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London's artists: the Eastenders

16.10.09

London's artists run in packs: the Eastenders have studios scattered from Smithfield, to Hackney, to Mile End... more

We�ll run out of top Christmas toys on the web, traders warn

12.10.09

Must-have technology could sell out weeks before Christmas, retailers admitted... more

Dreading that conference? Try my party game

16.09.09

Party conference season, to borrow a phrase from the woefully dog-eared Big Book of Journalese, begins in earnest next week.... more

We must resist Quentin Tarantino�s war against reality

20.08.09

Should the war, or any slab of history, be subjected to total distortion for the sake of entertainment?... more

Plumbers have the job prospects in a recession-hit world

13.07.09

White-collar workers are standing by helplessly as technology, cheap labour and the recession destroy their jobs. It's plumbers who now have prospects... more

Introducing... a new Gormley

19.06.09

About a sculptor: Nick Hornby's career hits fever pitch... 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

Jeremy Deller: The avant gardener

19.05.09

He's best known for staging a re-enactment of the battle that defined the 1984 miners' strike - so why is Turner Prize-winner Jeremy Deller putting up scarecrows outside the new Louis Vuitton store at Westfield?... more

Robots on a slow march

13.02.09

A healthy chunk of the population here ended up working in technology thanks to a childhood fascination with all things robotic. So it's surprising to find how little robots have permeated what we like to think of as the Gadget Center of the Universe.... more

Boss says: That is snow excuse to miss work

05.02.09

TIMES are tough at Merton council. It�s ordered council employees who weren�t able to make it into work because of the snow, to account for the time from their annual leave.... more

Return of the retro toys this Christmas

22.12.08

Retro toys are making a comeback thanks to some hi-tech makeovers. Classics such as Lego, Meccano and Guess Who? are among the most searched-for presents on the internet.... more

Religious groups' fury at Osama bin Lego toy

04.12.08

A range of children's toy figures which includes an al Qaeda terrorist and a Nazi major has outraged religious leaders... more

Help! I�m having children for dinner

11.11.08

Having friends over for lunch is a fraught affair, even at the best of times involving a degree of washing up and hiding underwear... more

Not quite up to Richter's scale

09.10.08

Unless you practise transcendental meditation on abstract painting, you aren't going to spend more than 15 minutes at the Gerhard Richter exhibition. ... more

HMV banks on strong Xmas to cheer sales

05.09.08

Retail: HMV is relying on a strong Christmas as the consumer crunch has started to hit its High Street entertainment and Waterstone's book stores... more

Child's play as public help plan future of 2012 park

20.06.08

Londoners are being given the chance to design their own "Lego"-style Olympic Park to decide the best use for the site after the Games are over... more

Speed Racer: Hold tight for a high velocity car crash

08.05.08

Starring Emile Hersh and Susan Sarandon and created by the producers of the Matrix trilogy, this two-and-a-quarter-hour production fails to impress.... more