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In this its 50th anniversary year, the RSC is rightly revisiting past triumphs... more

BP Portrait Award 2011, National Portrait Gallery - review

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To comment on the Annual Portrait Awards to living painters at the National Portrait Gallery has become a most melancholy duty for the critic... more

A change will still not end fairness debate

18.02.11
Glenda Jackson set a record when she clung on at the last election with just 32.81 per cent of votes cast - the smallest winning share ever seen in London... more

Stay firm on prisoner votes, Boris Johnson tells David Cameron

11.02.11
The Mayor waded into the row over prisoner votes today, telling David Cameron to 'stick to his guns' in a showdown with European judges... more

Tory candidate spent £2.30 per vote... and came second

23.12.10
Election candidates in London spent more than £1 per vote in this year’s general election, the Evening Standard can reveal... more

Christmas crowd waits in freezing cold for MP Glenda Jackson to turn on lights

10.12.10
MP Glenda Jackson comes under fire after failing to switch on the Christmas lights in her constituency... more

MP claims £11 from taxpayer for video of her maiden speech

03.12.10
London MP claimed expenses for a video of her maiden speech to the Commons, documents from the parliamentary watchdog reveal today... more

More heroics as London barrister breaks up courtroom brawl

14.05.10
Barrister dived into a courtroom fracas to separate two burglars who were fighting each other... more

Glenda Jackson sneaks home with majority of 42

07.05.10
Labour’s Glenda Jackson is re-elected on a wafer-thin majority of 42 as climate campaigner Tamsin Omond loses her deposit... more

Conservatives make capital gains as inner-London remains in red

07.05.10
Conservatives surge to victory in a string of London seats but fail to breach key Labour strongholds in the inner city... more

London's key election battlegrounds: the 12 marginal seats that could swing it

05.05.10
The Evening Standard's guide to tactical voting in the key constituencies that the main parties must win tomorrow to take a grip on power... more

Battle over third runway set to decide the fate of 10 seats

27.04.10
Battle over Heathrow's third runway moved to the centre of the general election campaign today as voters were urged to decide its fate on May 6... more

Cleggmania sweeps across London with Lib-Dems set to take seats from Labour

26.04.10
EXCLUSIVE: Nick Clegg’s surge is rewriting London’s election map, an exclusive poll for the Standard reveals... more

Gordon Brown faces Labour revolt over higher tuition fees as voters voice opposition

09.04.10
Gordon Brown is facing a rebellion from Labour ranks over plans to increase student tuition fees... more

The Party leaders and fringe players

06.04.10
As Gordon Brown calls the general election for May 6, we look at the key players involved... more

Climate activist Tamsin Omond takes on 'London's laziest MP' Glenda Jackson

25.02.10
Climate campaigner Tamsin Omond announces that she will stand as a parliamentary candidate in Hampstead and Kilburn against Glenda Jackson... more

Leicester Square redevelopment 'will threaten home of cinema'

26.11.09
Cinema fans have hit out at the 'highly destructive' development of Leicester Square which they claim threatens its future as the home of British film... more

MPs' expenses - what your MP claimed – J-Z

18.06.09
List of London MPs' expenses... more

Labour heavyweights plan mayoral bids to 'stop Ken'

26.02.09
Senior Labour figures are planning to run for Mayor of London as "stop Ken" candidates... more

I blundered in vote, admits MP fighting Heathrow expansion

29.01.09
A Labour MP who has campaigned against Heathrow expansion spoke of his "huge embarrassment" for siding with the Government over plans for a third runway... more

Brown faces losing 25 per cent of London seats

19.01.09
One in four Labour MPs in London are facing "wipeout" after a new Evening Standard poll found Tory support had soared... more

Daldry's Billy Elliot opens in New York

13.11.08
Three years after it conquered the West End, Sir Elton John's stage musical version of Billy Elliot is opening on Broadway... more

Even Gordon would lose his seat

25.07.08
Gordon Brown lose his own seat if the jaw-dropping 22 per cent swing at Glasgow East were to be repeated at a general election... more

The truth about all those men in my life and those lesbian rumours by Valerie Singleton

21.06.08
For decades the much loved presenter has endured rumours about her private life. Now, with extraordinary candour, she has chosen to set the record straight – about her many men (including Peter Purves and Albert Finney), about Joan Armatrading...and about the lifelong secret which could have destroyed her Blue Peter career.... more

Labour MPs under threat

02.05.08
Home Secretary Jacqui Smith tops a list including Glenda Jackson and Ruth Kelly of Labour MPs facing defeat at the next election in the wake of the town hall results... more

Labour rebellion on post offices slashes majority

20.03.08
Five senior London Labour MPs rebelled last night in a vote against the closure of post offices... more

Hobbling after her hip operation, now Glenda's the best supported actress

02.03.08
She may currently need a crutch to get about - but Glenda Jackson's star quality still shines through. Despite being well wrapped up and leaning on a crutch, there was no mistaking the double Oscar-winner as she ventured out near her South-East London home... more

Dobson fights to halt move of leading deaf school

21.02.08
One of London's leading schools for deaf children could be under threat of closure, to the fury of parents and teachers.... more

First pretensions can be deceiving

29.05.07
At first sight, XO seems to share St John's Wood's pretension, but aided by a friendly service and tasty food it soon revealed an easy, laid-back charm.... more


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