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Lourdes: between medicine and the Madonna

08.09.09

At the Venice Film Festival only one competition film so far can aspire to contemporary classic status: Jessica Hausner’s Lourdes ... more

Romania fans jeer Madonna

28.08.09

Madonna was booed on stage in Romania after she attacked discrimination against Gipsies... more

Looking to the future: the full rundown of life's oncoming trends

24.08.09

The death of the mouse, the rise of the mobile, the melting of the slopes and the return of tailoring. With help from London's futurologists we discover what's in store for the future... more

No, Bromley, this is not the way to improve schools

19.08.09

A Kent council wanted to subsidise private school places. The Tories need a cleverer way forward... more

More must be done for the young jobless

12.08.09

It's a hard time to be young right now, at least in economic terms. Unemployment figures released today suggest that one in five people under 25 is without work ... more

Calais people smugglers 'more likely to be British'

03.08.09

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Pitbull ‘weapon dogs’ seized as police handlers swoop on gangs

09.07.09

Twenty pitbull-type “weapon dogs” were seized in police raids in south London... more

Questions raised by the Camberwell fire

07.07.09

The Camberwell tower block fire, which took such a terrible toll in human life, has raised some serious questions, not just about how the fire services dealt with the blaze but about the chance of another tragedy elsewhere... more

Serena Williams works out a plan to keep fit for the 2012 games

06.07.09

Serena Williams has vowed to get even fitter to ensure she can extend her career beyond the London Olympics in 2012... more

What shape the recovery from recession?

23.06.09

Each recession has its character, but this is indeed a strange one. Until last summer, many central bankers were still preoccupied by inflation despite the agonised state of the banking sector... more

Laughing Ronaldo mocks Manchester in new ad

12.06.09

Cristiano Ronaldo has mocked Manchester United fans in a new advertising campaign as he prepares to leave Britain for Spain... more

Carol Vorderman attacks media's 'obesession with beauty'

08.06.09

Television presenter Carol Vorderman criticised celebrity culture for idolising beauty.... more

Despite the urge, this is no time for us Brits to indulge in masochism

05.06.09

An Indian businessman who travels the world asked a pointed question at a meeting this week. He wanted to know why the people in Britain were so much more depressed than the people in all the other countries he visited ... more

Whitechapel Gallery has cuisine down to fine art

22.04.09

With the re-opening of the birthplace of British Modernism visitors can feast their eyes and indulge their appetites at the Whitechapel Gallery.... more

Pernod in black but cutting growth

15.04.09

French drinks giant Pernod Ricard cut its growth forecasts for the year but pressed ahead with a €1 billion (Ł890million) rights issue which it announced earlier this month... more

What is really at stake at the G20

31.03.09

AS WORLD leaders arrive in London for the G20 summit on Thursday, British officials have been damping down expectations for a grand agreement... more

Never mind Sir Fred’s pension, how is Gordon going to save us now?

02.03.09

The row about the former RBS chief’s pay-off is proving a handy diversion for the Prime Minister as he struggles to restore our faith in his ability to fight the recession... more

Encore Oil shares dive on gas storage complication

28.01.09

Energy: Star Energy, a subsidiary of Malaysia's Petronas, has pulled out of the Esmond gas storage project in the North Sea, project partner Encore Oil said ... more

JK’s fairy tales are a load of old Hogwarts

05.12.08

Pages and pages on the special properties of wands made from elderwood? That's not literature, it's fiddling... more

Oh! What a lovely Cold War exhibition

19.09.08

Art and design, displayed with coherence and humour, throw new light on a dark era for the Cold War Modern: Design exhibition.... more

Iggy is dynamite at Loaded in Park

26.08.08

Boasting a refreshingly ballsy line-up, Get Loaded in the Park brought punk attitude to a middle-class neighbourhood.... more

Branford Marsalis Quartet triumphs

09.07.08

Branford Marsalis Quartet's storming finish was an exhilarating antidote to the tense opening set by Andrew McCormack's trio.... more

Best avoid these Nazi zombies

15.05.08

Those of you with brain cells will know no-budget horror-cumaction movie Outpost is not one to watch.... more

Clapham Common gets loaded

21.04.08

The line-up for Get Loaded In The Park has been revealed and there is something to satisfy all music tastes at this year's event; from Iggy & The Stooges to Gossip.... more

Try a night out on the goulash...

23.01.08

Get stuck into spicy stew, dumplings and shots of vodka, as Europe's eastern promise takes over London.... more

Kenneth Williams would have loved Divo

26.11.07

The warm hospitality doesn't make up for the fact that Ukrainian restaurant Divo does for partying what President Musharraf does for freedom of speech - makes a mockery of it.... more

A slice of Polish history

14.05.07

Mark Bolland visits a long established Polish restaurant to find that the depth of history outstrips the good but slightly uninspired cuisine.... more

Falling into steppe

20.04.07

Eastern Europe is coming to town. But will Radio Gagarin at the Notting Hill Arts Club leave Alex Kasriel out in the cold or dancing like a cossack?... more

Critic's choice: top 5 clubs

12.01.07

Big rock/rave, boogie cheese and an eclectic bash with Gilles Peterson are among Chris Elwell-Sutton's best weekend club events.... more

Where to find the festivities

15.12.06

London is set for a Ł120m boom as tourists flock here for Christmas. Here's where you can find the city's top Yuletide events, says Jack Lefley.... more