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Nikolai Valuev proves to be more gentle giant than ‘Beast from the East’

05.11.09
It would be a huge mistake for Haye to underestimate the boxing brains of the softly-spoken, well-read Russian... more

Five great hoaxes in history

16.10.09
Following the supposed hoax that a boy was carried away by a weather balloon, we take a look at five other hoaxes that have fooled people everywhere... more

Patrice Gouty: King of clubs

22.05.09
In his ultra-secret VIP rooms, stars run wild - the naughtier they are, the happier he is. No wonder Patrice Gouty is the lord of misrule at Raffles... more

Try to practise what you preach, Derek

15.04.09
If only Derek Draper had followed his own advice. Two weeks ago I attended the launch of his new book, Life Support: A Survival Guide for the Modern Soul... more

Guy Ritchie's film is not an ideal Holmes show

18.02.09
Guy Ritchie has been ordered to reshoot five weeks' worth of filming on his new Sherlock Holmes movie.... more

Kill off that golden goose and hear your readers squeal

25.11.08
Belgium’s most famous son, Hergé, confessed privately to his wife that Tintin and his dog Snowy made him “sick”... more

Can we learn from our greatest Games?

27.08.08
As the spotlight shifts from Beijing to London’s preparations for 2012, one writer reveals how the problems facing today’s organisers mirror those that plagued Britain’s first Olympiad in 1908.... more

Murder mystery that led to Holmes and Morse is £30,000 winner

16.07.08
An account of a gruesome Victorian murder which sparked our obsession with detective novels has won the world's most lucrative non-fiction book prize... more

Wembley's pit stop pub has a great heritage

13.05.08
Charles Dickens, William Pitt and Arthur Conan Doyle were all regulars at The Globe, but now the north London pub is more likely to be visited by fans on the way to Wembley.... more

He's not alright Jack

06.11.07
The First World War contains few stories more poignant than that told in the free, moving exhibition My Boy Jack, about the death of Rudyard Kipling's son.... more

People really like them

17.04.07
The clownish theatre group Peepolykus talk to Claire Allfree about the merits of being populist and the barmy side of Sherlock Holmes.... more

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