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Top comedians to share trade secrets with teenagers

17.08.09
Young aspiring stand-ups are to get the opportunity to perform alongside some of the biggest comedy stars in Britain... more

Domino effect across London sets the scene for Olympic countdown

27.07.09
London prepared for the party of the decade - if not the century - this weekend with a string of events celebrating the countdown to the 2012 Games... more

Dancing Seb Coe launches London 2012 Open Weekend

24.07.09
Former Olympic champion Lord Coe proved his versatility as he made an impressive debut as a ballet dancer... more

9-mile pushover: Giant domino rally

23.07.09
Heather Cupid, 24, practises for this Sunday’s giant domino rally across London. ... more

Giant dominoes to hip hop Bard in a weekend of fun for Games

22.07.09
Hundreds of arts and sports events will take place across the capital this weekend to mark three years until the Olympic Games... more

Victorian Greenwich market faces being turned into a ‘Bluewater’ site

28.05.09
The charity which owns most of central Greenwich is seeking planning permission to demolish the town’s historic market and replace it with a “Bluewater-like” precinct... more

Swan Lake in 3D ... leaping into a living room near you

28.05.09
It is Swan Lake as you’ve never seen it. Thirty-two English National Ballet dancers appear to leap over you and into your living room — all for less than the price of a seat in the gods... more

V&A's Baroque exhibition proves a point

07.05.09
Just as Germans can actually make jokes, so the English could do Baroque, in their own way, a fact honoured by an exhibition at the V&A.... more

Navy’s air centenary takes off

07.05.09
London was treated to the spectacular sight of warplanes and military helicopters flying over the capital... more

'Less glitzy' charity ball sticks to £10,000 tickets

04.03.09
The biggest charity fundraising event in London is to be trimmed back because of the recession - but will still have £10,000-a-seat tickets... more

How much did Madoff wife know about his $50billion swindle?

16.12.08
The wife of Bernard Madoff, the man at the centre of the $50billion Ponzi investment fraud, is coming under scrutiny from investigators... more

Champagne is extra on the £600 an hour 'James Bond' boat

17.09.08
A high-speed river boat version of the stretch limousine is being launched... more

This isn't the first threat to Greenwich's glorious park

31.07.08
With growing fears that Olympic equestrian events may damage the ancient beauty of Greenwich Park, residents are campaigning to get Olympic chiefs to amend their plans... more

This isn't the first threat to Greenwich's glorious park

30.07.08
With growing fears that Olympic equestrian events may damage the ancient beauty of Greenwich Park, residents are campaigning to get Olympic chiefs to amend their plans... more

Time to roll out old tars' barrels again

25.07.08
A brewery is to be built at the Old Royal Naval College at Greenwich - on the site of a Georgian brewhouse that once supplied retired sailors with their daily ration of five pints... more

Great Days Out: S-Z

22.07.08
Here is the last segment of the A-Z of fun things to do this summer from dressing up as pirates to the new British Musuem blockbuster exhibition about Hadrian the Roman Emperor.... more

Great Days out: A-I

22.07.08
From a trip on Star Over London to a butterfly house visit here is your A-Z guide of great things to do in London.... more

Best attractions on the banks of the Thames

09.07.08
Some of the best attractions in London lie on the banks of the River Thames - and to make visiting them even more special, get there by boat.... more

A mean time in Greenwich

19.06.08
The Greenwich + Docklands International Festival focusses on outdoor performance. But it's about more than a few silly costumes. Get ready for some amazing, free, large-scale entertainment. ... more

Credit crunch - what credit crunch? Charity dinner raises 25m in just one night

06.06.08
An astonishing charity dinner last night, at which Tony Blair was the guest speaker and Stevie Wonder gave his first major performance in London for nearly a decade, raised more than £25 million for the world's poorest children.... more

£25m raised in one Wonderful night for charity

06.06.08
Credit crunch - what credit crunch? An astonishing charity dinner last night raised more than £25 million for the world's poorest children... more

£1m Hirst work at charity sale

04.06.08
Damien Hirst has donated a painting valued at up to £1million to be auctioned by children's charity Ark... more

Hedge fund titan Fink to quit Man

29.05.08
Stanley Fink, one of the titans of London's hedge fund industry and architect of one of its biggest successes, Man Group, is to step down from the business at the age of 50... more

Get your skates on for biggest ice season yet

07.11.07
The ice skating season is about to get under way in the capital with more rinks than ever, including some old favourites.... more

The art of government is revealed

14.09.07
The Government's private collection of art, founded in 1898, is to be thrown open for a rare public viewing.... more

Go with the flow

25.07.07
Whatever floats your boat, there's loads to do on the banks of the River Thames this summer.... more

Best events for the Bank Holiday weekend

02.05.07
There's plenty to keep you occupied over the long weekend, including a May Day festival, a new Star Wars exhibition and a Bank Holiday BBQ at Camden's Proud Galleries.... more

Where to find the festivities

15.12.06
London is set for a £120m boom as tourists flock here for Christmas. Here's where you can find the city's top Yuletide events, says Jack Lefley.... more

Tax break risk to London's movies

11.12.06
London has provided a backdrop to many a Hollywood blockbuster but there are fears that this could end after US movie-makers threatened to snub the capital over new filming rules.... more

London's best ice rinks

24.11.06
As the festive season draws near, the hearty winter activity of outdoor ice skating returns, with ice rinks springing up faster that you can say 'freeze'.... more

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