Two middle-aged protesters stood outside the Building Centre in Bloomsbury on Tuesday morning with cardboard signs reading "Developers Keep Out". But the warning failed to deter 150 delegates to a conference at which the target for their objection, the 77-acre Earls Court development, was robustly defended by its developer... more
A cloud no bigger than a man's hand hangs over Broadgate, casting a shadow on plans drawn up by British Land to build a £750 million HQ for UBS on the 16-block office complex adjacent Liverpool Street Station... more
Chairing a morning event at which 15 speakers laud the coming of London's biggest development after the Olympics can undermine one's natural scepticism. ... more
Children using takeaway shops at the school gates could be consuming more fat and salt in one meal than an adult’s maximum daily recommendation... more
It was the year of bankers’ bonuses and MPs’ moats, of Jude Law’s Hamlet and England’s Ashes win. But how well do you remember the other stories that hit the Standard’s headlines in 2009? Take our quiz to find out
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The critics have savaged Trevor Nunn's £4.75m Gone With the Wind. How did such a shambles make it to the stage? And can it survive such a mauling?... more
Sound check: German industrial metal band Rammstein literally play with fire in their live performances - and now they are about to unleash their singeing spectacle on London. Watch out for your eyebrows
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