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Art show's Chinese fakeaway

23.10.09

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Lauren Budd's one of the boys in the gents

28.08.09

Model Lauren Budd was desperate for the loo this week at the Nokia N86 and Orange Alive At Night party... more

Pedal to work on Cycle Friday

07.08.09

Commuters are being urged to get on a bike and travel to work in convoys on Fridays from next week... more

7/7 families are incensed over terror sitcom on YouTube

05.08.09

Victims of the 7/7 bombings and their families have told of their outrage at a new comedy series that pokes fun at aspiring terrorists... more

A vision of hell on 7/7 Tube train

08.07.09

This is the first image of the devastation wrought on a Piccadilly line Tube train in the 7 July terror attacks. ... more

Revealed: First images of poignant 7/7 memorial

03.07.09

These are the first images of the striking memorial in Hyde Park to the victims of the July 7 bombings... more

‘I’m proud of what we’ve created for the people we lost’

03.07.09

A woman bereaved by the 7/7 bombings today spoke of her pride and emotion as final preparations were completed in Hyde Park for the unveiling... more

A poetic masterpiece that must be heard

30.06.09

Language "caught alive" is an intoxicating experience in all poetry - the sound is "the gold in the ore", said Robert Frost - and most particularly so with the poems of TS Eliot... more

MBEs for Olympic runner and Tube bomb survivor

28.05.09

Gill Hicks, who lost both her legs in the 7 July London bombings, is honoured at Buckingham Palace, while Olympic gold medallist Christine Ohuruogu picks up her MBE... more

Proud to be different at Camden

03.03.09

At Proud had to move from it's enviable rooftop position and has relocated to what was once the Stables antique market.... more

Bloomsbury streets to be people-friendly

21.10.08

A Ł6.3 million plan to make Bloomsbury more pedestrian and cycling friendly has been approved... more

7/7 blast survivor walks 200 miles on prosthetic limbs to promote peace

18.08.08

A woman who lost both legs in the 7 July terror attacks has told how a 200-mile charity walk to promote peace was the hardest thing she has done... more

7/7 victim nears end of marathon walk from bombers' city

15.08.08

A woman who lost both legs in the 7/7 bombings is on the final stretch of a 200-mile walk aimed at bringing communities together... more

End of 7/7 trial leads to calls for inquiry

04.08.08

Pressure mounted on the Government today to hold a public inquiry into the 7 July attacks after a jury failed to reach a verdict on the only three men charged over the bombings... more

Climate change swimmer to paddle to North Pole in kayak

15.07.08

City lawyer and daredevil swimmer Lewis Gordon Pugh announced his latest challenge today - to become the first person to paddle to the North Pole in a kayak... more

More than 1,000 gather to remember the 7/7 dead

07.07.08

More than a thousand people gathered at King's Cross station to mark the third anniversary of the 7/7 bombings... more

Revival for great Dane Vilhelm Hammershři

27.06.08

Michael Palin is urging all art-lovers to snap up a ticket for what is Vilhelm Hammershři's first major retrospective in the UK. ... more

London's student digs ... with cleaner and doorman

29.05.08

The days of dingy student digs with magnolia walls and grime-encrusted kitchens are over - at least for a select band of undergraduates who can afford it... more

Woman killed by tree in bus crash horror

20.05.08

A woman was killed when she was hit by a tree which is believed to have been torn up by a passing bus near Tower Bridge... more

Film inspired by 7/7 bombings has premiere on anniversary

19.05.08

A film prompted by the 7 July bombings is to be premiered in London on the third anniversary of the terrorist attacks... more

'We don't understand how to vote for Mayor'

29.04.08

The majority of Londoners do not fully understand the complicated mayoral voting system, according to a YouGov poll for the Evening Standard... more

Flash mob invasion of T5

26.03.08

Up to 1,000 protesters are expected to flood Heathrow's Terminal 5 when it opens to the public.... more

11 hurt as bus crashes into flats

20.03.08

This is the dramatic scene after a doubledeck bus ploughed into a block of flats as it swerved to avoid an oncoming car... more

Informal boho

12.09.07

Balfour is a good-looking, independent joint whose mix of informal boho and retro-industrial styling offers a real fillip to the street.... more

Terracotta army marches in

12.09.07

Evening Standard Chief Arts Correspendent Louise Jury gets a first look at the British Museum's blockbuster exhibition of China's Terracotta Army.... more

Jagger's son lights up the stage

29.08.07

James Jagger asks Mick and the family to stay away as he smokes his way to preview night success at Islington's King's Head Theatre.... more

Terracotta army marches

17.08.07

The British Museum's blockbuster exhibition of China's Terracotta Army has smashed records for advance ticket sales.... more

Quaint boozer with olde worlde charm

12.06.07

The Lamb on Lamb's Conduit Street is a genial old boozer with lots of Victorian charm - even the drunks are polite and apologetic.... more

Colourful concert for International Women's Day

06.03.07

Featuring a ji-nashi shakuhachi player, an Irish fiddler and a guzheng playing Chinese student, there is a distinctly international feel to this awareness raising evening.... more

Facing up to a dark past

21.02.07

This exhibition marking the 200th anniversary of Parliament's abolition of slavery at the V&A reminds us that human trafficking is not just in this country's past.... more