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RSS feed http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23769003-suicide-bomber-destroys-spy-building.do Suicide bombers struck at the heart of Pakistan's anti-terror campaign, devastating the country's main spy agency in an attack that left at least nine people dead and 55 injured 2009-11-13T08:51:36Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23761212-blairs-think-tank-airbrushed-link-between-crime-and-immigrants.do Possible links between mass immigration and some crimes were censored from a keynote government report, the Standard can reveal 2009-10-27T09:29:42Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-business/article-23756163-lucky-luqman-is-on-the-loose.do Shaid “Lucky” Luqman, once one of Britain’s richest men, and Ernst & Young’s Young Entrepreneur of 2004, has walked free from prison after serving six months of a second sentence for contempt of court 2009-10-14T06:30:55Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/theatre/review-23748914-reality-bites-the-heart-of-old-russia-in-rsc-revolutions.do The RSC’s “Revolutions” programme is a theatrical exploration of Russia and the former Soviet Union. 2009-09-24T23:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23738524-rush-into-democracy-and-you-rue-the-results.do Once the election results in Afghanistan are finally in, Western governments need to draw up new and detailed initiatives on how to deal with failed states 2009-09-01T07:18:38Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/restaurants/review-23717538-money-cant-buy-love-at-criterion.do With a pianist belting out Billy Joel, it may take a while for Criterion to find its natural constituency. 2009-07-08T23:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/events/article-23713274-opening-this-week-in-london.do Arctic Monkeys are coming to Brixton Academy and Notting Hill Carnival is in town. 2009-06-29T10:02:56Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23661400-mikhail-gorbachev-calls-for-world-unity-on-standard-visit.do Mikhail Gorbachev used a visit to the Evening Standard to call for a new era of international co-operation - and urged America to stop acting as the world's policeman 2009-03-12T09:32:58Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23660064-nazi-death-camp-guard-to-go-on-trial.do Germany is to begin extradition proceedings to bring a Nazi concentration camp guard to trial in Munich for the murders of 29,000 people 2009-03-10T10:44:41Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23656598-what-children-need-is-love-not-the-right-sort-of-family.do My friend's email said she had "some surprising news". She did indeed. The news was a four-week-old adopted baby. My friend has just turned 50. 2009-03-03T09:52:20Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-sport/article-23599427-the-big-secrets-out-chelsea-are-pathetic-for-gagging-scolari.do The Soviet Union is alive and well and living at Stamford Bridge 2008-12-10T08:51:18Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/review-23591416-romeo-and-juliet-dazzles.do Valery Gergiev's take on Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet is music of bold emotion and high drama, rather than the deepest feeling. 2008-11-24T00:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23562073-when-this-is-over-what-kind-of-world-will-be-left.do Following the failure yesterday of the US rescue plan, Wall Street plunged, dragging everyone else with it. When the dust settles, we may find life has changed for good 2008-09-30T09:39:30Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/arts/review-23557641-oh-what-a-lovely-cold-war-exhibition.do Art and design, displayed with coherence and humour, throw new light on a dark era for the Cold War Modern: Design exhibition. 2008-09-18T23:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-sport/article-23551393-gorby-has-a-lot-to-answer-for-as-football-loses-its-soul.do Many people might be held accountable for the transformation of domestic football into a bamboozling madhouse, but Matthew Norman blames Mikhail Gorbachev 2008-09-05T11:44:35Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-sport/article-23548297-presidential-race-shows-our-sporting-lot-are-off-the-pace.do Matthew Norman puts Richard Keys forward for parliament, wonders what Nick Faldo sees in Ian Poulter, and celebrates Jimmy Bullard's England call-up 2008-09-01T10:37:40Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23525661-comment-the-truth-teller.do With the death of Alexander Solzhenitsyn at the age of 89, the world has lost one of the great prophetic figures of the 20th century 2008-08-04T07:49:58Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-sport/article-23524155-fencings-got-a-buzz-about-it.do Standard Sport reporter James Olley gets to the point as he continues to try his hand at events Britain hopes to shine in 2008-07-31T10:57:20Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-sport/article-23503107-spanish-seek-world-domination.do After conquering Europe in style, the new champions can look to the World Cup in two years' time with confidence. 2008-06-30T11:44:18Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23495340-walk-in-wardrobe-with-flat-thrown-in-for-88m.do For sale: exquisite walk-in wardrobe - with quite nice flat attached 2008-06-16T09:02:07Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23437418-billionaire-a-key-backer-of-the-rose-revolution.do Until its "Rose Revolution" in 2003, Georgia was seen as another satellite of Moscow's influence 2008-02-13T16:03:16Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23437417-tycoons-bringing-explosive-politics-to-london.do Badri Patarkatsishvili is just one of a string of former Soviet Union exiles who have made London their home and refuge 2008-02-13T16:00:49Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/theatre/review-23433721-no-chekhovian-insight-here.do Penny Gold has taken no less a theme than the beginning of the end of the Soviet Union and managed to craft an astoundingly lifeless two-hour play from it with The President's Holiday. 2008-01-23T00:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/film/review-23410280-struggle-for-the-soul-of-a-spy.do Breach is slow, but never ponderous, and has more depth than your average spy thriller, says Derek Malcolm. 2007-08-29T23:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/events/article-23398412-a-culture-on-the-move.do As you'd expect from a festival celebrating Roma and Gypsy music and culture, The 1000 Year Journey has kept progressing. First held in 2000, this event tapped into a burgeoning wave of interest in gipsy roots 2007-05-29T10:11:21Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/events/article-23398488-a-culture-on-the-move.do Balkan indie rock, flamenco beats, Bartok done gypsy-style, plus music from Turkey and Greece - the 1000 Year Journey festival is back. 2007-05-29T10:14:31Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/film/review-23385660-war-movie-wins-on-all-fronts.do Fyodor Bondarchuk's remarkable Russian debut film, 9th Company is a full-throated, very exciting war movie, says Nick Curtis. 2007-02-15T00:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/arts/review-23376356-soviet-records-from-forgotten-pioneer.do A photographic record of Uzbekistan's 1930s transformation from feudal Islamic society to industrialised Soviet state is a must-see, says Sue Steward. 2006-11-29T00:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/arts/review-23366613-cultural-scrap-merchants.do Uncertain States of America at the Serpentine showcases the work of more than 40 young American artists. At its best, however, the work here is enjoyable kitsch, says Nick Hackworth. 2006-09-11T23:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/review-23364423-a-triumph-that-began-with-hope.do Looking like a slightly ravaged mess, Regina Spektor was a breath of fresh air at the Shepherds Bush Empire. Compelling, funny, powerful and compulsively watchable, it was pop at its very best. 2006-08-23T23:00:00Z