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Capital's gourmet chocolate hotspot

09.11.09
Britain's top chocolatier William Curley opens his first central London shop in Pimlico Green... more

Plumbers at war over celebrity clients

04.11.09
Plumbers in the capital are preparing for battle, with London’s biggest private firm accusing a rival of trying to steal famous clients including Keira Knightley and Hugh Grant... more

Pride of the Gunners: High praise for Highbury Square

04.11.09
The conversion of Arsenal's former ground isn't quite the surprising landmark it could have been - but it has achieved the rare feat of creating a modern garden square... more

Those under scrutiny

12.10.09
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The Cask Pub and Kitchen offers quality beer

19.08.09
A friendly husband and wife team have recently taken over the Cask Pub and Kitchen and elevated this into a place worth seeking out ... more

Teenagers attacked in weekend of violence

10.08.09
A 15-year-old boy was shot and a teenager is fighting for his life after being stabbed during a weekend of violence in London... more

Estate gave us all hanging baskets, then they banned them weeks later

23.07.09
Residents of Grade II-listed homes were told to remove their hanging baskets - weeks after being given flowers to plant in them... more

Street markets redeveloped to lure shoppers

08.06.09
Three street markets will be expanded and given facelifts under plans to tap into an increase in demand... more

Pupils take GCSEs in Pimlico park

30.04.09
Hundreds of teenagers at a London academy will take GCSEs in a makeshift exam hall in a park this summer after new school buildings were delayed... more

Victoria hopes to click again as new media hub

27.04.09
Pimlico has had a poor press. Some may still see it as a Belgravia wannabe, but the area has come a long way since GK Chesterton decried its poverty-struck streets as a "desperate thing"... more

Polite plumber keeps its head above water

20.04.09
An independent London plumbing firm has defied the downturn, reporting pre-tax profits of £750,000 for 2008, up 80% on last year’s figures... more

Seeing off another recession: how the Duke of Westminster is navigating the economic crisis

16.04.09
It’s still the best bit on the Monopoly board but the man in charge of running the Duke of Westminster’s prime London properties explains why he is increasingly investing abroad... more

Bird's eye view from The Gallery

11.03.09
If you're after a normal pub and want to be as close to Pimlico tube as possible then the Gallery is your best bet.... more

Where the political elite go for dinner and spicy gossip

02.12.08
From a cheap-and-cheerful curry house adored by the Lib-Dems to a "1970s-style" Italian restaurant that has become a Tory stronghold, the favoured establishments of London's politicos are revealed ... more

Closed: the restaurant where chef swigged the cream and food was kept by lavatory

04.09.08
One of London's highly-regarded Italian restaurants has closed after undercover investigators filmed a catalogue of hygiene breaches... more

Pick the right time at The Constitution

26.08.08
The Constitution is nestled in the more charming part of Pimlico but be aware that its atmosphere is prone to change.... more

Bob Kiley's house still for sale - after 15 months and £1.4m price cut

15.08.08
The property bought for Ken Livingstone's former transport commissioner for £2.2 million has failed to resell after more than a year on the market... more

Flat I bought for £175,000 last year is now worth less than £100,000

04.07.08
A property investor who bought a flat at the height of the housing boom has ended up in a negative equity nightmare... more

Top of the shops in the capital

27.06.08
London's 20 most "unmissable" shops have been named. They have been selected by people who should know - Britain's most powerful high street bosses... more

Passport to Norton Folgate? Hackney parish demands liberty

12.05.08
Residents of a small parish in east London intend to declare "independence" to prevent a skyscraper being built in their neighbourhood... more

Peacful game of pool at Pride of Pimlico

15.04.08
Pete Clark recommends the Pride of Pimlico and with its cosy and inviting atmosphere it would be a good choice for a relaxing drink.... more

Stores halt sales of stronger beers

25.02.08
Leading supermarket chains have banned strong lagers and ciders from their shelves to try to clampdown on binge drinking in central London... more

Spotlight on neoclassical period

06.02.08
The Return Of The Gods exhibition is thoroughly illuminating, setting out to put the case for neoclassicism.... more

Informal boho

12.09.07
Balfour is a good-looking, independent joint whose mix of informal boho and retro-industrial styling offers a real fillip to the street.... more

Bland Vivezza proves eminently forgettable

13.06.07
Some restaurants continue to do business year on year without so much as registering a blip on any kind of buzz radar, Vivezza is one such establishment... more

Food porn for the urbanite

21.03.07
Daylesford Organic's new Pimlico store is a show-stopper and its lunch menu is short and pleasingly heavy on comfort foods.... more

Captivated by frolics and finesse

05.03.07
Performed at Wandsworth Prison by a mixture of inmates and professionals, Pimlico Opera's Les Miserables had energy in abundance and no little finesse.... more

Roland Lacey

08.08.06
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Where to eat in Pimlico

07.08.06
From dining alongside Whistler's famous mural in the Tate to an eccentric menu in Grosvenor Road and a great atmosphere and generous portions in the SW1 branch of Spanish chain Goya, Charles Campion reveals his Pimlico picks.... more

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