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Daddy cool: Clint Eastwood wraps up in fleece to ward off London chill

04.02.10
Maybe Morgan Eastwood was dreaming of lying on a California beach when she joined father Clint on set in a chilly London this week. ... more

Teacher loses sacking appeal after punch-up

01.12.09
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Best books of the year - part two

26.11.09
More of our regular reviewers reveal the books that have given them the greatest pleasure in 2009... more

Local library lets you read virtual books on your mobile

29.07.09
Library books and magazines including Wisden and the Bible will be available to download on to mobile phones or computers under a pioneering scheme at a London library... more

Not so grand designs

23.07.09
The influential critic Roger Fry set up the Omega Workshops to apply his ideas about art to everyday objects — but the Bloomsbury artists he employed were woeful craftsmen... more

London needs new talent to keep us on top

19.05.09
A few weeks ago a woman emailed me to comment on a piece I'd written about universities. Bea Vo wanted to set me right about one aspect of the American system... more

Party on: how the recession has scaled back fun

18.05.09
People are still having fun but conspicuous entertaining is on the way out...... more

Bloomsbury's Wisden innings off to a flyer

15.05.09
Wisden is proving a winner for Bloomsbury Publishing... more

Bloomsbury beats forecasts despite a spell without Potter

31.03.09
Bloomsbury Publishing showed that there is life after Harry Potter as it comfortably beat City profit forecasts... more

Forget Noho, old Fitzrovia is still blooming

23.03.09
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Haunch moves to roomier gallery

11.03.09
A commercial art gallery is moving into one of the biggest vacant museum spaces in central London... more

Bloomsbury bowled over to catch Wisden

05.12.08
Harry Potter publisher Bloomsbury is set to become the custodian of another icon of the world of books: Wisden... more

Protesters win fight to scrap polyclinic

20.11.08
Plans to set up a polyclinic in a hospital have been scrapped after protests... more

Protesters win fight to scrap polyclinic

20.11.08
Plans to set up a polyclinic in a London hospital have been scrapped after protests... more

Fuel bills that fleece us all

21.10.08
THERE are some pertinent questions to be asked about energy prices and it is to the benefit of consumers that the Prime Minister is asking them. Gordon Brown has pointed out that while gas and electricity prices rose to take account of the increased price of oil, there have been no corresponding cuts in fuel bills as the price of oil comes down. Ed Miliband, the Energy Secretary, has met the six big energy retailers to tell them that the Government wants prices to fall. Meanwhile, the former head of Energywatch, Allan Asher, has said that consumers' annual bills of £1,200 could be reduced by up to a third if there were reforms to the wholesale market and greater competition between suppliers. He has a point: at a time when official inflation figures are just over five per cent, some suppliers have increased gas prices by a third.... more

Ten things you didn't know about Mr Keynes

21.10.08
He's right back in fashion again, so here's our bluffer's guide to the great economist... more

Bloomsbury streets to be people-friendly

21.10.08
A £6.3 million plan to make Bloomsbury more pedestrian and cycling friendly has been approved... more

Literary Life

08.10.08
Celebrity sells at an astonishing rate, yet at its heart the UK still loves a book for itself and London is a great champion of literature. These are the people who keep us reading. ... more

Street wardens to issue £200 on-the-spot fines

22.09.08
Street wardens in Camden will be able to hand out on-the-spot fines of up to £200 as part of a drive to tackle antisocial behaviour... more

£3.5 million Bloomsbury puts faith in Buffett

29.08.08
Bloomsbury reckons a new biography of Warren Buffett will help it thrive in a post-Harry Potter world... more

Sting in the tale for book publisher as Jennie turns out to be Charles

20.06.08
When the staff at Bloomsbury publishers read 24 For 3 by Jennie Walker, they thought they had a potential Orange Prize winner on their hands... more

Street artist assures critics his mural won't stick around for long

10.06.08
This photographic artwork by a French artist known as "JR" fills the entire side of a four-storey terrace in Bloomsbury - but it has not necessarily impressed those living nearby ... more

Memorable amnesiac

02.06.08
The pace of Jenny Eclair may dip at times but the sold-out crowd adored every vulgar, self-obsessed quip.... more

The curse of Harry: rich publishers, poor authors

25.04.08
Joanna Trollope has left her publisher of many years, Bloomsbury. It's reported that Trollope felt that the firm has become so preoccupied with its great money-maker, JK Rowling, that it has neglected its bread and butter authors and lost its way... more

Strange times if savers are scarier than raiders

08.04.08
There is definitely more trouble ahead. The only thing we can be sure of is that we don't know exactly what form it will take... more

Noho? No way, this is Fitzrovia

06.03.08
Billionaire brothers have come under fire from angry Bloomsbury residents who accuse them of trying to rebrand the area "Noho". ... more

Pick a Number for foodie joy

17.10.07
Number Twelve may be in an unfashionable part of town (opposite Euston Station), but the whole of west London will be flocking there soon.... more

Informal boho

12.09.07
Balfour is a good-looking, independent joint whose mix of informal boho and retro-industrial styling offers a real fillip to the street.... more

Critic's choice: Best comedy shows

04.01.07
Ricky Gervais warms up for his tour with some low-key gigs at the Bloomsbury, it's your last chance to see gobby Glaswegian Jerry Sadowitz and Cirque du Soleil comes to town.... more

Energy, fire and integrity

23.11.06
The beige stage of Verdi's grim Rigoletto is a sludgy mess. So it's lucky that a fine cast and glittering score are on hand to do all the work.... more

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