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Jude Law and Kevin Spacey march against 'Europe's last dictator'

29.03.11
Jude Law and Kevin Spacey joined a London protest against the brutal regime of the man called 'Europe's last dictator' ... more

Reputation launderers: the London PR firms with their own image problems

28.03.11
As celebrities join a protest against a London PR firm's links with authoritarian Belarus, Gideon Spanier exposes the publicity firms with an image problem... more

Huntsworth boss slams critics of firm's operation in Belarus

23.03.11
Public relations boss Lord Chadlington hits out at suggestions that his firm Huntsworth is an "apologist" for Belarus after it opened an office in the authoritarian former Soviet state... more

City Spy: ReNeuron gets on investors’ nerves

24.12.10
Mike Hunt is not a favoured name among Tannoy announcers. But the one running AIM-listed stem-cell technology business ReNeuron (OK, he’s actually Michael Hunt) is not popular with certain of his shareholders either, City Spy hears... more

Belarus theatre directors held in poll crackdown

21.12.10
Members of the Belarus Free Theatre company whose work has been championed by Jude Law and Sienna Miller are arrested in a crackdown on protests against the results of the Belarus presidential election... more

Belarus opposition candidates seized after ‘rigged’ poll

20.12.10
Four of nine candidates who ran against Belarus president Alexander Lukashenko are under arrest ... more

Basking in the Limelight... art squatters take over superclub

16.12.10
The Limelight Club has been occupied by eight members of an art collective known for squatting in large homes and embassies in central London... more

Caroline Wozniacki grabs key break to make final

01.10.10
Top seed outmuscled Victoria Azarenka of Belarus 6-2, 6-7, 6-4 to reach the Pan Pacific Open Final in Tokyo... more

Portugal's qualifying woes continue

08.09.10
Portugal's difficult start to their Euro 2012 qualifying campaign continued as they fell to defeat against Norway in Oslo... more

French flops worry Laurent Blanc

07.09.10
Blanc says France cannot afford to lose in Bosnia but fears that even getting a point will be tough... more

Quotes of the week

16.10.09
This week's top five quotes from around the sporting world ... more

Stars in the stands suffer as England fans enjoy a night free of tension

15.10.09
This was a game where the men in white could play themselves in or out of contention for a spot in Capello's 23-man squad... more

Steve Bruce blind to Peter Crouch's powers

15.10.09
Crouch gives Capello a reminder of his talents but, bizarrely, it’s not enough to stop Becks winning man of the match... more

Striker hopes he has done enough

15.10.09
Peter Crouch is fed up of constantly having to prove himself for England - despite his impressive scoring record... more

Steven Gerrard ruled out of Belarus clash

13.10.09
Steven Gerrard will miss England's World Cup qualifier against Belarus tomorrow because of a groin injury... more

Stuart Pearce puts Theo Walcott up for promotion

08.10.09
Stuart Pearce insists Theo Walcott could force his way into England's senior squad for next Wednesday's World Cup qualifier against Belarus should the opportunity arise... more

I’ll show I’m England class, says Darren Bent

05.10.09
Darren Bent has vowed to keep trying to impress Fabio Capello after again being overlooked for England duty... more

Organisers deny players' looks are Centre Court attraction

29.06.09
Wimbledon bosses today denied choosing which women play on Centre Court based solely on their looks... more

HSBC is hit by turmoil in emerging markets

24.10.08
Credit crunch: Fears over the future of developing economies smash shares of emerging market banking giants HSBC and Standard Chartered... more

Capello the alchemist is turning us into pure gold

17.10.08
Matthew Norman wonders if Fabio Capello could be the new Brian Clough, whether Sachin Tendulkar's record will ever be beaten, and what effect the credit crunch will have on London 2012... more

Rio revels in the feel-good factor

16.10.08
Football: England have sent out another message that they are thriving under Fabio Capello.... more

Fallen star Kutuzov has point to prove

15.10.08
Belarus striker Vitaly Kutuzov can use tonight's game to reignite a career, which once promised so much... more

Rio's England are ready to swagger

15.10.08
The WAGs are out as England skipper Rio Ferdinand says his side will now turn on the style on the pitch as they bid to make history... more

Gerrard fears a Belarus wind-up

14.10.08
Football: Steven Gerrard fears Belarus will try every trick in the book to put a dent in England's World Cup qualifying campaign in Minsk... more

Wrecks threat to gas pipeline

14.08.08
Scuttled warships from a conflict nearly 300 years ago threaten the construction of a vital multi-billion pound natural gas pipeline on the floor of the Baltic Sea... more

Arsenal's Alexander Hleb banned for rest of season

23.04.08
Alexander Hleb will miss the rest of Arsenal's season after admitting a charge of violent conduct... more

Stoppard and Pinter set for Gala

20.02.08
Undettered by their ban in their own country, the Belarus Free Theatre is hosting a star-studded double bill tonight.... more

Stars back theatre group banned in their homeland

20.02.08
Sir Tom Stoppard will host a gala tonight in support of a theatre company banned in its home country... more

Actors who take real risks on stage

15.02.08
Banned in its repressively policed homeland, the Belarus Free Theatre is appearing in London despite considerable risk to the company.... more

Mesmerising but I left feeling Low

09.05.07
Mesmerised but depressed: Ludmilla Ivan-Zadeh is chilled to the bone by the hypnotic Mormon trio from America, 'Low'.... more


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