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Four reasons ambitious three left British Land in the lurch

09.10.09
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. ... more

The major players in the bitter battle of Chelsea barracks

12.06.09
The major players in the bitter battle of Chelsea barracks... more

New leader would not mean election

08.06.09
Most political commentators assume that if there is a new leader of the Labour Party there would have to be an immediate general election... more

Irons suffers a reversal of fortune on Broadway

25.03.09
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

Don’t blame the Eighties for our own failed era of greed

20.03.09
A slew of recent TV dramas have painted a black and white view of the Thatcher decade. But the reality of those times was far more complex ... more

Heavyweights of the stage battle for best actor prize

04.11.08
Kevin Spacey, Alan Rickman and Kenneth Branagh are in the running for honours in this year's Evening Standard Theatre Awards... more

Candy brothers in talks to sell Chelsea Barracks stake

23.10.08
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

Chelsea Barracks scheme to have public sports complex

04.09.08
This is the multi-million-pound community sports centre which will form a major part of the Candy brothers' plan for Chelsea Barracks... more

Gavin, Stacey ... and Dave - Cameron's secret crush on comedy star

16.08.08
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

The lesbian love affair you WON'T see in Sex and the City

15.05.08
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: Voters will reject Boris at the crunch

30.04.08
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

Labour presents its battleplan for the next election

01.04.08
A plan to ensure Labour victory at the next general election was presented to the Cabinet by Gordon Brown's chief strategist... more

A good look at politics

27.03.08
Jeremy Irons is excellent in Never So Good - a thrilling portrait of a brave, haunted Harold Macmillan, says Nicholas de Jongh.... more

Irons to make his National debut as former PM

16.01.08
Jeremy Irons is to make his National Theatre debut in a new play on the life of prime minister Harold Macmillan.... more

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