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Cocktails, craft and colour can save the high street

05.09.11
Walking into Jimmy Choo recently (purely for research purposes, if any staff from my bank are reading), I was handed a Raspberry Collins... more

City Spy: Monk v Gaffney as brokers tussle

17.02.11
No love lost in the world of stockbroking between Andrew Monk and Tom Gaffney, it seems... more

Anti-gravity exercise

03.11.10
Turning upside down can stretch out your spine, build upper body strength and give you glossy hair. Jasmine Gardner tries out a topsy- turvy health trend... more

Great ideas for half-term fun

19.10.10
It’s not just kids who get to enjoy the school holiday — there are great activities in the capital and beyond for all ages this month... more

Fashionably late night Londoners shop with stars at West End couture festival

09.09.10
Thousands of Londoners shopped alongside the stars as fashion stores laid on a glamorous West End party... more

Kids Company to benefit from sales of My Last Song I Sing For You

05.07.10
A London boy is becoming an internet sensation with a music video that has been uploaded on youTube.... more

Politicians who avoid the poorest areas must show moral courage

05.03.10
Labour came to power in 1997 with incredible moral momentum. But in retrospect, their policies were mostly designed to do the easy fixes... more

The Dispossessed: Mother living in limbo with no job, no benefits and no cash

04.03.10
Abandoned wife officially doesn’t count until her immigration status is decided... more

The Dispossessed: How you can help

03.03.10
Heads of leading London charities Kids Company and Centrepoint today spoke of how Evening Standard readers can do their bit to help make life better for the capital’s dispossessed... more

£250,000 raised in Standard's charity auction

16.12.09
Thanks to the astounding generosity of Evening Standard readers, our Christmas auction can give the leading charity Kids Company nearly £250,000... more

How Kids Company grew up

10.12.09
For seven years the Standard has supported London's leading children's charity. Now we are proud to tell two of its most inspirational success stories... more

I turned to Camila Batmanghelidjh after Oscar triumph, says Helen Mirren

03.12.09
As we launch the Standard's annual Christmas charity auction, Helen Mirren talks about the remarkable woman who inspired her on Oscars night... more

Designer dresses for a bargain in jumble sales of the stars

13.11.09
It might conjure up visions of rummaging through piles of musty clothes in village halls - but now the jumble sale has gone glamorous... more

Funny way to raise money for Kids Company

10.11.09
The Shaw Theatre is hosting a night of comedy in aid of children's charity Kids Company.... more

Prince Charles's day on the other side of the tracks

11.09.09
In an exclusive interview, the Prince reveals how he is leading research into the brain trauma of abused children... more

Brain scans on street gangs to trace reasons for life of crime

14.07.09
Teenage gang members will have their brains scanned in experiment to find out why they are so violent... more

Spare us Madonna's adoption tourism

02.04.09
In 2006, Madonna got David, her Malawian adoptee. Now she is back again, this time bidding for Mercy, a four-year-old orphan... more

The 47,000-mile marathon

10.03.09
An inexperienced runner is attempting seven "ultramarathons" in seven days on seven continents to raise money for vulnerable young people... more

Thameslink calls last orders for 237-year-old Borough pub

31.10.08
A thriving pub in Borough is to close in January after 237 years as a viaduct for the Thameslink expansion is driven through its upper storeys... more

Society

08.10.08
Poverty, health, homelessness and racial tensions abound in a city awash with money. These are the people who are trying to do something about it. ... more

The Art of Giving

02.10.08
As the Evening Standard launches its new Eros Charity Card, we introduce the people you will be helping every time you buy the paper... more

Hirst is all heart as children's charities are boosted by £111m sale

17.09.08
Two London children's charities were celebrating a £1.4 million windfall after Damien Hirst gave them a slice of his record-breaking £111 million art auction... more

Kids Company gets £12m lifeline over three years

05.03.08
Award-winning London charity Kids Company today won a victory in its battle to stay open after the Government handed it a £12 million lifeline... more

Troubled youths put on art show

04.07.07
Five hundred vulnerable children from around London have contributed to a new art exhibition at Shoreditch Town Hall... more


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