An hour at lunchtime can be enough to help a child into a bright new future. David Cohen talks to five people about their experiences with Volunteer Reading Help in the capital... more
Ben Barnes, star of the West End stage adaptation of Birdsong, Sebastian Faulks’s Great War novel, is to help the Royal British Legion mark Remembrance Day in Trafalgar Square... more
It was the book they said could never be dramatised, but with Sebastian Faulks, Trevor Nunn and two of our brightest young acting talents leading the charge, Birdsong can finally take flight, says Lydia Slater... more
The Beverly Hills site bought by Christian Candy’s CPC Group for $500 million three years ago has gone under the hammer - but the Candy brothers insist it won't affect One Hyde Park... more
There are more important things for the Met Black Police Association to do than supporting its disgraced head's appeal - such as winning justice for Stephen Lawrence and Jean Charles de Menezes
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The devil, as ever, is in the detail. And the devil, I am coming to believe, was born between 1946 and 1964, fully returns the Rolling Stones' sympathy and probably owns a second home in Provence. For the devil is a baby boomer... more
JB Priestley’s 1949 collection of short essays about things that delighted him has been updated by the members of the London Library. From girl bands to Bexhill-on-Sea, here six of them reveal their secret delights...... more
In the last few weeks the No 23 bus has become the most controversial route in the capital; a service that celebrity residents do not want redirected down their stuccoed streets...... more
Happy birthday to the Colony Room Club which celebrated its 60th anniversary this Monday. I was a proud member of the seedy Soho dive for nigh on 15 years and am saddened by reports of its imminent demise. ... more
One of this year's Man Booker Prize judges has criticised male academics who sit on literary panels, claiming they pick "highbrow" novels over readable ones... more
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.
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Dressed only as Bond girls should, the newsreaders Emily Maitlis and Andrea Catherwood provided the glamour at the launch of the new novel to mark the centenary of the birth of 007's creator Ian Fleming.
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Exclusive: After high-profile allegations this season, Charlton's manager is pleased the issue is now being addressed but says the authorities still have plenty of work to do
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