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East London to have Speakers Corner

13.11.09
A new Speakers Corner will be built in Waltham Forest to improve local democracy... more

Tory MEP and the Kazakhs

01.10.09
What a strange contradiction Tory MEP Struan Stevenson is. On the one hand he has visited Kazakhstan on no fewer than 10 separate occasions to investigate the effects of Soviet-era nuclear explosions on the inhabitants there... ... more

Collage at the cutting edge

18.08.09
One day the Hayward or the Tate will mount a mammoth exhibition on the history of collage. Until then, this show serves as a dress rehearsal... more

Victoria Beckham’s Armani ad won’t help make laws to stop the camera lying

06.08.09
Did you see Victoria Beckham in the new Armani ad? Guess what: she doesn’t really look like that... more

Don’t mess with this hotbed of London dissent

31.07.09
It takes some doing to unite London’s Marxists with its Freemasons, but Islington council has done just that... more

Briton world's oldest man at 113

19.06.09
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School's 'inspiration' spurred on by revolutionary zeal

11.06.09
Visitors to Paul Patrick's office were often taken aback to discover the wide range of communist and socialist memorabilia on display... more

Why London needs my new Highway Code

10.06.09
The Stationery Office has decided that since road conditions in London are like nowhere else, we should have our very own Highway Code formalising some of the prevailing practices. ... more

Rodchenko and Popova construct the future

13.02.09
The odd couple who changed the look of Russia after the 1917 revolution are the focus of fascinating show Defining Constructivism.... more

The best of the best

30.12.08
Who do the experts consider to be the actor, dancer, playwright or conductor at the very top of their game? We asked our critics to give their highly subjective views.... more

Solzhenitsyn, tortured poet of Stalin's Gulag

04.08.08
Russia is in mourning today following the death of Nobel prize-winning author Alexander Solzhenitsyn, who helped to free the Russian people from Soviet tyranny ... more

Wanted: a leader for the tough times ahead

18.06.08
The latest inflation figures have compounded fears for the economy. That sets daunting tests for both parties... more

I strolled into stadium and sat in Putin's seat

20.05.08
The absence of security checks at the stadium which will host tomorrow's Champions League final was staggering... more

Library books stolen by Joe Orton go on display

12.05.08
Library books stolen and defaced by Joe Orton are to go on show in a new museum dedicated to the history of Islington... more

How romance blossomed among the silent readers

22.04.08
Lady Antonia Fraser complains that the British Library Reading Room has become overrun by undergraduates who are hogging all the desks. Her fellow historian Tristram Hunt bemoans the fact it is now a "groovy place" to meet for a frappuccino. Many feared that when the old Reading Room closed, the British Library would lose its charm. Far from it. It has become more fashionable than ever as a social venue... more

The modern ruin of my favourite restaurant

04.04.08
Until I moved to the Siberia that is Wimbledon, so much of my life had been spent in Kensington that I thought of myself as a villager there... more

Iron curtain masterpieces at the Royal Academy

22.10.07
Modern masterpieces from Russia's greatest museums including one of Henri Matisse's most famous works are to go on show in London.... more

The thrill of Prokofiev

15.06.07
Valery Gergiev conducted a thrilling performance of Prokofiev's rarely heard Cantata for the 20th Anniversary of the October Revolution. ... more

Making a hit out of Lives of Others

20.04.07
Anne McElvoy talks to the director of Oscar-winning hit The Lives of Others, and asks him why a German film about the Stasi has been a global hit.... more

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