It was the year of the Coalition, resurgent banker bonuses and Lady Gaga’s meat dress, but how well do you remember 2010? Try our quiz — compiled exclusively from Evening Standard front-page stories — and find out... more
You may not know them yet — but you soon will. Patricia Dobson reveals Screen International’s list of the best up-and-coming British film talent.... more
Sam Taylor Wood’s work in fine art is always a bit international and self-advertisingly universal, but for Nowhere Boy, her first feature film, it seems as if she has turned to something very local. ... more
As Lord Northcliffe observed: when dog bites man, it isn't news; when man bites dog, it is. Similarly, when old men go out with younger women, it's business as usual; when women go out with younger men, it's a talking point... more
The family of teenage British actor Aaron Johnson said today they were “delighted” at his plans to marry Sam Taylor-Wood despite their 23-year age gap.... more
What a pleasure, and what a fitting end to an excellent 53rd London Film Festival. Sam Taylor-Wood's film about John Lennon's teenage years is a moving and accomplished debut... more
The pressure is on to emulate the surprise global success of Danny Boyle's film. Here are this year's top 10 homegrown movies that could hit the jackpot.... more