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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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