For the absolute antithesis of Westfield Stratford City, you couldn't find better than The 10 Cases, which opened this week, by newcomers Ian Campbell and Will Palmer... more
Is Britain in danger of being too insular? Foreign Office minister Jeremy Browne told Chatham House this week that British ignorance of the modern world puts the country at risk of being overtaken by its international competitors and that "our basic knowledge of the world, remarkably for a country with such a global history, is also inadequate... more
Archive detailing the life and work of JG Ballard, one of the most visionary British writers of the 20th century, is saved for the nation after a generous donation by his family... more
It was a book, then a controversial movie, and now Crash, a major new exhibition of art inspired by the dark dystopian writings of JG Ballard, will open at a London gallery ... more
He was raised in a strange Christian cult and dates a taxidermist. No wonder, then, that Mat Collishaw is fêted as the most macabre of the YBAs... more
In an extract from Paul Du Noyer's exhilarating new history of the music that defines the capital, he recalls an early meeting with quintessentially London singer Amy Winehouse... more
"Oh to be in England, now that April's here." There's a unique feeling - part-pleasurable, part-sad - about arriving back into a London airport after you've been away for a fortnight or so. I think it has to do with the architecture... more
JG Ballard – Jim to those who knew him – is considered by many to be the most significant author of the past 50 years. Here, one admirer pays tribute to his foremost literary inspiration and remembers an extraordinary and gentle man... more
For 40 years, author J G Ballard and his partner Claire Walsh enjoyed an unconventional relationship, living in separate homes several miles apart... more
The widow of one of Britain's leading documentary makers has won damages in the High Court from three London doctors who failed to spot and treat his heart disease... more
So much for social diversity. David Cameron has given his MPs a summer reading list of 37 titles, which includes a book by his Etonian contemporary David Runciman, a memoir by Cameron's OE cousin Ferdinand Mount, and no fewer than two books about another famous OE, Boris Johnson... more
Visit Shoreditch for a weekend of culture, try Ruby Blue for a fun evening out and see Kevin Spacey in a new light at the Larger Than Life exhibition.... more
It is the ultimate literary scare story: the Society of Authors has said its 8,500 members are so worried about declining incomes because of internet publishing that they may stop writing books. Is this a threat or a prediction?... more
Perhaps we should not be so surprised by the news that Alastair Campbell has become a novelist at the age of 50. After all, as a Downing Street spin doctor, he was renowned for telling tall stories and stretching credulity to the limit. To be published in November, his debut, All in the Mind, is the story of a psychiatrist, his patients and family and "the pressures they bring to bear on each other'' over a long weekend... more
Exclusive: After high-profile allegations this season, Charlton's manager is pleased the issue is now being addressed but says the authorities still have plenty of work to do
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