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The best books of the year

2009-11-19T12:55:23Z

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

�Parents will have to save for university from child�s birth�

2009-10-13T08:55:05Z

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

The world's top 50 universities

2009-10-08T06:35:36Z

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

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

2009-10-01T08:39:00Z

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

Know when to leave your job

2009-09-07T10:18:32Z

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

City Spy: Goldman is still under the cosh

2009-07-31T05:45:53Z

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

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

2009-06-01T08:09:48Z

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

Where does Darling get his forecasts from?

2009-04-23T08:20:43Z

Baby Labour

2009-04-22T09:49:02Z

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

We should join euro � but won�t

2009-04-21T07:35:36Z

Yale fights to keep Van Gogh masterpiece

2009-03-25T08:51:59Z

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

Love and Marriage is some wedding present

2009-03-13T00:00:00Z

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

England or America?

2009-01-26T11:45:52Z

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

It�s far from quiet on the western front

2009-01-12T10:23:50Z

Is chrome the key to recovery?

2008-12-18T13:17:49Z

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

Yale feels the pinch as endowment dives

2008-12-17T11:19:38Z

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

My warning to Gordon and his friend Alistair

2008-12-02T10:29:38Z

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

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

2008-10-14T09:50:07Z

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

Capital's universities climb world league table as UK slumps

2008-10-09T08:43:06Z

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

Chinese university for Hackney in 2012 legacy

2008-10-02T07:56:45Z

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

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

2008-08-13T18:13:45Z

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.

Macca and new love Nancy get their kicks on Route 66

2008-08-06T10:12:42Z

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

The City superwoman and the hunt for little Snooks

2008-07-31T09:26:30Z

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

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

2008-05-28T20:20:53Z

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.

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

2008-05-26T18:21:03Z

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

Book Fair hosts bestsellers

2008-04-14T13:34:50Z

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

Eloquent but contrived

2008-01-23T00:00:00Z

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.

Big name, small display

2007-10-22T23:00:00Z

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

A tourist's take on London

2007-01-29T00:00:00Z

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.

Hate at first sight - guess the rest

2006-12-21T00:00:00Z

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.