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NoGo - the destination for well-heeled Londoners

26.09.11
First we had SwoHo and then NoHo - so what to make of NoGo, the new acronym being uttered in dinner-party circles to describe the area north of Goldhawk Road in Shepherd's Bush?... more

Boris backs Saatchi HQ plans despite protests

29.06.11
Boris Johnson is to approve a redevelopment of the Saatchi & Saatchi headquarters in Fitzrovia... more

Andrew Lloyd Webber gives cash from Picasso sale to good causes

20.05.11
Composer and impresario Andrew Lloyd Webber begins handing out to good causes millions of pounds made from the sale of a painting by Pablo Picasso ... more

Riding House Cafe is cheap and chummy

28.04.11
I'd say the Riding House Cafe has found a pretty fine balance of quality, cost, portion size and atmosphere... more

Laurie Penny's Diary

08.04.11
From the Fortnum & Mason ruckus to a Radio 4 panel show, Laurie Penny's double life has never been so chaotic or contradictory... more

Guy Ritchie squatters face legal deadline over £6m home

16.02.11
Squatters occupying a £6 million house owned by Guy Ritchie say their time at the property is running out after the film director's legal team served papers ordering them to appear in court... more

Squatters move in to Guy Ritchie's £6 million mansion

15.02.11
Squatters have moved in to the mansion owned by director Guy Ritchie and have advertised for more occupiers... more

Wit rules the airwaves for Barbershopera and The Fitzrovia Radio Hour

17.01.11
What is frustrating is that both Barbershopera and The Fitzrovia Radio Hour fail to capitalise on their advantages... more

Save Georgian workhouse from wrecking ball says Simon Callow

04.11.10
Actor Simon Callow joins a group of celebrities trying to stop one of London's best-preserved Georgian workhouses from being demolished... more

London as you've never seen it from the top of the BT Tower

15.09.10
This weekend the BT Tower opens to the public for the first time since 1981 — and the 360-degree view from the top is amazing... more

Tough times ahead as Lib-Cons look to slash ad budgets

17.05.10
Advertising and Marketing: It’s not a case of if — it’s how much. Britain’s biggest advertiser, the Government’s Central Office of Information, faces serious cuts... more

Warning over ‘overpriced’ Noho Square development

19.03.10
Huge development site in the West End could stay empty for years because its price is too high, it was claimed... more

The over-40s are stealing my golden years

12.11.09
First it was our money, now it's our men. Not content with saddling us twentysomethings with mountains of public debt, the over-40s have started pinching our boyfriends too... more

Take three Tapas restaurants

11.09.09
If it's Tapas you're after, look no further. We've picked out three of London's top restaurants.... more

Arup buys HQ from landlord for £60m

20.07.09
Landlord Derwent London sold an eight-storey office block at 13-17 Fitzroy Street to tenant Arup for £60 million — 10% less than it was worth at the start of the year ... more

Pick up some smart art: Six young British artists to watch

17.07.09
Move over Tracey Emin and Damien Hirst - a new wave of British artists is emerging. For canny investors, now may be the time to start collecting such work... more

Cheryl Cole celebrates in her birthday suit

02.07.09
Cheryl Cole dressed for maximum air-cooling in a barely-there flapper-style dress as she celebrated her 26th birthday.... more

Caprice almost wears a birthday suit

31.10.08
Caprice celebrated her birthday with some celeb pals in Fitzrovia last night. The model is 37.... more

Horse & Groom is perfect place for after-work

19.08.08
The Horse & Groom is an oft overlooked but beautiful Victorian pub a few minutes from Oxford Street.... more

Boy dies celebrating goal

31.07.08
A teenager collapsed and died in front of his friends as he celebrated scoring the winning goal in a football match... more

Noho? No way, this is Fitzrovia

06.03.08
Billionaire brothers have come under fire from angry Bloomsbury residents who accuse them of trying to rebrand the area "Noho". ... more

Ideal for a quiet drink

06.11.07
A recent refurbishment has made a lot of difference to Grafton Arms and the pub is more welcoming than it used to be.... more

Fitzrovia flavours

13.09.07
Charles Campion casts his eye over three of his favourite Fitzrovia restaurants.... more

Sanctuary in Fitzrovia

28.08.07
Newman Arms is an old favourite that may have lost some of its eccentricity, but it still has the best pies in London.... more

Tasteless beyond belief

01.08.07
From the bizarre menu to the poor cooking and ghastly decor, new restaurant Vanilla in Fitzrovia is such a disaster that it left our diner utterly speechless.... 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


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