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Rafe Spall - My London

06.11.09
Rafe was named after the title character in The Knight of the Burning Pestle by Francis Beaumont, played by his father Timothy in an RSC production in the 1980s... more

World Cup qualifying: group scenarios

14.10.09
A close examination of the complicated process that is World Cup qualifying and a look at some of the big teams who have been struggling... more

Greece turns to Socialists to fight economic crisis

05.10.09
GREECE'S Socialists were celebrating today after storming to a landslide victory in the country's snap general election.... more

Funny things happen in Driving Aphrodite

02.10.09
There are some films naïve enough to make cynics splutter but sentimentalists coo. Driving Aphrodite is one of them.... more

UK surgeon uses stem cells to fix heart in world-first op

24.09.09
British surgeon saves dying patient by giving him an artificial heart and injecting him with stem cells to rebuild the damaged muscle, in a procedure believed to be a world first... more

Scott Loach saves the day for Stuart Pearce

09.09.09
Stuart Pearce was grateful for the form of keeper Scott Loach as England Under-21s held on for a European Championship qualifying point in Greece... more

Daniel Sturridge’s hot test

08.09.09
Chelsea striker Daniel Sturridge feels England Under-21s can claim “ultimate success” if they can chalk up another European Championship qualifying win in Greece... more

Briton killed in Greek mountain plunge

04.09.09
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Firemen get breathing space in battle to protect Athens

24.08.09
Exhausted Greek firefighters were scrambling to exploit a lull in the high winds which have forced thousands of residents to flee their homes in Athens... more

Mass graves could be used in autumn bout of swine flu

19.08.09
Preparations are under way to create mass graves to cope with a second outbreak of swine flu in the autumn... more

Londoner accused of killing teenager faces years on remand in Greek jails

10.08.09
Family of a London student extradited to Greece over the death of a British tourist told of their fears that he may spend two years in jail before his trial begins... more

London girl, 16, is critically ill with swine flu in Greece

30.07.09
London schoolgirl fights for her life in a Greek hospital after contracting swine flu while on holiday... more

London student accused of nightclub death faces court

27.07.09
London student was set to appear in a Greek court today accused of killing a British youth roller hockey player during a nightclub brawl... more

War story reduced to a soap in Fugitive Pieces

29.05.09
An adaptation of Anne Michaels's prize-winning novel, Fugitive Pieces reduces the Holocaust and its aftermath to a cosy soap opera.... more

Discover ancient and modern Greece

27.05.09
Next month Athens unveils its new Acropolis Museum. Charlotte Ross combines a historic preview with the best of Greece today... more

Bluffer's guide to the G20 summit

01.04.09
What to expect over the next few days...... more

Greek demos spread to London

08.12.08
Chaotic scenes erupted at the Greek Embassy in London as demonstrators burned the country's flag in protest over the killing of a teenager in Athens... more

TUI profits up as Britons keep flying to the sun

27.11.08
Leisure: The annual summer holiday is a necessity despite the tough economic climate - but Britons are taking shorter flights in search of the sun... more

Relics of a Golden Empire in Byzantium 330-1453

31.10.08
A thousand years of Byzantine history have been crammed into the Royal Academy – but visitors looking for the wow factor will need to travel further, says Brian Sewell.... more

We won't let banks go bust, pledge Europe ministers

07.10.08
EU finance ministers have pledged to prevent any major European bank from going bust and announced a new minimum savings guarantee that will protect depositors across the Continent... more

The trusty bank of my teens has gone

25.09.08
On holiday in Greece last week I paused outside a newsagent to read a British front page. HBOS shares had crashed 48 per cent in a single day. Twenty-four hours later I learned my bank of 25 years was bust... more

Jamie's olive oil passion 'creating environmental catastrophe'

26.08.08
TV chefs such as Jamie Oliver are causing "environmental catastrophe" by fuelling demand for olive oil, it has been claimed... more

Student faces Greek trial over nightclub killing

12.08.08
A London student is set to be extradited to Greece where he faces charges of killing a fellow British tourist in a nightclub brawl... more

Gilberto to cash in with more titles

18.07.08
Gilberto Silva has become one of the highest-paid players in Greece but the former Arsenal midfielder insists that is not the reason he joined Panathinaikos... more

Idowu tops world rankings

09.06.08
Phillips Idowu has soared to the top of triple-jump rankings after he cleared 17.55metres... more

Oh my gods!

11.04.08
Tate Britain’s exhibition of Neoclassical sculpture is both serious and scholarly. If only the works were displayed as their creators had intended, says Brian Sewell. ... more

Tibet protesters will target torch relay in London

28.03.08
Anti-China activists from across Europe are planning an orchestrated protest when the Olympic torch passes through London next month... more

Stinkiest Asterix of the lot

31.01.08
Only Alain Delon as Caesar just about keeps the viewer from succumbing to death-by-boredom in Asterix at the Olympic Games.... more

Pornography for the prude

12.10.07
It is daft to restrict the Barbican's new exhibition, Seduced, to over-18s, says Brian Sewell.... more

London's best, and most authentic, kebab

28.09.06
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