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David Cameron: I will scrap hunting ban

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Amazon takes a tumble

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London school with 100 spy cameras

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Sea of black ink would make Orwell proud

18.06.09
A democratic thrill: the published MPs' expenses have finally "dropped". From 6am the inner secrets have been available online. Don't all rush at once... more

Orwell gets his space at Trafalgar Studios

11.06.09
The intimate space of the Trafalgar Studios highlights George Orwell's mix of simple vividness and shrewd polemic.... more

Are you in with the right tea set?

01.04.09
From builders’ brew to Earl Grey — how you like a cuppa says a lot about a person... 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

How my friends fell for the MMR panic

10.02.09
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The Golden Hind is simply charming chippy

04.02.09
The Golden Hind is surely as good a fish and chip shop as London has to offer, at a very fair price, says David Sexton.... more

The latest jargon that is just not sustainable

30.12.08
"Sustainable" is one of the year's most potentially damaging pieces of jargon, according to an annual guide to "newspeak"... more

A cheery word from Thames? Fat chance

24.12.08
Those jolly folk at Thames Water know how to cheer us up.... more

A critique of capitalism, Little Dorritt could not be more relevant

21.10.08
George Bernard Shaw declared Little Dorrit "a more seditious book than Das Kapital"; George Orwell said that "in Little Dorrit, Dickens attacked English institutions with a ferocity that has never since been approached". This Sunday the BBC kicks off its 14-part adaptation of the Charles Dickens story adapted for the screen by Andrew Davies. ... more

The literary genius who made history as he pleased

07.10.08
For more than 70 years, Tribune has been a cradle of socialist writing. With the future of the Left-wing weekly hanging in the balance, there could be no more timely reminder of its importance to British culture than the reissue of Orwell in Tribune, a collection of George Orwell's essays edited by Paul Anderson... more

Good welcome at The White Horse

08.09.08
The White Horse is a friendly pub and it gives the impression that it goes that extra mile for its customers.... more

Battler Green will give no quarter in rent row

05.09.08
The most fun story of the week is the impending clash between brash billionaire Sir Philip Green and strait-laced landlord Francis Salway... more

Striking two blows against the humdrum

18.08.08
Paperweight and Coming up for Air are two little treasures at the Edinburgh Festival tackling the theme of the routine of our daily lives and the necessity of breaking gloriously free from it. ... more

There's only one Etonian Dave's MPs should read

05.08.08
So much for social diversity. David Cameron has given his MPs a summer reading list of 37 titles, which includes a book by his Etonian contemporary David Runciman, a memoir by Cameron's OE cousin Ferdinand Mount, and no fewer than two books about another famous OE, Boris Johnson... more

DAVID BOWIE: I went to buy some shoes - and I came back with Life On Mars

28.06.08
As The Mail on Sunday gives away his new album iSELECT, David Bowie reveals in his own words the fascinating stories behind the songs he personally selected for this unique CD.... more

Between a shock and a hard time on prices rack

19.06.08
Shocking, this inflation business. It's now risen to the dizzy heights of 3.3%, and we must all hold back from asking for big pay rises, because that will make us poorer. This laughable logic is in the Chancellor's letter, no less, in response to that from the Governor of the Bank of England; we must assume it's serious, so let's take this slowly... more

Killing off office romance in Contractions

05.06.08
Mike Bartlett's chilling black comedy, Contractions, is an allegoric satire upon a world in which freedom's boundaries close in upon you.... more

Election Diary

01.04.08
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Why Mel's making a song and dance

25.09.07
Mel Smith said he wanted to abandon 'repetitive performance'. So why is the millionaire comedian and director becoming a West End hoofer in Hairspray? Nick Curtis finds out.... 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

London squares open up for the weekend

07.06.07
A total of 163 private garden spaces in central London will be open to the public on Saturday and Sunday for the Open Garden Squares weekend.... more

Southbank hosts first festival of literature

17.05.07
Blake Morrison, Mark Thomas, Armando Iannucci and John Hegley have joined the line-up for the first London Literature Festival at the revamped Southbank Centre.... more

Chapmans are down on Orwell's Farm

12.02.07
Modern art duo Jake and Dinos Chapman have satirised Animal Farm, Orwell's 1945 classic allegory of Stalinist Russia, for their new London show Two Legs Bad, Four Legs Good.... more

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