Feature: As his memoirs are published, Ken Livingstone tells Alison Roberts about fathering five children with three women and why he can beat Boris to become Mayor of London again... more
Feature: As the Government celebrates saving more than £800 million from its Olympic budget, Mihir Bose traces the windfall back to the ex-PM - and a fair amount of luck... more
Barcelona has been hailed as the Olympics that set the standard for leaving a legacy beyond the two-week sporting event. And the 1992 Games provided the model for next year's event
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Ring-fenced and impenetrable, the new Olympic Park is emerging apace. Michael Collins hears what the real East Enders think of the shape of things to come... more
Stepping inside the Olympic Stadium is “a Neil Armstrong” moment for our architecture critic. It’s a triumph of project management — but he wonders if it will be more than the sum of its parts... more
Here is an important announcement. In a major event, I will today unveil my new Column Legacy Masterplan Framework for a world-class, 21st-century Evening Standard column, a column aimed at inspiring all Londoners to Go For Gold! in 2012... more
Do you remember that Monty Python scene from The Life Of Brian asking what the Romans ever did for us? There was sanitation, public health, irrigation, education, the roads - and so the list went on, but it was never enough... more
London becomes the next Olympic host city in a matter of weeks when Boris Johnson is handed the Olympic flag from his Beijing counterpart at the closing ceremony of the summer Games... 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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