Connecting with the Facebook generation is the big issue for marketers. So little wonder that 71% of UK businesses are ambitious to improve their social media presence, according to a survey of 1000 companies by OfficeCavalry.com... more
Over-painting is a popular trend but Becker Harrison’s skills as a graffiti artist and painter using acrylic and gouache cleverly instils tension into formerly quiet scenes... more
For all their status as Hollywood stars in the old vein, the interest in Richard Burton's love letters to Elizabeth Taylor has less to do with them or their relationship than our own... more
Batsman smashed a record-breaking double century as India scored an emphatic 153-run victory over South Africa in the second one-day international... more
Last week a report claimed that nearly 1 million under-25s were on the dole. But in the capital, bright young businesses are springing up like green shoots. Andy Barker meets the Dragons of the future...... more
A couple from London who spent £25,000 in a deal with an Indian surrogate mother are back home in East Ham with their three-month-old twins after a lengthy legal fight... more
Exclusive: Growing numbers of British couples are going to India to pay surrogate mothers to have their children, the Evening Standard can reveal... more
Cricket: With the new season about to get under way in South Africa, we take a look at the eight teams going for glory in the Indian Premier League ... more
The taste of India's merchant princes for extraordinarily lavish weddings has not been lessened by their rickety business finances, says top wedding planner Saurabh Agarwal ... more
The vicious attacks in Mumbai have highlighted the threat from terrorism that India faces. And the manner of the attack ¡ª more akin to a sophisticated military operation ¡ª differs from previous bombings... more
You never know what to expect from Spanish-born conceptual artist Santiago Sierra, but rather than provoke, this latest work fails to pack a punch.... more
Sound check: German industrial metal band Rammstein literally play with fire in their live performances - and now they are about to unleash their singeing spectacle on London. Watch out for your eyebrows
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