Harold Macmillan, the former Conservative prime minister, when asked what represented the greatest challenge for a statesman, replied: "Events, my dear boy, events." Events now threaten to overwhelm attempts to contain and solve the European sovereign debt crisis... more
Which books appealed most this year? Candia McWilliam’s memoir of blindness, Jonathan Franzen’s blockbuster and John le Carré’s latest thriller are among our favourites ...... more
City Comment: The financial world has been transfixed by the bank bailouts, the deficit, the crisis in Greece and the rest, but that does not mean the rest of the country is sold on the idea that we are just a few months from disaster
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City Comment: All the talk is of the battle to succeed Gordon Brown, but the markets are spooked by the thought that the Tories might not get into office after all... more
Stories about blonde “Cameron cuties” confronting dinosaurs are great fun. But in many cases, the dinosaurs are the ones who voted for the cuties in the first place... more
Chris Grigg is in deep trouble. The 49-year-old former banker, who joined British Land as chief executive in January, has lost three members of the eight-strong team which runs the UK’s second-biggest property company day-to-day. It gets worse. The three defectors run the entire retail side of business, which accounts for 56% of the £8.6 billion portfolio.
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Jeremy Irons made a return to the Broadway stage after a 25-year absence only for his new art play Impressionism to open to a gallery of critical ridicule... more
Property tycoons Nick and Christian Candy have been in negotiations over the sale of their stake in the £1billion Chelsea Barracks, the Evening Standard can reveal... more
Over 12 tumultuous months, GQ editor DYLAN JONES was given unprecedented access to David Cameron for a new book. Here is his intimate portrait of the Tory leader.... more
In the movie, she's a man-hungry girl about town. But off screen, Cynthia Nixon is passionately in love with another woman (and she's definitely not interested in Manolo Blahniks)... more
Ken Livingstone has admitted thay Boris Johnson had run a strong campaign — but predicted that
Londoners would reject the Tory candidate at the last minute... more
Exclusive: After high-profile allegations this season, Charlton's manager is pleased the issue is now being addressed but says the authorities still have plenty of work to do
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