One of Britain's most powerful newspaper editors has launched a stinging attack on David Cameron and criticised his relationship with the Murdoch empire... more
So, the weather forecast: not looking too good, is it? I don't care that it will be cold, wet and muddy: I am going camping this weekend, and I am glad... more
As celebrities join a protest against a London PR firm's links with authoritarian Belarus, Gideon Spanier exposes the publicity firms with an image problem... more
Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt was accused of a 'whitewash' and a 'U-turn' today as he waved through Rupert Murdoch's plan for an £8 billion takeover of BSkyB... more
Tamil refugee hunger striker accepts substantial undisclosed damages over claims that he had secretly eaten takeaway burgers throughout his protest... more
Despite allegations of cronyism and
lack of credibility, the Mayor’s friend Veronica Wadley is London’s new arts chair — under her old adversary Liz Forgan. She tells Stephen Robinson why she is the best person for the job... more
Rebekah Wade loves newspapers. So at a time when they face unprecedented economic problems, her promotion has not gone down badly at News International... more
Newspaper and magazine wholesaler Smiths News has won its fifth major contract in a month, signing a £136 million-a-year deal to distribute the Daily and Sunday Telegraph until 2014... more
Shares in Dawson Holdings slumped again today after the newspaper and magazine distributor said it has now lost four key contracts in two weeks... more
Media group Daily Mail and General Trust expects to axe 1500 staff this year, with two thirds of them going from regional newspapers arm Northcliffe... more
Bert Hardy, one of the most powerful figures in the newspaper industry in a career spanning 65 years, has died after a long illness at the age of 80... more
Media: Daily Mail and General Trust has said trading in the final three months of 2008 was "ahead of expectations" but warned that the immediate outlook could be much worse... more
A Chinese-born dissident was jailed for a minimum of 20 years for beating an 86-year-old author to death, after a historic Old Bailey trial partly held in secret... more
At face value, it is difficult to find much to disagree with in the good intentions enshrined in Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR)... more
The judge who presided over the Max Mosley sadomasochism trial has been accused of "arrogant and amoral" judgments which will result in a privacy law by the back door... more
Three years today after her husband David lost his leg in the Edgware Road Tube bombing, Angela Gardner talks for the first time about his extraordinary journey to recovery... more
Thousands of opera tickets will be available at £10 and 1,200 will be given away free to young people aged nine to 18 in an attempt to attract new audiences.
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A new £30,000 prize for the most promising playwright is to be introduced at the Evening Standard Theatre awards later this month. The award is to be named in honour of the late Charles Wintour - former Standard editor and passionate theatre goer.... more
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