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How London's business is done as people party

11.11.09
If London is a centre of influence, a melting pot of creative partnerships, deals, competition and unlikely alliances then last night the Evening Standard's party for London's top 1,000 influentials was a microcosm of that in action... more

'Eating out is the best sort of live theatre'

01.10.09
Liz Hoggard, who confesses to spending almost every mealtime — and much of her salary — in the capital's dining establishments, raises a glass to London's first Restaurant Festival... more

Happy 300th birthday to a tireless Londoner

18.09.09
Samuel Johnson is one of the great adoptive Londoners. Certainly few people have insisted so resoundingly on the city's magnificence... more

See Dr Johnson's house free on his 300th birthday

15.09.09
The only surviving London home of writer and lexicographer Samuel Johnson will open its doors free on Friday to mark the 300th anniversary of his birth... more

Essential summer reading

09.07.09
As baggage restrictions on budget airlines are so mean, it’s crucial to choose your holiday reading wisely. Here are some books that truly deserve to make the cut... more

There's now a science to writing great books

01.07.09
Judging the Samuel Johnson Prize began as an over-enthusiastic book club - each of us had 40 books to read in three months - and ended in personal transformation... more

Writer uses prize to plead for endangered whales

01.07.09
Writer Philip Hoare has made an impassioned plea to save the whale after winning Britain's most prestigious prize for non-fiction with a love letter to the world's biggest mammal... more

Bad bankers and dodgy science in the running for best non-fiction

21.05.09
A book offering lessons from history on how a few bankers can bankrupt the world made it onto the shortlist of Britain’s most prestigious non-fiction prize... more

Neverending story: festival tells the tale of London

12.05.09
From black comedians to black cabs and Pearly Queens to Tudor kings, thousands of Londoners are attempting to capture the spirit of the city... more

Hello, London! Why the world's best performers want to play in the capital

15.04.09
Vienna, Paris and Milan may have the musical heritage but the world’s best performers all want to play here...... more

Recession rage is hitting the streets

05.03.09
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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

Comment: The safe choice, but a thoroughly satisfying read

16.07.08
This year's shortlist for the Samuel Johnson Prize was almost embarrassingly good... more

Murder mystery that led to Holmes and Morse is £30,000 winner

16.07.08
An account of a gruesome Victorian murder which sparked our obsession with detective novels has won the world's most lucrative non-fiction book prize... more

Eloquent and erudite, he never tired of London

16.07.08
Literary London was out in force last night to mark the Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction.... more

Eloquent and erudite, he never tired of London

16.07.08
Literary London was out in force last night to mark the Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction... more

Uncovering our weather obsession...

15.02.08
An exhibition at the Museum of London aims to show how well the capital's populace has adapted to fog, floods, storms and heatwaves over the years.... more

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