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Nicky Haslam: lord of the dance

2009-11-06T15:04:19Z

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

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

2009-10-07T07:44:21Z

Tony and Cherie Blair have buy sixth house bringing their property portfolio to �11.94million

The Dreamboat: Rupert Evans

2009-10-02T10:41:59Z

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

Elizabeth Taylor 'sleeps with picture of Richard Burton'

2009-09-17T11:04:38Z

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

Love lessons from my aunt

2009-06-05T08:03:05Z

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

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

2009-04-17T08:19:25Z

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

American boy makes good

2009-03-18T09:01:54Z

I think I owe Kevin Spacey a belated apology

Gay London emerges in Plague Over England

2009-02-24T00:00:00Z

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.

Imrie stars in critic De Jongh's debut

2009-01-19T14:12:49Z

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

50 ways to have fun in 2009

2009-01-02T10:12:38Z

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

New Lyric chief promises to surprise

2008-10-15T08:11:23Z

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

No Man's Land was made for the Great Gambon

2008-09-28T23:00:00Z

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

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

2008-09-02T22:40:48Z

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.

Uncut version of controversial Helen Mirren film Caligula to be released

2008-08-26T18:25:17Z

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.

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

2008-07-03T13:24:29Z

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

Defending National Portrait Gallery

2008-06-10T10:33:29Z

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

Poetry takes up pole position

2008-04-13T23:00:00Z

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

A fun blast from America's past

2008-03-17T00:00:00Z

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.

An age I remember

2008-03-13T00:00:00Z

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.

Look back in laughter at a dark knight in history

2008-03-03T00:00:00Z

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

Where's the Jarman I knew?

2008-02-29T00:00:00Z

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.

Am I afraid of the critics? You bet I am

2008-02-13T15:11:27Z

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

The hottest tickets for the year ahead

2008-01-04T11:10:07Z

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.

Middle-aged lovers make much the biggest waves

2007-12-19T00:00:00Z

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

I didn't make a penny from my Hollywood blockbuster

2007-06-11T11:09:53Z

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.

Raising the bar

2006-08-01T23:00:00Z

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.