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Daredevil Eddie 'elated' after he finishes 43-day marathon

07.06.11
Eddie Kidd has crossed the London Marathon finish line in The Mall 43 days after starting the 26-mile race... more

The courage of Kidd: Eddie is still running the Marathon

13.05.11
Former motorcycle rider Eddie Kidd is 26 days into the greatest stunt of his life... more

Cycle to Surrey and back: Olympic race route revealed

10.02.11
The 250-kilometre route of the Olympic road cycling race, expected to deliver Britain's first gold in the 2012 Games, was unveiled today... more

When Angelina met Johnny in The Tourist

10.12.10
Angelina Jolie's the baddie’s girlfriend, Johnny Depp's the stooge, and Oscar-winning Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck is the director in The Tourist... more

Party leaders: The young guns who rule London by night

12.10.10
From the louche literary to the frivolous luvvies, every London tribe has its own party rules - and rulers. Meet the scenesters on everyone's list... more

A pain in the art: Marina Abramovic

24.09.10
Marina Abramovic inspired David Blaine and Riccardo Tisci with her masochistic performance art. And now she's crossing the Pond. Watch out for knives, ice blocks, wounds and tears, says Hermione Eyre... more

Oh! What a night: Louis Vuitton's lavish bash

26.05.10
A sorting office transformed into a Narnia forest, with absinthe dens and a Donna Summer disco, raised the bar for London parties, says Vassi Chamberlain.... more

Your guide to Copenhagen and the global climate change summit

19.11.09
Energy analysis: Here's what those over-informed environmentalists/spotty greeno-commies/clean-tech hedge fund managers are talking about... more

Giant Mike Skinner crop circle welcomes Glastonbury revellers

25.06.09
The music begins at Glastonbury today with revellers arriving in their thousands hopeful showers hold off... 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

Fifty and fabulous

23.09.08
Madonna has just passed a milestone most women dread — but here writer Kathy Lette reveals why she’s not afraid to leave her forties behind ... more

London takes over world to lure Olympic tourists

20.08.08
This is the image of London that will be broadcast to the world in the countdown to the 2012 Olympics... more

Canoeist's parents struck by lightning as storms hit Games

14.08.08
The family of Britain's canoeing silver medalist David Florence were struck by lightning on the Great Wall of China... more

Pedal medal pair tell the nation to get on their bikes

14.08.08
Emma Pooley and Nicole Cooke hope their medal-winning rides in the shadow of the Great Wall of China will persuade a nation to get on its bike... more

London's silver pedal

13.08.08
A London cyclist has won Britain a seventh Olympic medal... more

Pooley shows her motion slickness

13.08.08
Pushing herself to 'the point of sickness', Briton claims impressive silver in shadow of the Great Wall... more

Cooke doubling up in an effort to emulate Holmes

11.08.08
Cycling heroine has vowed to give everything to repeat the historic feat of double champion Kelly Holmes in Athens... more

'Great Wall of China' stands in way of US

08.08.08
America's superstar basketball team fear they will be running into a one-man wall in 7ft 6in Yao Ming... more

Smog all the way to Great Wall

07.08.08
The Olympic city was blanketed in smog that obliterated the sun as pollution in Beijing reached dangerous levels... more

Beijing on Thames

06.08.08
On the eve of the Olympics, Sir David Tang tells how the Chinese are creating a cultural - and business - revolution in London. We pick 20 names to watch... more

Terracotta Army triumph

14.09.07
The British Museum's much trumped exhibition might be small but it's beautifully formed and more than lives up to the hype.... more

Small but beautifully formed and wonderfully theatrical

12.09.07
The Terracotta Army exhibition may be small but offers the opportunity to examine, contemplate and judge without being overwhelmed by the sheer numbers of the Army, says Brian Sewell.... more

Terracotta army marches

17.08.07
The British Museum's blockbuster exhibition of China's Terracotta Army has smashed records for advance ticket sales.... more


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