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Baby boomers are the curse of my generation

07.10.09
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

Alex's issues: the editor of British Vogue on fashion, recession and Anna Wintour

09.09.09
The editor of British Vogue talks about her opposite number in New York, that fly-on-the-wall documentary, weight, and how we can still enjoy shopping in a recession... more

These are a few of my favourite things

07.09.09
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

London can still party with the best

04.09.09
London knows how to party even when the chips are down, and we Brits know how to shake our booty with the best of them... more

Treat literature savagely - and it will flourish

24.08.09
There are times when one has no choice but to stand back and admire... more

Where is the novelist to do our city justice?

31.07.09
Dickens’s novels seemed to encapsulate the entire city and London became the central character of his work... more

WHSmith sorry for Josef Fritzl Father's Day promotion

19.06.09
High street chain WH Smith apologises after promoting a book on cellar rapist Josef Fritzl as a Father's Day gift... more

The fight of the week: a route rout

15.05.09
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

‘Will’s success back then was my ticket to party and get laid’

14.04.09
Singer Will Young’s brother was branded his ‘evil twin’. Now the one-time alcoholic depressive has turned his life around and founded a charity to help others like himself... more

If you want money just buy me drink

17.12.08
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

Booker judge criticises 'highbrow' male panels

14.10.08
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

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

Pearson looks to Obama win to boost its education hopes

28.07.08
The Financial Times owner hopes that the Deomcratic candidate's schools policies will provide a boon for its valuable education arm... more

JK Rowling's 800 word Harry Potter prequel sells for £25,000 at charity auction

11.06.08
JK Rowling's 800 word 'prequel' to Harry Potter - which she wrote last month - sold at auction for £25,000 tonight amid frenzied bidding by fans of the boy wizard... more

'Blonde girls' Emily and Andrea dazzle at 007 book launch

28.05.08
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. ... more

Review: this 007 is a Faulks hero

28.05.08
Sebastian Faulks demurred, when first asked by the Fleming family to write a new James Bond novel... more

Shaken and stirred fans queue all night for Bond

28.05.08
James Bond fans braved stormy weather to be the first to buy the new novel marking the centenary of the birth of 007 creator Ian Fleming... more

MoD promotes new Bond book with helicopters, a warship and speedboats - costing taxpayers thousands

27.05.08
Anyone seeing the array of military hardware speeding along the river yesterday might have thought war had broken out... more

Licensed to kill with the least thrilling of names

27.05.08
The name's Bond. James Bond. Not even Ian Fleming could have imagined that his creation would become one of the most recognisable names in 20th-century English literature, alongside "Bertie" Wooster and Sherlock Holmes... more

'I'm sorry. I haven't a clue how I'll get over Humph's death' Friends mourn jazz genius Lyttelton

27.04.08
Sinclair McKay remembers Humphrey Lyttelton - jazz genius, radio legend and master of the breathtaking double entendre who died on Friday at the age of 86 ... more

Book Fair hosts bestsellers

14.04.08
The London Book Fair is a must for literary enthusiasts with Sebastian Faulks, Francesca Simon and Alaa Al Aswany among guest authors.... more

Breakneck books are sometimes the best

18.03.08
Sebastian Faulks has revealed that he wrote his new James Bond novel, Devil May Care, in just six weeks... more

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