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Cameraman hit by bike on set of 'The Dark Knight Rises'

11.08.11
Stuntwoman, dressed as Anne Hathaway's character Catwoman, rode Batpod bike down steps outside Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh for an action scene when she collided with cameraman ... more

IMAX poised for major UK expansion

04.07.11
Large-screen cinema group IMAX is poised for a major expansion of its UK chain as interest in the format surges... more

Summer on the South Bank

21.04.11
Laze on a beach by the Thames, take in a free gig - even get married at the Royal Festival Hall. You can do it all at the Festival of Britain 60th anniversary celebrations, says Nick Curtis... more

Why do the British always walk on by?

14.07.10
Unsure of our collective values in a shifting society, we fear going out on a limb if we voice our own... more

Toy Story 3: The film that is making grown men cry

13.07.10
Manly adult critics have been leaving screenings of Toy Story 3 in bits. Richard Godwin and other Standard stalwarts put themselves to the test.... more

Journey to Mecca is saved by its splendid visuals

18.06.10
This handsomely mounted IMAX film follows the journey to Mecca of Ibn Battuta, the 14th-century Moroccan traveller.... more

Poppy Delevingne: My London

23.04.10
The model Poppy Delvingne went to school with Florence Welch, is scared of buttons and hides out at Blakes Hotel... more

Take notice of the other side of today’s London

03.03.10
There are many things we choose to filter from our views of London. It is a cliché that we live in a divided city, where one plane of existence seems to be superimposed onto another... more

Let's hear it for good honest bad language

13.01.10
The email from Tom Hicks Jr to a Liverpool fan shows our politicians the way to go when dealing with people they don't like... more

Watch out! 3D television is set to burst into your living room

07.01.10
Television sets which allow you to watch images in 3D are to go on sale in Britain within months, manufacturers reveal... more

Children invited to spend night at the Natural History Museum

15.12.09
Natural History Museum is opening at night for the first time, to hold a sleepover among its dinosaurs... more

Waterloo battle to restore tunnel poem

09.12.09
Hundreds of people are fighting to reinstate a poem that was wiped from the wall of an underpass... more

First review: Avatar - the 3-D blockbuster for grown-ups

21.08.09
A trailer for one of Hollywood's most highly anticipated films is being shown in cinemas across the world... more

Nothing more than a bad New Year's Eve celebration

07.07.09
Give me a break. At least a freak show has freaks and mime has meaning. In the past 24 hours I have visited Trafalgar Square three times... more

Peter Pan transforms Kensington Gardens into Neverland

09.06.09
The first production of Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens, the place it was set, is due to open. The play's official first night follows previews which have played to packed houses... more

Waterloo - the reinvention

10.03.09
A proposed revamp of the Imax roundabout, and pedestrianisation in front of Waterloo Station, exclusively revealed here, could be the biggest transformation of a London public space since Trafalgar Square... more

What a Peter Pan-orama

27.02.09
Parts of Kensington Gardens are to be transformed for the first staging of Peter Pan in the park it made famous around the world... more

The great planning swindle

04.11.08
Developers of projects such as Waterloo’s Three Sisters are obliged to offer to improve surrounding public spaces. But the system is a muddle that does Londoners no favours... 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

Museums and indoor attractions to visit

09.07.08
Daralyn Danns checks out what to see and do at museums and other indoor attractions.... more

Wizard time in Waterloo

02.05.08
With 12,000 watts of digital surround sound, the BFI Imax presents its second all-night screening of Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings Trilogy. ... more

Make the most of the Bank Holiday weekend

30.04.08
With a range of events taking place, from a May Day funfair to the Who Do you Think You Are? show, a jam-packed bank holiday weekend should be on the cards.... more

London's best Spring attractions

13.03.08
If you're on the lookout for ways to keep the children entertained this Spring, look no further than our guide to the places that never fail to work their magic.... more

Capital's biggest shopping centre nears opening

10.03.08
Slowly - joist by joist, concrete block by concrete block - what was once a sprawling, desolate building site is turning into London's biggest shopping centre... more

Fright night at the BFI

10.01.08
Fans of cult, horror movies are in for a treat as the BFI stages a Zombie All-Nighter on 19 January.... more

DVDs of the week

25.09.07
Serial killer thriller Zodiac heads the list of this week's top DVDs.... more

At last, a great Southbank show

30.05.07
Nick Curtis, who grew up going to the Southbank, celebrates the complex's shift from bleak concrete jungle to cultural quarter to be proud of. ... more

Off the record: David Smyth

09.03.07
Breakthrough band Enter Shikari, former Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr's latest album and scratching DVDs as if they are vinyl all make it into David Smyth's column this week.... more

London's cinemas are most expensive in Europe

17.10.06
Londoners pay more than three times the European average to watch a film, research showed today. An adult ticket for the Odeon in Leicester Square costs up to £17.50.... more

Top 10 things to do for half-term

17.10.06
From Super Sleuths at the Science Museum and spooky storytelling on HMS Belfast to Deep Sea diving at the London IMAX, there's plenty to keep the kids entertained.... more


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