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The best books of the year

19.11.09
Our reviewers name the titles that have meant the most to them over the past 12 months... more

‘Parents will have to save for university from child’s birth’

13.10.09
Parents will be forced to start saving for their children’s university education as soon as they are born if ministers scrap the limit on tuition fees, a leading vice-chancellor has warned... more

The world's top 50 universities

08.10.09
University College London has risen above Oxford in this year's world university rankings, it was announced today... more

Students 'must be told how many lectures they get for £3,000 fees'

01.10.09
Universities will be forced to tell students how many lectures and classes they can expect amid fears that undergraduates are being cheated out of their £3,225 a year fees... more

Know when to leave your job

07.09.09
Business leaders are realising the benefit of quitting while they are ahead. We report on the rise of career ‘re-potting’... more

City Spy: Goldman is still under the cosh

31.07.09
A further addition to the plethora of savage anti-Goldman Sachs articles in America — quite possibly the best of the bunch — comes from US writer Michael Lewis on Bloomberg.com ... more

Privatise top five UK universities to form Ivy League, says Imperial head

01.06.09
Britain's best universities should be privatised to form an elite US-style Ivy League, a leading higher-education figure said... more

Baby Labour

22.04.09
Georgia Gould isn’t the only child of a Labour dynasty making her mark in politics. Emily Hill reveals the other holders of famous names following the family tradition... more

Yale fights to keep Van Gogh masterpiece

25.03.09
Yale University is taking legal action to retain a Van Gogh masterpiece... more

Love and Marriage is some wedding present

13.03.09
Marriages in Renaissance Florence were celebrated with furniture of extraordinary extravagance and symbolism.... more

England or America?

26.01.09
Madonna and Guy Ritchie are at logger-heads over where Lourdes should go to school: here, or in America?... more

Is chrome the key to recovery?

18.12.08
Bad times inevitably provoke economic nationalism and this may just help rekindle the American public's love of the automobile... more

Yale feels the pinch as endowment dives

17.12.08
Finance: The endowment fund at President Bush's old university Yale has taken a 25%, $5.5 billion (£3.59 billion) hit from plunging markets over the past four months... more

My warning to Gordon and his friend Alistair

02.12.08
Eight days on from the PBR, interest rates are likely to fall again and the pound is under pressure... more

It’s a good time for Hester to quit property for RBS

14.10.08
The appointment of Stephen Hester as chief executive of Royal Bank of Scotland marks a long-awaited return to banking for the former Credit Suisse First Boston and Abbey National man after four years as head of British Land... more

Capital's universities climb world league table as UK slumps

09.10.08
Leading London universities have risen in the world ranking of higher education institutions this year despite Britain sliding in the international league... more

Chinese university for Hackney in 2012 legacy

02.10.08
London Mayor Boris Johnson is in talks with some of China's leading universities to establish a new campus in the Olympic Park... more

All Together Now: Loved-up Paul and Nancy share the burden as they arrive home

13.08.08
He may have millions in the bank, but Paul McCartney isn't above carrying his own luggage. And with his smiling girlfriend Nancy Shevell by his side to help share the burden he looked happier than ever as he arrived at Heathrow Airport today.... more

Macca and new love Nancy get their kicks on Route 66

06.08.08
Sir Paul McCartney and Nancy Shevell have stepped their romance up a gear with a road trip across America.... more

The City superwoman and the hunt for little Snooks

31.07.08
The Standard reveals the extraordinary story of secrets and lies behind the abduction of the daughter of McKinsey high-flyer Sandra Boss by her ex-husband ... more

Loved-up Paul McCartney goes back to the psychedelic era with flower-power shirt

28.05.08
A day after going public with his new love for the first time Paul McCartney appeared to be heading back the Psychedelic era as he was pictured in London with a multi-coloured floral shirt.... more

Educating Macca... Sir Paul awarded honorary music degree by Yale University

26.05.08
Sir Paul McCartney went back to school today as he received an honorary degree from one of America's top universities.... 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

Eloquent but contrived

23.01.08
Although The Vertical Hour is reinforced by superb, emotionally charged performances, Nicholas de Jongh was left surprised by the cursory arguments about the invasion of Iraq.... more

Big name, small display

23.10.07
The Royal Academy's exhibition, An American's Passion For British Art: Paul Mellon's Legacy, impresses the viewer with its riches.... more

A tourist's take on London

29.01.07
Canaletto may have spent nearly a decade in the capital but a new exhibition in Dulwich reveals that it never inspired him as much as Venice, says Brian Sewell.... more

Hate at first sight - guess the rest

21.12.06
American high school romcom It's A Boy Girl Thing is a vulgar, stupid film full of jokes about genitals and farts that Derek Malcom found pure torture to watch.... more

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