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Paint strippers tease out the truth about Nell

18.10.11
A provocative portrait of royal mistress and actress Nell Gwyn is to go on public show for the first time in nearly half a century... more

Queen's pageant on Thames is a sell-out

18.10.11
More than 3,000 boats from across the world are vying to take part in a spectacular Thames pageant to mark the Queen's diamond jubilee... more

'Most seductive image in British art' goes under the hammer

04.07.11
A portrait reputedly painted as a ruse for Charles II to have illicit encounters with his mistress Nell Gwyn has been put on show in London prior to auction ... more

There are freaks and geeks aplenty in American Trade

09.06.11
American Trade has the artificiality, sexual daring and glittering indecency associated with the frivolous and luxury-loving court of King Charles II. But it's only intermittently funny... more

City Spy: Howzat? JP Morgan bowls 'em at Lord's

02.06.11
Some good news for the Marylebone Cricket Club. JPMorgan, arguably Wall Street's most successful bank, has stepped in with a major, four-year sponsorship deal for Lord's, including its media centre... more

Queen's jubilee is a real royal celebration

25.02.11
Never mind the Royal Wedding - 2011 is a jubilee year for Queen. March 1 is the 40th anniversary of completing the line-up of what would become one of Britain's most successful bands... more

Desperately seeking Scarlett O'Hara in South Carolina

03.09.10
Seduced by the fictional charms of a wasp-waisted temptress, Daisy Prince heads to South Carolina for mint juleps, Spanish moss and a close encounter with dolphins... more

More tears before bedtime in royal barracks bust-up

02.07.10
Mr Justice Vos concluded a week ago in the case between the Candy Brothers and Qatari Diar that “it would be commendable if the outcome of this judgment were that the parties, even at this late stage, started to work collaboratively together”.... more

Ups and Downs: On the South Downs at Goodwood

02.07.10
In search of fast horses, faster cars and an aerial adventure, Hettie Harvey pays Goodwood a flying visit... more

Journalist Barbara Demick wins non-fiction prize with tale of life in North Korea

02.07.10
Author Barbara Demick takes home Britain’s top non-fiction award with her “gripping and moving” account of an Orwellian society in North Korea... more

How nations use maps to make the world revolve around them

29.04.10
Maps are more about propaganda than geography, according to a new exhibition of 2,000 years of map-making... more

V&A's famous quilts show pulls in the crowds

17.03.10
The Victoria & Albert Museum’s first exhibition of quilts is proving the quirkiest hit of recent years with advance sales higher than for shows on the Baroque, Indian maharajas and The Supremes.... more

Plotters and polls: the gloves are off

06.01.10
In some respects, today's moves by senior Labour figures against Gordon Brown are just the latest spasm in the party's long agony over his leadership... more

Pop stars: how to choose a sparkling champagne

18.12.09
A master winemaker can transform a champagne from undrinkable to unmissable, but most of us still go with a familiar label without questioning the taste.... more

Grenadiers: proud to be one of the Army's oldest regiments

04.11.09
The Grenadier Guards is one of the oldest and most historic regiments in the British Army. Thirteen of its members have won the Victoria Cross and one the George Cross.... more

Play croquet on The Mall and learn street secrets

11.06.09
The Mall is to be turned into a grass court for a 17th-century version of croquet-cum-lacrosse... more

Old Bailey splendour revealed

16.03.09
This is an unprecedented look inside a building normally closed to the eyes of the outside world... more

2012 board holds its horses on Greenwich

31.10.08
The London Olympic Board has failed to endorse a plan to hold the Games's equestrian events in Greenwich Park, despite widespread expectations that they would do so... more

Equestrian event will carve up Greenwich Park flower garden

08.10.08
Greenwich Park could be damaged by plans to stage Olympic events in it, Games organisers have admitted for the first time... 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

2012 and the threat to an iconic London landscape

28.07.08
A keystone of our Olympic bid was the offer to hold the equestrian events in Greenwich Park. Now the Evening Standard can reveal just how devastating this could be... more

Maritime museum to show seascapes

19.06.08
The National Maritime Museum is putting its collection of Dutch and Flemish sea scenes on display... more

Stamps celebrate St Paul's with Wren epitaph

13.05.08
The 300th anniversary of the completion of St Paul's Cathedral has been celebrated on a set of stamps... more

Cavalry comes to rescue at Chelsea hospital pageant

09.05.08
The Royal Hospital Chelsea's first pageant for 100 years will feature Judi Dench, Rory Bremner, Timothy Spall and Michael Portillo... more

Porn from the provinces

07.12.07
Discoveries at the National Gallery is a worthy project that aims to catalogue every publicly owned painting in Britain but it is populated by some surprisingly low-rent works.... more

The £2m nude hidden in the king's bedroom

01.06.07
A masterpiece thought to depict a favourite mistress of King Charles II is expected to make up to £2 million at auction when it goes on sale at Christie's from Monday.... more

Nell Gwynne's local threatened with closure

05.04.07
One of London's most historic pubs, said to have been frequented by Nell Gwynne and, more recently, by Jude Law and Sienna Miller, is threatened with closure.... more

Girls on stage

31.08.06
April de Angelis's superbly acted Playhouse Creatures conjures up the backstage world of the first generation of professional actresses in the time of Charles II.... more


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