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Arsene Wenger's highs and lows

01.10.09
As Arsene Wenger becomes the longest-serving Arsenal manager in history we take a look at the best and worst moments of his career... more

West Ham vow to hunt down thugs as Gianfranco Zola reveals his despair

26.08.09
Club says it will leave no stone unturned to find those responsible for Upton Park rampage as FA launch investigation... more

Dividends set to fall by 13% with retailers the worst hit

12.08.09
The damage suffered by shareholders in the recession was laid bare today by research showing that the dividends paid by London-listed firms this year will hit just £52 billion, down 13% on last year ... more

Warnock left fuming after stalemate

25.02.09
Football: Neil Warnock is hoping to escape disciplinary action from the Football Association despite his fierce criticism of referee Paul Taylor... more

Gordon is our saviour? EU must be joking

24.10.08
Few people in Britain have taken too seriously the claims by US Nobel economics laureate Paul Krugman and other luminaries that Gordon Brown's recapitalisation of the banks means he is a global superhero... more

Crowds go wild for Hartnett's Rain Man

22.09.08
Whenever Hollywood star Josh Hartnett finishes a performance of Rain Man, a crowd of a hundred or more is standing to thank him for taking the time... more

Fans queue at box office for David Tennant's Hamlet

12.09.08
Dr Who fans and Shakespeare lovers camped overnight to be first to buy tickets to see David Tennant's Hamlet... more

'Subtle', 'surreal' and the 'best in years'... David Tennant's Hamlet wins over the critics (mostly)

06.08.08
Doctor Who star David Tennant's long-awaited appearance as Hamlet in a Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) production has received a mixed critical reaction.... more

Frankly, this show is damned

23.04.08
Despite an impressive performance from Darius, a long-winded struggle to cram spectacular film Gone With The Wind on the West End stage was not worth the effort, says Nicholas de Jongh.... more

Poignant voices of the Aids orphans

06.03.08
Paul Taylor's affecting documentary, We Are Together, has natural playing throughout and some fetching singing helps an often moving story along.... more

The return of the King

20.11.07
The West End transfer of Sir Ian McKellen's debut as King Lear is already a sell-out.... more

What on Middle Earth?

20.06.07
People said it couldn't be done - and they were right. The Lord of the Rings at the Theatre Royal is a costly, messy folly that will appal Tolkien fans..... more

Theatre wars - the dead white male hits back

15.05.07
The National's director Nicholas Hytner has attacked London's theatre critics for their alleged misogyny. The Standard's man in the stalls could not disagree more.... more

How Mackenzie stole the show

30.01.07
No one expected Gareth from The Office to act everyone off the stage in Chekhov. But that's just what he did at the Royal Court where The Seagull opened last week.... more

The man who made this Cabaret go round

13.10.06
Cabaret may have received rave notices, but Nick Curtis finds director Rufus Norris's next project is to re-establish his own work-life balance.... more

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    Jedward, voted off the X-Factor this weekend, are the most obvious proponents of the sticky-uppy look - but the style crosses boundaries of age, gender, sexuality and taste, says Nick Curtis

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