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Let’s hear it for the bank which takes pride in being dull

23.10.09
Rebuilding Britain's banks: When Britain's greatest comic writer PG Wodehouse penned Psmith In The City in 1908 there was more than a touch of the autobiographical about it ... more

These are a few of my favourite things

07.09.09
JB Priestley’s 1949 collection of short essays about things that delighted him has been updated by the members of the London Library. From girl bands to Bexhill-on-Sea, here six of them reveal their secret delights...... more

What a performance from Zhang Huan

03.09.09
The genius of Chinese artist Zhang Huan is better represented by a fascinating new book than by the two live pigs in his new show.... more

KT Sullivan hits the high notes

06.05.09
The glamorous KT Sullivan is one of those classically trained singers who seem to be inhaling when producing their highest notes. ... more

All authors should shun this Gulf book sham

20.02.09
I've never been sure what literary festivals are for. The separation of books from their authors has always seemed to me highly desirable, rather than an unfortunate anomaly to be rectified.... more

Mad Men's Joan Holloway inspires hourglass dressing

12.02.09
Sassy, sexy and the style goddess of the moment: Mad Men’s Joan shows us how to fill out a shift dress in all the right places... more

How to credit crunch your Christmas

09.12.08
David Cameron visits Woolies for bargain presents but all it takes is a little imagination ... more

I say! What a bounder... All dandy comic legend Terry-Thomas really liked was 'jolly eager girls'

05.09.08
Diamond-encrusted cigarette holders. Tailor-made underpants. But all legendary comic and dandy Terry-Thomas was really interested in were the 'jolly eager girls'. ... more

What we read about when we read about sportsmen

19.08.08
Some authors could give Olympic athletes a good run for their money. The Japanese novelist Haruki Murakami has notched up an impressive 32 marathons since he took up the sport in 1982... more

Is Hugh Laurie the new George Clooney? The actor on how he's set pulses racing as TV's moodiest medic

08.08.08
Playing a mean, moody medic turned Hugh Laurie into a sex symbol. But it has also forced him to face up to his own tortured personality - and the strains it's placed on his marriage.... more

Drinking from the Claret Jug won't be so sweet this year

18.07.08
Matthew Norman pays homage to quitter Sandy Lyle, says The Open is devalued by the absence of Tiger and compares boxing legend Roy Jones Jnr to a block of cheese... more

It's been a right Carry On for evergreen star Anita Harris

10.07.08
After two miscarriages and falling victim to a £1 million fraud, the Swinging Sixties sweetheart is back in style.... more

How I survived force-nine gales, vermin and spaghetti hoops in prison, by Andy Kershaw

01.03.08
BBC DJ Andy Kershaw left jail on Friday after serving six weeks for breaching a restraining order relating to his ex-partner Juliette Banner, the mother of his two children. Here his sister and fellow DJ Liz Kershaw introduces his upbeat and frank prison diaries ... more

Editor takes time out to join race for mayor

20.02.08
A magazine editor has become the twelfth person to enter the London mayoral race... more

The best fun on the Fringe

14.08.06
A story brimming with mad ideas and ridiculous coincidences, Improbable Frequency melds song and dance seamlessly with absurdist theatre in a production that fizzes with energy.... more

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