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Bleached-out Michael Jackson is no role model for me

03.07.09
It is exactly a week since the ridiculous mass hysteria first erupted over the death of MJ (as he is now being called). For seven days the nation has been deluged with little else but the ceaseless outpourings of grief... more

Short stories will celebrate the capital's Royal Park life

19.06.09
There is romance in Hyde Park and Restoration drama in St James's as eight writers bring London's Royal Parks to life... more

Sizzling Kate Moss has really got talent

19.06.09
Café de Paris hosted an array of stars who were flexing their cheque books to raise around £1/2m for charity.... more

Lunch out at Villiers Terrace

29.04.09
Villiers Terrace is trying hard, if not yet getting it all right.... more

Praise for East End girls in Film Festival

14.04.09
Guy Ritchie gave the Collins twins their break on screen — now they have moved behind the camera to tell the story of their real-life gangster dad.... more

Some inside jobs in Writers' Rooms

04.12.08
Eamonn McCabe invites us into private worlds in Writers' Rooms where the secrets of creativity, memories of agonies and inspirations are stored. ... more

Video: Are the Olympics good for London?

09.07.08
Click on the links below for video highlights of the Evening Standard's Influentials debate on 'Are the Olympics good for London?' featuring Tessa Jowell, Will Self, Andrew Gilligan, Sebastian Coe and Kate Hoey...... more

2012 Games 'will fail to boost grassroots sport'

09.07.08
The London Olympics may fail to deliver on its key pledge to boost the nationwide popularity of sport, it has been claimed... more

Comment: The real goal for the 2012 Games

09.07.08
The 2012 Games are a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for London to boost grassroots participation in sport, and it must not be allowed to slip away... more

Comment: Here's what the Games will do for us

08.07.08
Do you remember that Monty Python scene from The Life Of Brian asking what the Romans ever did for us? There was sanitation, public health, irrigation, education, the roads - and so the list went on, but it was never enough... more

Comment: Making the 2012 Olympics deliver

08.07.08
Three years ago this week, London won its bid to host the 2012 Olympics. But in that time, while work on the Olympic park has proceeded well, there has also been rising public anxiety about costs and the legacy of the Games... more

How they voted - leading Londoners reveal their political leanings

01.05.08
The Evening Standard's Katharine Barney found out who backed whom - and why - in the mayoral election ... more

Mathew Bourne to stage Oscar Wilde show

10.04.08
Choreographer Matthew Bourne will return this summer with his take on Oscar Wilde's dark story, The Picture of Dorian Grey.... more

Wallinger: Why I had to win the Turner

04.12.07
The winner of the 2007 Turner Prize has launched a searing attack on the infringement of civil rights that stops protests in Parliament Square.... more

Popular artist gives insight to work

23.07.07
Creator of 'The Angel of the North', Antony Gormley will be discussing his wide-ranging career on 24 July... more

Free film festival has something for everyone

16.07.07
With several events taking place daily, the Portobello Film Festival has something to offer all film fans.... more

Take me out: best events

01.02.07
There's a second chance to see reggae musical The Harder They Come, there'll be an interactive performance of Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake in Trafalgar Square and Hot Fuzztival gets underway.... more

Take me out: Best events

23.11.06
Future Cinema take over Fabric, the X Party kicks off at the New Cross Inn and Nouvelle Vague head for the Bloomsbury Ballroom.... more

Take me out: best weekend events

02.11.06
Soulwax take over Fabric, Isabelle Huppert gets her own season at the NFT and Will Self and Grayson Perry will be popping down to Late At Tate Britain. ... more

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