The Evening Standard has been honoured for the quality of its comment by Editorial Intelligence, the latest of a string of prestigious awards for the paper... more
A well-connected City Spy reader gets in touch about the UBS scandal and alleged rogue trader Kweku Adoboli. "Perhaps people are looking the wrong way for who caused UBS's losses," he says... more
I wandered awestruck through Westfield Stratford City's 1.9 million square-foot mega-mall on Tuesday morning. After lunch in the shell of Aspers Casino, it was out to a terrace overlooking the Olympic Park.... more
Zaha Hadid lives in a pristine white pod, has sacrificed her personal life to architecture, and will brook no opposition from underlings or the establishment. Harry Mount has an audience with the newly crowned winner of the Stirling Prize... more
Artist entrepreneur Ben Moore has a scheme to display new art at Tube stations — anyone can apply, he says, from Banksy to a granny with a watercolour.
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This is London Bridge as you have never seen it before - crowned with two fantastical glass spires and surrounded by mini-gardens floating on the Thames... more
Air Partner, the listed aircraft-charter company that has hitherto been famous for supply the Boeing jetliners to transport guests of Sir Philip Green to his various Indian Ocean parties, has signed up two new clients: Gordon Brown and David Miliband ... more
Prince Charles will risk the further wrath of modern architects tonight when he urges them to look to the past when designing buildings in the future... more
The Prince of Wales may no longer be the most influential voice in British building design but his latest intervention over Chelsea Barracks is to be feared for a different reason... more
The transformed St Pancras station and refurbished Royal Festival Hall are among 29 winners at the 2008 London awards of the Royal Institute of British Architects... more
Exclusive: After high-profile allegations this season, Charlton's manager is pleased the issue is now being addressed but says the authorities still have plenty of work to do
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