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They're Playing the wrong song

05.08.08

Even Connie can't solve a problem like the throwback to the Seventies, They're Playing Our Song, says Liz Hoggard.... more

Delusional druggie and a vanity project

22.05.08

Sliding Doors director Peter Howitt's latest film, Dangerous Parking, could � and should � shove him back into obscurity.... more

How they voted - leading Londoners reveal their political leanings

01.05.08

The Evening Standard's Katharine Barney found out who backed whom - and why - in the mayoral election ... more

Revealed: The inspiration for Kenneth Branagh's iconic portrayal of an Iraq war Colonel in a major new TV drama

08.03.08

In 2003, as a reporter for The Mail on Sunday, I joined Colonel Tim Collins as he led our troops to war in Iraq. Kenneth Branagh plays Colonel Tim giving his historic eve-of-battle speech; Washington plays me writing it all down... more

Actors join battle to save cobbled lane from lorries

18.02.08

Protesters led by actor Tom Conti lay down in the road as they tried to save a historic London street from becoming a rat run for lorries from a nearby building site... more

West End stars at biggest free festival

22.06.07

Thousands of people are expected to turn out for London's biggest free theatre festival, West End Live, over the weekend... more

Critic's choice: top five comedy shows

10.05.07

Friday Night Project co-host Alan Carr, fast-rising star Michael McIntyre, Arthur Smith's Cut-Price Comedy Club and Time Vine all feature in Bruce Dessau's comedy picks.... more

DVDs of the week

17.04.07

Brit rom-com Starter For 10, The Best Of Saturday Live, Ghosts, and the true story of an English eccentric's quest to sail round the world, are all released on DVD this week.... more

Why Germaine's no longer keen on sex toy movie

29.09.06

Germaine Greer, no stranger to controversy, has sparked a storm after calling Rabbit Fever, a movie in which she appears, a 'stinker'.... more

Freudian gag wears thin

21.09.06

In Rabbit Fever, women the world over are hooked on the Rampant Rabbit sex toy and as a full-length mockumentary film it isn't long before the vaguely Freudian gag wears pretty thin.... more

Rabbit causes a buzz in film world

18.09.06

A new "mockumentary" Rabbit Fever, featuring the world's most popular sex toy, is set to become the unlikeliest British film smash of the year.... more

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Lenny Henry: 'Maybe one day we can have a black Doctor Who'
As he wins the outstanding newcomer prize at the Evening Standard theatre awards for his role as Othello, Lenny Henry has come a long way from black and white minstrels
Spread of the Jedhead
Jedward, voted off the X-Factor this weekend, are the most obvious proponents of the sticky-uppy look - but the style crosses boundaries of age, gender, sexuality and taste, says Nick Curtis

Sky in plot to hire students on the cheap

Sky News is currently recruiting students as reporters for its coverage of next year's general election. However, the opportunity doesn't quite seem so appealing

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