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Stop the vandals taking an axe to London's arts

28.07.09
Not many months ago we were all born-again disciples of John Maynard Keynes. A new New Deal was on the way in which public pounds spent on good works would wash around the aching bones of the economy like some magical spa treatment ... more

Do you lie about your work hours?

27.07.09
Most of us do. And the myth of extreme working is about to be blown apart, says Philip Delves Broughton... more

The lost potential of Max Mosley’s genius son

07.05.09
Friends tell of maths prodigy who battled to find his niche... more

Was Marx right all along?

30.03.09
The way to save capitalism will be hotly debated in London this week and suddenly the man who predicted its demise is fashionable again. Two writers argue over his legacy... more

Forget being popular: now give us a real champion of the arts

30.01.09
The Arts Council is set for a change of leadership. It must resist the meddling of ministers — and redefine the cultural Olympiad, says one expert... more

Life's hard when work is a luxury

14.01.09
Walk home from work even if it is miles away. Pause for breath and pause for thought instead of mindlessly rushing around... more

Bring on the Boris chutney empire: that's the way ahead

24.12.08
What we need are useful, productive jobs that genuinely add value to our society, says Will Self... more

I’ll never be ready for Christmas – so bring it on

23.12.08
The three-year-old, whipped into a state of exquisite anticipation, stares unhappily at the tree. "It takes too long to get Christmastime," she says, with piercing toddler woe... more

HSBC man pulls punches in Peter Hambro row

25.11.08
A truce of sorts in the war of words between HSBC analyst Victor Flores and Peter Hambro Mining... more

Darling: We won’t spend our way out of recession

29.10.08
Chancellor Alistair Darling has sought to reassure the City that he will not go on a spending “splurge” to combat the recession... more

Borrowing more will cost us dear

27.10.08
THE PRIME Minister today attempts to justify abandoning the borrowing rules he set back in 1997 and embrace debt in a bid to fend off the worst effects of the recession... more

Brown's £100bn gamble to save economy

27.10.08
Gordon Brown has vowed to spend his way out of recession... more

Ten things you didn't know about Mr Keynes

21.10.08
He's right back in fashion again, so here's our bluffer's guide to the great economist... more

Spending won't stop the slump, warns City

20.10.08
The City warns that Government plans to spend its way out of the economic crisis will not stave off a deep and painful recession... more

Plenty of pain - but in the end we may gain

14.10.08
Extraordinary times can bring extraordinary opportunities. This week's nationalisation of the banks creates a different new economic order, says one City analyst... more

Anyone for café culture?

08.10.08
A new exhibition celebrates the Viennese coffee houses where Mahler, Strauss and Schnitzler would exchange ideas. If only there were a modern London equivalent... more

How myths of time have distorted the Crash of ’29

17.09.08
With stock markets plunging after Lehman Brothers’ collapse, some analysts are predicting a global crisis comparable to the Wall Street Crash of 1929... more

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