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The world's top 50 universities

2009-10-08T06:35:36Z

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

Brideshead is hurriedly revisited

2008-09-29T23:00:00Z

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

Friendly Field Day despite the drizzle

2008-08-10T23:00:00Z

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

Oliver's new twist

2008-08-05T23:00:00Z

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

Vibrant account of L'Incoronazione di Dario

2008-06-09T23:00:00Z

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.

Think pitstop for a flying start

2008-04-08T23:00:00Z

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.

Intimate foals are fast and funky

2008-03-18T00:00:00Z

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

The kids have grown up

2008-03-17T00:00:00Z

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

Wilde? More like crazy

2008-03-07T12:21:21Z

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.

God-awful Godiva

2008-01-24T00:00:00Z

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

Radiohead forced to abandon record store gig

2008-01-17T08:33:12Z

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

Party boys have the X(fm) Factor

2007-12-10T00:00:00Z

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

Film gives Greenwich an added dimension

2007-11-30T12:49:18Z

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

Book now for Book Now

2007-11-06T16:44:40Z

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

Is Katy Brand the new Catherine Tate?

2007-10-19T11:26:30Z

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.

Dance is poignant perfection

2007-10-08T23:00:00Z

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

The Wild Gourmet

2007-09-12T10:06:14Z

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

The passion that stirs the cool Miss Pike

2007-06-01T13:59:23Z

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.

Brains acquire brawn

2007-05-09T23:00:00Z

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

Making a hit out of Lives of Others

2007-04-20T12:05:57Z

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.

�1.7m for �200 paintings

2007-04-20T08:51:38Z

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.

A Radiohead riddle

2007-04-13T09:58:39Z

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.

Keeping the faith

2007-01-10T00:00:00Z

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

Christmas shopping pit stops

2006-12-20T12:12:01Z

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.

The girl who pulled Rabbit out of her hat

2006-11-28T15:01:44Z

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.

Scream on, it's Take That fans

2006-11-27T10:05:23Z

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.

Get back to where you once belonged, Paul

2006-11-06T00:00:00Z

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.

Boys run riot in the cinema

2006-10-11T23:00:00Z

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.

Mules make lights shine so brightly

2006-09-06T23:00:00Z

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.

Macca's new Latin opus

2006-08-01T23:00:00Z

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.