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Nicky Haslam: lord of the dance

06.11.09
Nicky Haslam has been to more parties than anyone and knows how to make an evening fizz: start planning three months ahead; decorate the ceiling; invite Paris Hilton; and never, ever engage the host in conversation... more

Blair's property portfolio grows as Nicky gets 'lads' pad'

07.10.09
Tony and Cherie Blair have buy sixth house bringing their property portfolio to £11.94million... more

The Dreamboat: Rupert Evans

02.10.09
Actor Rupert Evans may have chiselled cheekbones and a nice line in noblemen, but in reality he is charmingly guileless and just a little bit accident-prone. Hermione Eyre meets a lovely luvvie... more

Elizabeth Taylor 'sleeps with picture of Richard Burton'

17.09.09
Hollywood veteran Elizabeth Taylor still sleeps with a photograph of ex-husband Richard Burton by her bedside, his niece said today... more

Love lessons from my aunt

05.06.09
Young Joan Wyndham cut a swath through wartime London and recorded it in diaries. Now these have been adapted for the stage... more

My part may be over but theatre goes from strength to strength

17.04.09
As he makes his exit after almost 18 years at the Standard, our theatre critic calls for the London stage to be given the bright future it so richly deserves... more

American boy makes good

18.03.09
I think I owe Kevin Spacey a belated apology... more

Gay London emerges in Plague Over England

24.02.09
In his terrific first play, Nicholas de Jongh traces a lost world: the dark waltz of cottaging where men circle each other for signs of lust.... more

Imrie stars in critic De Jongh's debut

19.01.09
Celia Imrie is to star in the West End transfer of the debut play by Evening Standard critic Nicholas de Jongh... more

50 ways to have fun in 2009

02.01.09
Priscilla on stage, Blur reunited, Michael Sheen as Brian Clough — we bring you the highlights of London’s arts calendar for the coming months. ... more

New Lyric chief promises to surprise

15.10.08
Sean Holmes, the director whose work includes an acclaimed revival of The Entertainer, is to be the new head of the Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith... more

No Man's Land was made for the Great Gambon

29.09.08
The Great Gambon (as Ralph Richardson dubbed him) returns to Pinter in a new production of No Man’s Land directed by the wünderkind Rupert Goold, whose interpretation of Macbeth with Patrick Stewart proved such a hit.... more

Richard Attenborough: 'How I ended up signing women's breasts while brother David tickled gorillas' chests'

02.09.08
Here, in the third part of our exclusive serialisation of his autobiography, he tells how the strict regime of his loving father set him - and his brothers - on the path to success.... more

Uncut version of controversial Helen Mirren film Caligula to be released

26.08.08
It was banned in the 1970s for its graphic scenes of incest and real sex, but now controversial Roman epic Caligula is set to go on sale in the high street.... more

Walliams in the West End for ... (pause) Pinter

03.07.08
David Walliams is to make his West End debut alongside Michael Gambon in a new production of a Harold Pinter classic... more

Defending National Portrait Gallery

10.06.08
Evening Standard art critic Brian Sewell has questioned the point of the National Portrait Gallery. Here its director Sandy Nairne fights back.... more

Poetry takes up pole position

14.04.08
Poet and playwright Tony Harrison's new play, Fram, is a defence of poetry and the word, told through a feat of physical endurance.... more

A fun blast from America's past

17.03.08
Joe Allen - a New York-style bar cum dining room tucked away in Covent Garden - doesn't take its clientele or its nosh too seriously. It's a place to feast on the ambience rather than the food. ... more

An age I remember

13.03.08
Using the arrest of John Gielgud as the pivot of his play, Nicholas de Jongh gives himself the opportunity for wit that ranges from polished Wildean repartee to vulgarities worthy of Kenneth Williams.... more

Look back in laughter at a dark knight in history

03.03.08
Standard critic Nicholas de Jongh's first play explores ignorance and intolerance in the Fifties.... more

Where's the Jarman I knew?

29.02.08
It's a pity that a new exhibition at the Serpentine Gallery all but ignores Derek Jarman's lifelong work as a painter, says Brian Sewell.... more

Am I afraid of the critics? You bet I am

13.02.08
After a career spent passing judgment on the works of others, the Standard's theatre critic, Nicholas de Jongh decided to write a play.... more

The hottest tickets for the year ahead

04.01.08
From Kylie Minogue and masterpieces of Impressionism to an invasion of Chinese dance companies, the next 12 months will be a treat for London's arts lovers.... more

Middle-aged lovers make much the biggest waves

19.12.07
Simon Russell Beale and Zoe Wanamaker make big, theatrical waves in Nicholas Hytner's alluring production of Much Ado About Nothing.... more

I didn't make a penny from my Hollywood blockbuster

11.06.07
After mutiny and malaria on the set of The Last King of Scotland, producer and former heroin addict Lisa Bryer reveals how she struggled through illness to make the film she believed in.... more

Raising the bar

02.08.06
Bar news: When it comes to getting into London's exclusive party nights, saying "don't you know who I am?" doesn't cut much ice these days. Instead, you need to know the fixers: Lucy Mayhew meets the people who matter.... more

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