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Beware smart men and the pinkish dawn

01.09.09
Why was nothing was learned from the Enron morality tale?... more

Fresh and sensitive voice in Apologia

23.06.09
Alexi Kaye Campbell's Apologia probes conventional ideas about parental responsibility in a manner that's both raw and very funny.... more

Tourist boom sparks revolt at Karl Marx’s resting place

01.05.09
The group which runs London’s best-known graveyard is being investigated by the charity watchdog after claims it is discouraging visitors... more

26 million visit London in year as domestic tourism soars

29.04.09
London welcomed more than 26 million tourists last year - and while the numbers from overseas fell, visitors from other parts of Britain more than made up the difference... 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

Only in London - tell us your unique London experience

23.03.09
A campaign designed to lure visitors to London's lesser-known attractions has been launched... more

Rodchenko and Popova construct the future

13.02.09
The odd couple who changed the look of Russia after the 1917 revolution are the focus of fascinating show Defining Constructivism.... more

This transfer window is pure smash and grab

04.02.09
The unseemly scramble we witnessed at the end of the transfer window is not the way football should do its business... more

The City faces up to a new age of moral capitalism

21.11.08
The decision by top banking executives not to take their bonuses could signal the end of ‘greed is good’ and herald a kinder, caring era... more

Wily Phil won’t need Drogba to put Reds in their place

22.10.08
David Mellor believes Chelsea are better off without Didier Drogba, Laura Robson should be in school and Lewis Hamilton deserves to be world champion... more

In the end, Dostoevsky, too, saw the need for God

30.09.08
You can accuse the Archbishop of Canterbury of many things but at least he has impeccable taste in literature... more

Winning minority golds is no substitute for major triumphs

15.08.08
In the solemn belief that there is nothing worse than the curmudgeon who tries to ruin the party when it's in full swing, I intend today to get cracking before the party has even begun... more

Posh's proletariat past: Victoria Beckham descended from Communist comrade of Karl Marx

05.08.08
Given her love of materialist things, it may be surprising to learn of Victoria Beckham's Communist roots.... more

Restoring status at Quo Vadis

04.06.08
After a rocky few years under Marco Pierre White, the Hart brothers have got the Soho stalwart back on track.... more

How romance blossomed among the silent readers

22.04.08
Lady Antonia Fraser complains that the British Library Reading Room has become overrun by undergraduates who are hogging all the desks. Her fellow historian Tristram Hunt bemoans the fact it is now a "groovy place" to meet for a frappuccino. Many feared that when the old Reading Room closed, the British Library would lose its charm. Far from it. It has become more fashionable than ever as a social venue... more

British Library like a branch of Starbooks say the literati

21.04.08
Prominent authors have complained that two the British Library's Reading Room has been overtaken by frappuccino drinking students giggling with their friends, playing on laptops and texting their mates.... more

Perfect picnic spots around London

25.07.07
When the weather picks up this summer, the capital is home to some ideal picnic spots.... more

A piece of Italy in the capital

23.07.07
La Cantina is as Italian as Pavarotti and mozzarella and as corny as Kansas - but utterly charming, says Mark Bolland.... more

The queen and I

08.02.07
He took home an Evening Standard film award this week and is up for 10 Oscars, yet Stephen Frears isn't sure why his royal drama is such a hit. Maybe because it's about British dottiness, he says.... more

Soundtracks to our lives

10.11.06
It's time to stop being coy about the albums we love, says Garry Mulholland in his new book. So we asked him and a panel of experts to reveal their Top 10s.... more
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