... more

Stand fast against slowing down London

15.04.09
I've always found the "slow movement" a bit of a joke. Slow food, produced organically and sustainably, is obviously a good thing. Being generally "slow", on purpose, is impossibly stupid. But it's catching on. Slowly. This month sees the start of a 10-day Slow Down London festival. ... more

How Kingston plans to hold a Grand Prix

26.02.09
Kingston residents are lobbying to host a Formula1 Grand Prix after a motoring expert designed a street circuit... more

Letter from Dubai: Wanted, a spree you can't fake

10.12.08
British retailers have long been accused of "cashing in on Christmas - the inaugural Eid in Dubai event is drawing whispers of similar criticism here... more

No more glitz: I’m happy chez moi with DVDs

19.09.08
The crisis which has engulfed America and Britain this week is slowly but surely arriving in Paris. But for once, there is no schadenfreude about the misery Americans are suffering... more

Sean Connery: The story of a brilliant but deeply flawed man

08.08.08
Word is that Sean Connery's upcoming autobiography is a heavily sanitised account of his tempestuous life. Starting today, a major Mail series reveals the real story of this brilliant but deeply flawed man. ... more

A herbivore quango that is no friend of the arts

01.08.08
One fantastic part of London's cultural life is its array of theatre and performance groups. But earlier this year several, including the splendid Bush Theatre, Chisenhale Dance Space, the Mozart Players and the Drill Hall gay and lesbian theatre, faced the axeing of their Arts Council grants, with minimal explanation... more

Rank finds smoking ban still a choker

07.05.08
Ban has knocked back revenues in first 17 weeks of the year by 8%, says gaming group ... more

Battle inflamed by attack on Golden Temple is at a turning point ... in Britain

21.04.08
For a time in the 1980s, Sikh militants occupied the same place in the international terrorist pantheon as Muslim fundamentalists do now.... more

Stolen ancient Islamic tiles found at Sotheby's

16.04.08
Rare Islamic artefacts stolen from mosques in Turkey have been recovered by police after going on sale at Sotheby's in London... more

Revealed: Coleen McLoughlin and Wayne Rooney visited Milan in search of the perfect tuxedo

03.03.08
Wayne Rooney and his fiancée Coleen McLoughlin in the throws of planning the £3.2million wedding, and the football star spent their recent trip to Italy secretly trawling exclusive boutiques for the perfect wedding tuxedo... more

How I survived force-nine gales, vermin and spaghetti hoops in prison, by Andy Kershaw

01.03.08
BBC DJ Andy Kershaw left jail on Friday after serving six weeks for breaching a restraining order relating to his ex-partner Juliette Banner, the mother of his two children. Here his sister and fellow DJ Liz Kershaw introduces his upbeat and frank prison diaries ... more

A terrible fate should befall this Kismet

28.06.07
West End star Michael Ball made his national opera debut, but Kismet left Fiona Maddocks asking who on earth allowed the production to happen?... more

Feast your eyes on these priceless manuscripts

01.05.07
Sacred: Discover What We Share shows the oldest surviving texts of the three Abrahamic religions of Islam, Judaism and Christianity side by side for the first time.... more

Irreplaceable Ibiza

20.04.07
The arrival of Ibiza-themed nights in London's clubs has Scott Manson convinced summer is on its way, and looking forward to hardcore fun at that magical Mecca of dance music.... more

Where to eat in Chiswick

09.01.07
Want to get a bite in Chiswick? From French style to laid-back British, Charles Campion finds three great places to eat out in leafy W4.... more

2007: licence to thrill

03.01.07
From the people who will liven up London to Kylie's undies at the V&A and The Lord of the Rings in the West End, this year promises to be a prize one for getting out in the capital.... more

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