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The world's top 50 universities

08.10.09
University College London has risen above Oxford in this year's world university rankings, it was announced today... more

Brideshead is hurriedly revisited

30.09.08
After more than 60 years, Brideshead Revisited has finally made it to the big screen in a thoughtful and handsomely mounted adaptation. ... more

Friendly Field Day despite the drizzle

11.08.08
Perhaps it needed a couple of bigger cult acts. But Field Day is one of the most welcoming festivals and deserves another outing.... more

Oliver's new twist

06.08.08
TV chef and campaigner Jamie Oliver's first restaurant in a proposed new chain offers great food and superb value for money.... more

Vibrant account of L'Incoronazione di Dario

10.06.08
With a strong production of L'Incoronazione di Dario, and a first-class revival of Cosi fan tutte under way, Garsington is in rude health.... more

Think pitstop for a flying start

09.04.08
Gordon Ramsay’s T5 restaurant - Plane Food - may be big on formality and portion control but by using a bit of brass neck there may be a better way to enjoy it.... more

Intimate foals are fast and funky

18.03.08
The Foals' bassist called their gig at the Astoria last night their "best ever." But Johnny Sharp wouldn't agree.... more

The kids have grown up

17.03.08
With their sixth album soon to be released, Supergrass return with a more mature live set. John Aizlewood is impressed with their new image.... more

Wilde? More like crazy

07.03.08
A West End show which had the shortest ever run in modern times after it was booed off stage on its opening night is to open in New York.... more

God-awful Godiva

24.01.08
A modern Oxford miss falls in love with a suave horse-breeder in the god-awful Lady Godiva.... more

Radiohead forced to abandon record store gig

17.01.08
Radiohead were forced to abandon plans for a gig in a tiny record shop in London after more than a thousand fans turned up.... more

Party boys have the X(fm) Factor

10.12.07
Xfm's Christmas party at the Brixton Academy featured Kate Nash and Supergrass but the night really belonged to south London's Bloc Party.... more

Film gives Greenwich an added dimension

30.11.07
Greenwich's Old Royal Naval College has impressed visitors for more than 200 years and now has a starring role in The Golden Compass.... more

Book now for Book Now

06.11.07
The Book Now Literature Festival sees sleepy Richmond upon Thames whipped into hotbed of bookish desire - featuring Andrew Marr among others.... more

Is Katy Brand the new Catherine Tate?

19.10.07
Her spoof Lily Allen song on Radio 1 was mistaken for the real thing and her new TV series lampoons Amy Winehouse and Kate Moss - they deserve it, says comedy's latest star.... more

Dance is poignant perfection

09.10.07
Thanks to Charles Dance's extraordinarily moving performance, Shadowlands does not seem a trite piece of religious pleading, even 17 years after its premiere.... more

The Wild Gourmet

12.09.07
Thomasina Miers has gone from novice cook to running London's hottest new restaurant and presenting a TV show in just two years.... more

The passion that stirs the cool Miss Pike

01.06.07
One-time Bond girl Rosamund Pike could have stuck with movies. But, she says, the stage is like a drug - especially with a play like Gaslight.... more

Brains acquire brawn

10.05.07
Directed by Stevan Riley, Blue Blood is one of the most refreshingly original sporting movies, says Derek Malcolm... 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

£1.7m for £200 paintings

20.04.07
Two Renaissance masterpieces found in a pensioner's spare room after being lost for 200 years were sold for £1.7million - having previously been bought for £200. ... more

A Radiohead riddle

13.04.07
Radiohead drop hints, Tarantino has killer taste, Natasha Bedingfield is back, and podcasts are soon to contain music. It's all happening, says David Smyth.... more

Keeping the faith

10.01.07
Even though it raises wry smiles rather than belly laughs, Sharon Lougher thinks Pat Condell's show about faith is well worth a look.... more

Christmas shopping pit stops

20.12.06
Weighed down with presents and exhausted? Few things are more tiring than Christmas shopping. Here are the best places to refuel while out and about.... more

The girl who pulled Rabbit out of her hat

28.11.06
Nina Raine's debut play about young Londoners has won her a coveted Evening Standard theatre award. Here she tells how years of hardship have finally paid off.... more

Scream on, it's Take That fans

27.11.06
With their idols having just reached No 1 in the pop charts for the first time in a decade, Take That's fans camped out all night to meet the band.... more

Get back to where you once belonged, Paul

06.11.06
Paul McCartney's Ecce Cor Meum has been eight years in the making. Any student composer could have knocked off a better hour's worth of music than this vacuous tosh in as many days.... more

Boys run riot in the cinema

12.10.06
There are plenty of laughs in Nicholas Hytner's and Alan Bennett's film of their stage hit about a group of sixth-formers. But it still worked better as a play.... more

Mules make lights shine so brightly

07.09.06
The Mules' blend of barn dance, psychedelic whimsy and scratch funk can be difficult to warm to, but their exuberance was contagious at Bar Academy.... more

Macca's new Latin opus

02.08.06
Music news: Swapping his guitar for a choir, the lyrics to Sir Paul McCartney's next album are in Latin. Despite this, the former Beatle is hoping his fans will sing along, even if they don't understand all the words. ... more

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