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Relive the renaissance in Florence

19.11.09
Florence has moved on since Sarah Sands last visited - this time it was a hotel created out of two palaces that proved the highlight... more

Greek secrets and Warhol's rise to fame

08.10.09
When a dancer friend of Andy Warhol's pirouetted out of a window to his death on the sidewalk below, Warhol is reputed to have sighed and said: "Oh God I wish I'd been there to film it"... more

These are a few of my favourite things

07.09.09
JB Priestley’s 1949 collection of short essays about things that delighted him has been updated by the members of the London Library. From girl bands to Bexhill-on-Sea, here six of them reveal their secret delights...... more

Tennis - it's a fortnight, not a game

29.06.09
SPORTING events turn us all into instant experts. Cometh the World Cup, cometh our intimate knowledge of "catenaccio" and Cameroonian goalkeepers. Then, when the jamboree folds up, so does our dossier of facile judgments.... more

Greedy chain Strada won't be getting any of my tips

08.06.09
An optional gratuity of 15 per cent has been added to your bill.” Thirteen words to put a song in your heart, aren't they? They dare you to ask for it to be removed, knowing fine well you won't... more

Martin Amis's lovers laid bare

02.06.09
Ex-girlfriend reveals all in literary kiss-and-tell ... with his blessing... more

Udderbelly will have us laughing all the way to Southbank

27.05.09
A new comedy festival in a cow-shaped tent by the Thames aims to bring some Edinburgh spirit to London.... more

Forget 'honorary jokes': Carol Ann can show us why poetry matters

01.05.09
With its token £5,750-a-year salary and case of wine for your trouble, our Poet Laureateship has long been what the outgoing laureate Andrew Motion has affectionately termed an "honorary joke"... more

Cherishable stories from Clive James

30.01.09
Within a few minutes of arriving on stage at Artsdepot, Clive James pointed out that he was not a stand-up comedian.... more

The extraordinary life of London's leading agent

22.10.08
As the literary world mourns the sudden death of Pat Kavanagh, a portrait is emerging of a steely operator and a woman who inspired awe and fear in equal measure... more

Tributes pour in for legendary literary agent Pat Kavanagh

21.10.08
Tributes poured in for Pat Kavanagh, the legendary literary agent and wife of novelist Julian Barnes, who has died from a brain tumour... more

BBC axes 'What the Papers Say' after 52 years

29.05.08
The BBC has axed the second longest running show on British television - newspaper review programme What The Papers Say.... more

Slick Nick

18.12.07
Nick Einhorn is a harmless but supremely slick magician whose sleight-of-hand was perfect for the intimate Etcetera Theatre.... more

A great Place for a first date

26.03.07
Kensington Place is certainly popular. David Cameron took his wife there on their first date, it's the media's favourite canteen and the Princess of Wales dined here regularly with Clive James.... more

Rise of London's young-gun restaurateurs

24.01.07
They won't win Michelin stars today but this crop of rising stars are ones to watch, says William Sitwell.... more

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