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Gartmore�s �1bn float to kick start surge in IPO

2009-11-20T08:54:22Z

Fund management giant Gartmore is to list on the Stock Exchange, firing the starting gun on what is expected to be several major flotations in London in the next 12 months

Plastic boat that takes a lot of bottle to sail

2009-11-16T08:11:21Z

Explorer David de Rothschild spoke for the first time today about his mission to sail from San Francisco to Sydney in a catamaran made from plastic bottles

Protect us from abuse, says woman beaten for being fat

2009-10-19T07:10:11Z

Overweight people in London have launched a campaign to make the capital more fat-friendly

Not all of us are driven by money

2009-10-12T10:24:18Z

Not everyone works just for financial gain. Unlike City bankers, many of us are driven by factors other than cash, says Philip Delves Broughton

Greg Norman stays focused after split with Chris Evert

2009-10-07T08:51:21Z

Greg Norman vows the break-up of his marriage to Chris Evert will not be a distraction to his international team as they prepare to face the United States at golf's Presidents Cup

New York smoking ban may be taken outside

2009-09-16T10:13:56Z

New Yorkers face the prospect of a smoking ban in all public parks, in the latest attempt to make the city smoke-free

Heathrow Airport writer gets access to all areas

2009-08-19T09:09:34Z

Heathrow Airport�s first writer-in-residence reveals why such a usually dispiriting place can be a great inspiration

Tortilla offers fast food with flavour

2009-06-16T23:00:00Z

Tortilla is a burrito bar with healthy, delicious food on the menu. You certainly won't leave feeling hungry.

Little mags, big ideas

2009-05-11T09:32:21Z

A niche journal by Francis Ford Coppola is spearheading a new genre of intelligent reading, says Jenny Wilhide

To Sur with love

2009-05-07T12:22:11Z

The stretch of California coast which inspired Kerouac and the hippy generation is as stunning as ever, says Janice Blackburn

Fly first class then �99 a day to spend in LA

2009-04-07T08:40:17Z

Turning the tide is a hot issue

2009-03-20T08:43:34Z

Back in 2005, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger formed a Climate Action Team to help California plan for global warming

A new era, star trek, and Mars

2009-03-06T11:32:39Z

As Roy Greenslade noted in Wednesday's Evening Standard, US newspapers are enduring tough, and possibly fatal, times

Mudlarks are the makers

2009-02-06T12:39:19Z

Letter from Silicon Valley: Some of us here are still basking in the glow of President Obama's inauguration speech. We particularly liked the bit where he said: "it has been the risk-takers, the doers, the makers of things...who have carried us up the long, rugged path towards prosperity and freedom."

All credit goes to the Crunchies

2009-01-16T08:51:52Z

It's awards season, of course, but here that doesn�t just mean the Golden Globes or the upcoming Oscars. The Valley cares as much, if not more, about the Crunchies

Time Warner's $20m bet on search engine

2008-12-09T10:58:13Z

Technology: Media giant Time Warner today announced it is leading a $20 million (�13.4 million) investment in search engine Kosmix

Snappers happy at new photo gallery

2008-12-05T11:45:48Z

This is the first look inside the new home of the Photographers' Gallery

Shackled and half-naked boy, 17, flees his 'captors'

2008-12-03T12:33:11Z

An American couple has been arrested after a bruised, half-naked boy with a chain around his leg was found claiming he had escaped his captors

Roundabout is London's answer to Silicon Valley

2008-07-30T07:19:16Z

San Francisco may have its Silicon Valley for hi-tech companies but now London has its own, very British, internet hot spot - silicon roundabout

Becks takes his 'Mini-Me' boys for a run in the Roller... and meets a nice young lady

2008-06-26T10:23:32Z

David and his two youngest children turned heads with their lookalike cropped haircuts as they rolled down Rodeo Drive in the football star's �300,000 Phantom Drophead Coupe.

Prison break: Posh and Becks escape to Alcatraz with the kids

2008-06-23T11:20:08Z

They're used to luxury surrounds, but the Beckham children got a education in hard living during a visit to Alcatraz yesterday.

Geri and Emma arrive in US to see Mr Spice get spliced

2008-05-30T07:53:04Z

A beaming Emma Bunton and tanned Geri Halliwell led the latest Spice Girl reunion as they arrived at San Francisco airport ahead of manager Simon Fuller's wedding

It's all on the menu

2008-04-20T23:00:00Z

The food at Hibiscus is amazing � inventive and versatile, so the rigid definition of 'style' can be excused, says Mark Bolland.

CDs of the week

2007-12-14T00:00:00Z

A bumper collection from Simon and Garfunkel and some prog rock from Pink Floyd are among the CDs of the week.

Arctic Masters

2007-12-10T00:00:00Z

With their show at Alexandra Palace, The Arctic Monkeys make being the best band in the country look so easy that it almost bores them.

Explosive account of the first A-bomb

2007-08-21T23:00:00Z

John Adams drew a solid audience to the Albert Hall for the world premiere of his Doctor Atomic Symphony at the Proms.

This week's CD reviews

2007-05-14T14:04:55Z

Paul Connolly guides us across the genres with these reviews of some recently released CDs - including Rufus Wainwright, Amerie and Megadeath.

It's all there in black and white

2007-04-17T23:00:00Z

The Host gallery's latest show spans the spectrum of monochrome from 1859 to 2007 and takes in ten pioneers of the medium.

Ghoulish look at suicide

2007-02-15T00:00:00Z

These folk are better by Degrees

2007-01-15T00:00:00Z

8 Degrees of Separation showcased old folkie Vashti Bunyan, plus newer acts Adem, Vetiver. But Juana Molina was the real revelation, says Andre Paine.