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Just the right timing for Skatonics

15.06.09
The Skatonics gave a raucous, rollicking, heavy heavy monster of a gig at the Hope and Anchor.... more

Five to try: Comfort Eating

25.02.09
Anglo-French food and old-fashioned service fit like a glove at Odin's and comfort can be derived from paying less at Murano. ... 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

Palladio the pedant

30.01.09
It is no wonder that the admirable Andrea Palladio became the most imitated architect in history, says Rowan Moore.... more

Best Art Shows of 2009

09.01.09
The art market may be reeling in the face of recession but there will still be plenty of exciting shows this year. Ben Lewis rounds up the best.... more

Hedge funds and their failings

16.12.08
THE SCALE of the fraud carried out by Bernard Madoff, affecting RBS, HSBC, several UK pension funds and well-known names such as Arki Busson and Nicola Horlick, is unprecedented - at least according to the perpetrator himself. ... more

I am not away but back home in bed

12.12.08
Among the arts pages today you will read the statement to the effect that "Brian Sewell is away". Do not believe it - at least not in the sense of away skiing or away climbing Mount Ararat again... more

New stars in Indian Highway

12.12.08
A subtle and surprising survey makes a useful introduction to the contemporary art of the booming subcontinent in Indian Highway. ... more

Lending rates must come down

05.12.08
The pressure on the banks to pass on yesterday’s interest rate cut to borrowers shows no signs of diminishing... more

Topshop’s Kate Moss launches auction with fantastic NY trip

04.12.08
Evening Standard readers can bid for the chance to go on a shopping trip to New York with Sir Philip Green and Kate Moss in this year's Christmas charity auction... more

Art & design

08.10.08
London has recently underlined its status as the global capital of contemporary art. These are the key players in the world’s most exciting market. ... more

Growth pledge Darling would like to forget

02.09.08
While Alistair Darling’s interview for The Guardian was candid about the economy, his Budget speech in March — only four months ago, let us not forget — was decidedly less so... more

My fight to save my fertility (and how I survived Sir Alan)

12.08.08
Radio shows, TV presenting - the offers have rolled in since Lucinda Ledgerwood was fired from The Apprentice. But alternative medicine is where her passion lies ... more

Lucinda Ledgerwood fights back

12.08.08
Radio shows, TV presenting – the offers have rolled in since Lucinda Ledgerwood was fired from The Apprentice. But alternative medicine is where her passion lies.... more

Defending National Portrait Gallery

10.06.08
Evening Standard art critic Brian Sewell has questioned the point of the National Portrait Gallery. Here its director Sandy Nairne fights back.... more

Crude, lewd and not to be missed

02.04.08
The Royal Academy's retrospective of the German Renaissance painter Lucas Cranach is crude and lewd. All the more reason to go and have a look, says Nick Curtis.... more

A leisurely stroll to a temple of art and erotica

25.03.08
Ever since I decided to make the two-and-a-half hour journey to work on foot on a whim the other week, I have become rather taken with moving about London at a measured pace... more

Wallinger: Why I had to win the Turner

04.12.07
The winner of the 2007 Turner Prize has launched a searing attack on the infringement of civil rights that stops protests in Parliament Square.... more

The art of government is revealed

14.09.07
The Government's private collection of art, founded in 1898, is to be thrown open for a rare public viewing.... more

Is this really a portrait of Jane Austen?

11.05.07
The novelist's family claims it is the only painting of the much-loved writer; its detractors say it can't possibly be. As the debate rages, a national treasure is at stake.... more

Turner's Blue Rigi saved for nation by £2m grant

01.03.07
One of Turner's greatest watercolours has been saved for the nation after weeks of frenzied fundraising by UK art lovers.... more

The Tate rodent 2007

14.02.07
A mouse has been spotted in the Tate Modern's café but is it a pest or a post-modernist prank?... more

The cultural highlights of 2006

29.12.06
From the triumph of Frost/Nixon to pop divas demanding equal opportunities, and a West End song and dance, our critics reflect on 2006.... more

Knowledge is free in London's secret galleries

04.12.06
Sales such as Christie's Old Master Pictures are not just for buyers. The auction houses offer a unique opportunity to glimpse paintings rarely seen in public, says Brian Sewell.... more

Twice-stolen Old Master goes on show

08.11.06
An Italian Old Master painting recently recovered after being stolen for the second time will go on show in London.... more

Gallery row over display of Turners

07.11.06
The National Gallery has been accused of downplaying two Turner masterpieces. The Turner Society is calling on the National to display the paintings more prominently.... more

RA show draws on Monet

03.11.06
The first exhibition devoted to the drawings and pastels of Monet is to be staged by the Royal Academy as part of its 2007 programme.... more

Impressions of Renoir improve

01.11.06
A new exhibition at the National Gallery is to reveal a little known aspect of the work of the great Impressionist master Renoir. The show will display landscapes composed during Renoir's travels.... more

It's what they call aaaa-rt!

09.10.06
Valentine Low gives Tate Modern's 30mph helter-skelter the very first whirl. And he discovers why its creator Holler has such an appropriate name.... more

Our favourite local restaurants

06.09.06
London is the place to be for anyone who appreciates quality food, but knowing where to go can be a problem. To help out our writers have picked their favourite local eateries.... more

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