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Why women have to make it on their own

20.10.09
Rather like women's football, the "female Davos" women's economic forum in Deauville has gone widely unnoticed... more

Any advance on the peanuts paid to authors now?

10.09.09
Sometime in the next few days I will be writing one of the most beautiful four-letter words in the English language: ends... more

US politician puts blame on Churchill for Second World War

04.09.09
The row over responsibility for the Second World War broke out again last night at the Evening Standard and Intelligence Squared's joint debate on Winston Churchill... more

National honour and the necessity of going to war

03.09.09
The 70th anniversary of Britain's declaration of war on Germany today must prompt the inevitable question: was the war, which led to the death of more than 50million people, really necessary?... more

Sex, intrigue and betrayal: ex-lover of von Bülow reveals all in memoir

26.08.09
Trials of London socialite Claus von Bülow - convicted then acquitted of attempting to murder his wife - have been a source of fascination for more than two decades... more

Why Radio 4 soars as TV hits rock bottom

07.08.09
Figures from Radio Joint Audience Research reveal that Radio 3 has broken the two million listener mark and that Radio 4 is reaching more than 10 million people a week ... more

Andrew Roberts is the social historian

05.08.09
For all his partying with friends in high places, Andrew Roberts has an insatiable thirst for work. Here we pin down the bestseller about town... more

I know whose diary I really want to read

24.07.09
Sebastian Shakespeare wonders who will emerge as the pre-eminent diarist of the early 21st century, talks about festivals and celebrity violence... more

There's no such thing as a boring family history

22.07.09
Poor Michael Parkinson. He claims he was "gutted" the other day when the makers of the BBC series on genealogy, Who Do You Think You Are? told him that "my story was so boring they had to cancel the entire project"... more

The major players in the bitter battle of Chelsea barracks

12.06.09
The major players in the bitter battle of Chelsea barracks... more

Place your bets in bookies’ bonanza

04.06.09
Bookmakers, always keen to attract the punters, are hyping this weekend as a £400 million betting bonanza — with the Derby at Epsom, England against Kazakhstan football, the Lions Tour, the Turkish Grand Prix, Twenty20 World Cup Cricket and the opening weekend of Big Brother ... more

Is 'Lucky' landing in more trouble?

11.05.09
The case of Shaid “Lucky” Luqman, Ernst & Young’s Young Entrepreneur of the Year in 2004, since jailed for contempt of court, rumbles on ... more

Scrap 2012, a good library is more fun

27.02.09
I read with interest that museums and galleries - along with KFC and Domino's Pizza - are enjoying a boom as a result of the recession... more

As ailing firms face legal woes, cash buyers and private equity will pounce

18.11.08
Legal Analysis: Private purchases of stakes in beleaguered companies show this is a good to invest. But will Canary Wharf be worse affected by the recession than the City of London? ... more

Social London

08.10.08
This is the heart of the social scene, with the names that make the social circuit turn and add the glitter to the parties the capital does so well ... more

Retail

08.10.08
These are the people who will steer London’s vital retail world through what looks like difficult trading ahead ... 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

No longer in firing line - but private equity faces stormy time

28.03.08
What a difference six months have made for private equity... more

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