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The Blairites are back - and they want to run Europe

28.10.09

Will he, won't he? Rarely has there been such a fuss over a job without the main candidate having even said he wants it... more

The best music apps and musician twitterers

18.09.09

Don’t get left behind by the latest music crazes and gizmos — from tweeting the stars to remixing your voice, there’s more fun to be had than you might think... more

NHS saved my life, says Barack Obama’s stepmother

17.08.09

Barack Obama’s British stepmother told how she would never have seen her stepson become president had it not been for the NHS saving her life... more

Discover the beauty of Provence

24.06.09

Jonathan Gregson heads to a corner of Provence where life is traditional, with few second-homers, yet still with those vivid colours that inspired Peter Mayle... more

White House apology after their jets spark 9/11 panic

28.04.09

The White House was forced to apologise after a government exercise in which a passenger jet flew low across Manhattan caused panic in the city... more

Waterloo - the reinvention

10.03.09

A proposed revamp of the Imax roundabout, and pedestrianisation in front of Waterloo Station, exclusively revealed here, could be the biggest transformation of a London public space since Trafalgar Square... more

Nurse's 13-mile daily jog to work is desert warm-up

05.03.09

A London nurse who runs 13 miles to and from work each day is facing her toughest test yet: a 151-mile marathon in the Sahara desert... more

Around the world at 11mph, a wheely long ride on penny farthing

10.11.08

London adventurer Joff Summerfield has completed a 22,000 mile trip around the world on a penny farthing... more

DVDs of the week

25.09.07

Serial killer thriller Zodiac heads the list of this week's top DVDs.... more

See the world... without moving from the bar

04.09.07

Giant screens will show videos of locations across the world, from a Hawaii beach to the Grand Canyon at a new London bar.... more

Dear Royal Academy, how do you do it every year?

18.06.07

Brian Sewell is so disappointed by the worst Summer Show in history that he is compelled to write individually to some of the artists involved... more

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As he wins the outstanding newcomer prize at the Evening Standard theatre awards for his role as Othello, Lenny Henry has come a long way from black and white minstrels
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Jedward, voted off the X-Factor this weekend, are the most obvious proponents of the sticky-uppy look - but the style crosses boundaries of age, gender, sexuality and taste, says Nick Curtis

Sky in plot to hire students on the cheap

Sky News is currently recruiting students as reporters for its coverage of next year's general election. However, the opportunity doesn't quite seem so appealing

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