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Street Smart restaurants help the homeless

05.11.09

If you eat at some of London's best restaurants in the run-up to Christmas this year, an optional Ł1 may be added to your bill. ... more

Twinings cuts jobs as tea sales cool

03.11.09

Nearly 400 jobs are to go at Twinings as Britain falls out of love with posh tea ... more

Why there is this discord in Twitterland

03.11.09

A newspaper columnist and mentor of mine always gave short thrift to critics who asked how he would like to be on the receiving end of ill-informed opinion and knockabout abuse... more

The age of the crunch funders

02.11.09

Provided they get some sort of return on their small investment - and it needn't be financial - Jasmine Gardner discovers there are fans out there who will help you start a bar, make a movie or keep on gigging... more

Stephen Fry's escape from tweed-growing

19.10.09

Stephen Fry was effortlessly amusing onstage at the Criterion talking about his life in aid of Leukaemia Research.... more

Stephen Fry's delightful night

19.10.09

Natascha McElhone and Nigella Lawson were at the Criterion Theatre last night to hear Stephen Fry in conversation with Alan Yentob.... more

Victory for press as law firm gives up gagging issue

13.10.09

MPs celebrate a victory for press and internet freedom after one of Britain’s fiercest law firms abandoned a bid to gag the media from reporting Parliament... more

Fry pleads to save drug Briton in China

12.10.09

Stephen Fry today called on China to spare a "mentally ill" London man who faces death after allegedly being caught with 4kg of heroin in a suitcase.... more

Fishing ban could save bluefin tuna

09.09.09

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These are a few of my favourite things

07.09.09

JB Priestley’s 1949 collection of short essays about things that delighted him has been updated by the members of the London Library. From girl bands to Bexhill-on-Sea, here six of them reveal their secret delights...... more

Gorillas helped Stephen Fry shed five stone

01.09.09

Stephen Fry has told how how filming his new BBC wildlife series helped inspire his five-stone weight loss.... more

Glorious opening for Proms with Belohlavek

20.07.09

The opening night of the Proms 2009 was a fair token of a season that will include Goldie, Jonny Greenwood and and an Indian Voices Day.... more

Long live the quintessential Englishman

06.05.09

As Stephen Fry denies he is one, our man about town sums up the inimitable qualities which mark a man out as a quintessential Englishman... more

Bloggers flock to Twitter on social website

21.01.09

Twitter, the online "microblogging" site, has increased its traffic tenfold in the last year... more

Rumpole's creator John Mortimer is dead at 85

16.01.09

Sir John Mortimer, the barrister who created the fictional Rumpole Of The Bailey, has died at the age of 85... more

Alexis Dubus has done his research

08.01.09

How on earth has comedian Alexis Dubus managed to come up with a seamless monologue about swearing without mentioning Gordon Ramsay?.... more

Perfect panto’s here, in town: oh no it isn’t

16.12.08

How do you like your panto? The posh-non posh divide is never greater than in the season of principal boys and pneumatic dames... more

Last Minute Festive Gift Guide

16.12.08

Still haven't finished the all important Christmas shop? Time hasn't run out. Our guide to some of the best Christmas gifts should give you ideas for last minute festive treats.... more

Speedy Me and My Girl at the Palladium

27.10.08

By the happy ending, cast and audience of Me and My Girl had enjoyed themselves as much as the other.... more

Bond girl Gemma to play Tess Of The d'Urbevilles as TV turns back to costume dramas

20.08.08

It is a truth universally acknowledged - especially among female viewers - that you can never have too many costume dramas. ... more

What's new on television this autumn? Austen, Hardy and Dickens

20.08.08

You could call them credit crunch classics - reliable dramas for worrying times... more

Stars in their eyes: Host of celebrities auction specs for sight-saving charity

14.08.08

They have perched on the noses of politicians and poets. They have graced the famous faces of pop singers and Hollywood superstars.... more

Magical alternative to panto

07.01.08

If panto's not your thing, but you're looking for a post-Christmas show for the kids, Liz Hoggard recommends the hit musical Wicked.... more

Rude jokes for all the family

21.12.07

Forget the panto-phobic critics, Stephen Fry's Cinderella is consistently funny, subversive and knowing, says Anne McElvoy.... more

Cinderella fails to press the right buttons

14.12.07

Stephen Fry and wit are supposed to be long-term companions, but in his retelling of Cinderella at the Old Vic it looks as if they are undergoing a trial separation.... more

Magic beans needed for Barbican's Jack

07.12.07

The writer's influence is far too prominent in this production of Jack and the Beanstalk, proving yet again that formulaic entertainment is best left to those practised in the formulas.... more

Look no further - for this is panto perfection

06.12.07

It's hard to see anyone, not even Stephen Fry and his "posh panto" chums at the Old Vic, bettering Dick Whittington and His Cat at the Hackney Empire this festive season.... more

London's best pantomimes

03.12.07

From some classic Charles Dickens to Stephen Fry's racy Old Vic production, Fiona Mountford rounds up this year's bumper crop of festive family shows.... more

Will radio dare air the tune of the year?

19.03.07

Thou Shalt Always Kill by Dan Le Sac vs Scroobious Pip is Paul Connolly's favourite song of the year. But will commercial radio stations play a song with anti-corporate lyrics?... more

Centre Point to become a club

25.09.06

The iconic Centre Point building is to be transformed into a club with a view after standing empty for years. Several big-name celebrities have signed up to be members already.... more