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A single candle on black cloth at the Wolseley honoured the life of Lucian Freud

22.07.11
Feature: He was one of our greatest painters, a charismatic man who danced with Greta Garbo, sired at least 12 children, cared nothing for money, was fêted by high society but put his art before all else... more

Five Places for: shopping while you eat

10.03.11
Charles Campion names five places to shop while you eat...... more

Lucian Freud on the couch

26.02.10
Lucian Freud gives a rare interview about dancing with Greta Garbo, photographing Adolf Hitler, getting into debt with the Krays and being kept waiting by Kate Moss... more

Lucian Freud: I owed the Kray twins half a million pounds

25.02.10
Artist tells the Standard how he was once up to half a million pounds in debt to the Krays because of his gambling habit... more

Artist Lucian Freud unveils his new muse

31.03.09
Lucian Freud has a new muse - a fellow artist who has been posing nude for Freud in his studio for more than a year... more

Spring's the time for sartorial chaos

27.03.09
Leaving the house is the principal mistake people are making at the moment. I'd recommend not. From my window I can see forsythia flaring yellow in my sunny back garden - and, two streets behind it, great swagged curtains of rain drifting across the face of the Archway Tower. Give it 10 minutes and the positions will be reversed. ... more

Five to try: Art & Food

04.03.09
Chefs and artists dance to a similar tune at Hix Oyster and Chop House and this year will mark a quarter-century of Sally Clarke.... more

So long, C-charge - but our small shops aren't safe yet

28.11.08
Scrapping the western extension zone is great news for local retailers, says one west London resident: they need all the support they can get to keep their businesses afloat... more

London's best picnics

30.07.08
No longer do you have to compromise on taste to enjoy the delights of alfresco dining. With some of London's top restaurants now offering bespoke hampers, the picnic has moved firmly upmarket.... more

Failed chef threatens to kill himself at cooking school

05.06.08
Perhaps his souffle failed to rise, or he mistakenly cooked his steak tartare. Whatever the reason, the 28-year-old trainee chef at Le Cordon Bleu, the world's most famous cookery school, failed his exam - and he wasn't happy... more

River Café drops out of best restaurants poll

22.04.08
Hamersmith's acclaimed River Café is no longer one of world’s top 50 restaurants according to an influential list but five London ones are.... more

River Café no longer one of world's top 50... but five London restaurants are

22.04.08
The River Cafe's 20-year reign at the top of London's gastronomic hierarchy has come to an end... more

Where I'd happily splash my own cash

03.10.07
From pasta in Putney at Enoteca Turi, to the best at Le Gavroche, Fay Maschler names the first 25 of her 50 favourite restaurants.... more


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