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280,000 students in limbo as courses are snapped up

19.08.11
More than 280,000 students are without a confirmed university place as desperate school leavers turned to part-time courses and private institutions... more

Mask up properly, Cambridge graduate tells looters

10.08.11
A Cambridge University graduate is using Twitter to advise rioters on how to avoid being caught by the police... more

London's latte factor: Who serves the capital's best cup of coffee?

24.01.11
As Coffee Republic reopens, business is booming in the capital's coffee shops with standards up in both independents and chains. But who serves the best cup?... more

Beware the tricky car salesman pitch

15.10.10
You can learn to hold your ground against smooth-talking car salesmen with a little help from Which? Car... more

Brought to book with Orlando Figes

27.09.10
Judgment day looms for Orlando Figes with his first book since the Amazon reviews scandal. Sebastian Shakespeare reports... more

How the two wheels of a Boris bike make commuting better

14.09.10
As Tube strikes force commuters to rethink their journeys, the newly launched Boris Bikes are coming into their own. Jasmine Gardner asks Londoners how the scheme is working for them... more

University shortages force students into part-time degrees

16.08.10
Tens of thousands of students are planning to study part-time degrees because of a shortage of full-time courses, universities say... more

Students are forced to study while they work

14.06.10
Growing numbers of students are choosing part-time courses so they can work while they study amid signs that the traditional three-year degree is on the wane... more

Orlando Figes’ folly shows why we need libel law reform

27.04.10
After joining the ranks of the most notorious abusers of Britain’s libel laws, Orlando Figes might yet achieve a positive place in posterity... more

Students without a university place opt for part-time courses

21.08.09
Desperate sixth-formers are turning to part-time study as traditional universities warn that degree courses are full... more

Don’t panic if you miss A-level targets

19.08.09
Record demand for university places but plenty of options for school-leavers who fail to find the course of their choice... more

Dancing Seb Coe launches London 2012 Open Weekend

24.07.09
Former Olympic champion Lord Coe proved his versatility as he made an impressive debut as a ballet dancer... more

Giant dominoes to hip hop Bard in a weekend of fun for Games

22.07.09
Hundreds of arts and sports events will take place across the capital this weekend to mark three years until the Olympic Games... more

Wealthy Londoners feeling the pinch are refusing to pay bills

13.07.09
The rich have a new pastime: not paying bills. Once reserved for the hard-up, it has now become the domain of the wealthy... more

'I asked the priest who abused me to officiate when I got married'

06.05.09
Patrick Raggett, the former City lawyer who has won the right to sue a Catholic college for £5m, tells the harrowing story of how the buried memories of his sufferings at school destroyed his career... more

The house that's pure poetry

19.01.09
An elaborately-decorated treasure trove of a house in south London is to be saved for the nation... more

'This is the chance I always wanted to paint full-time'

21.11.08
Mediha Ting has decided to make a living from her paintings after losing her job in a recent cull... more

How they voted - leading Londoners reveal their political leanings

01.05.08
The Evening Standard's Katharine Barney found out who backed whom - and why - in the mayoral election ... more

Picasso's drunken doodle fetches £250,000

02.04.07
The only mural to be produced by Pablo Picasso in England is to become the centrepiece at a new London gallery.... more


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