As the numbers of anti-City protesters outside St Paul's Cathedral continue to grow, Richard Godwin asks the crowd - including the odd ex-banker - what they ultimately hope to achieve... more
When a colleague and friend asked me to dinner recently she added that before I gave an answer I should know that she lived in north London. I'd already guessed that... more
From Fitzrovia to Sotherby's, Oxford Street to Millbank Tower, anarchy is back on the streets on the capital. Dan Hind follows the lawless to their London lairs... more
If one in seven of House of Commons pass-holders are foreign nationals, is that not an invitation to the SVR, the successor to the old KGB, to dive in?... more
Humming with sexual electricity, peopled by intellectuals and movie stars, the London library and the British Library are the capital's most unlikely hotspots - and each has its own ardent fans... more
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
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
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
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
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
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
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