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Only the good and the daring merit an arts subsidy

05.07.11
The Culture Secretary has announced two schemes to boost private donation. One will work, the other won't... more

Ministers offer to match private donations in new culture fund

04.07.11
Arts bodies will be able to bid for up to £5million from a new £55million government pot designed to encourage the creation of US-style endowment funds... 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

Cameron aide 'met No campaign leader in secret before AV poll'

12.05.11
A staged show of unity between David Cameron and Nick Clegg has been marred by fresh recriminations over Tory tactics in the AV referendum... more

Beware of too much trust in media folk, Jacqui

24.02.11
Oh, Jacqui: no. I'm staring at a picture of a woman in heavy make-up and a purple sparkly car coat in the midst of the Soho sex shop zone. It's the former Home Secretary in one of the most ill-advised publicity shots ever agreed to by a woman who is not Katie Price... more

David Miliband can’t do both politics and TV

11.01.11
The relationship between politicians and journalists is founded on mutual envy and contempt... more

When principles do much more harm than good

29.06.10
The value of principles is being tested to destruction at the moment. For the 171 undersigned who wrote to The Guardian’s letters page yesterday, righteous anger with BP is worth the collapse of Tate Britain.... more

Ed Balls avoids 'Portillo moment' with narrow majority

07.05.10
Ed Balls manages to escape a “Portillo moment” by narrowly avoids losing his seat to the Conservatives... more

Glory days are over ... Labour needs to reinvent itself

07.05.10
By comparison with that golden morning of May 2, 1997, it’s a pretty lacklustre result: more than 150 seats down on the 418 Labour MPs who romped home in that dawn of New Labour... more

Michael Portillo: Defeat may be best for Ed Balls

06.05.10
Labour big gun Ed Balls may be spared a political nightmare if he suffers a 'Portillo moment' tonight — says Michael Portillo himself... more

We would all love Ed Balls to suffer Portillo moment, says David Cameron

28.04.10
David Cameron today staged a lightning raid into the stronghold of Schools Secretary Ed Balls... more

Crucial London seats will signal election triumph

07.04.10
With 5.5 million voters and a dozen hard-fought marginals, London is the battleground no party dares lose... more

BBC staff anger at Mark Thompson's axe to 6 Music and Asian Network

10.03.10
In The Air: Mark Thompson’s BBC strategy review — which recommends closing niche radio stations 6 Music and Asian Network — fails to convince his staff... more

Oh, it’s the Shane story at Lloyds...

05.11.09
On BBC news, Lloyds Banking Group’s in-house PR Shane O’Riordain says: “Lloyds is a strong, well-capitalised bank.” ... more

Diane Abbott HobNob gag sees BBC show axed

28.10.09
The BBC's This Week show has been taken offline after Diane Abbott was referred to as a chocolate HobNob biscuit.... more

More troops die in Afghanistan in blackest week yet

10.07.09
Criticism of the war in Afghanistan increased as it was announced that two more British soldiers have been killed, meaning nine serviceman have died in the last nine days... more

Trudie Styler speaks out to revive the lost art of oratory

03.04.09
The art of oratory is being killed off by computers, according to Trudie Styler... more

Opera has its premiere in the bar after power failure

16.02.09
A Covent Garden opera had its premiere in the bar after a power failure hit the Royal Opera House... more

'Now Cameron should bring back David Davis'

20.01.09
David Cameron should follow up his reshuffle with a recall for David Davis, says former minister Michael Portillo... more

Does Gordon Brown need to be likeable to win the next election?

03.12.08
The Queen’s Speech today will play to the Prime Minister’s strengths but Labour’s deep unpopularity nags away at his revival... more

Where the political elite go for dinner and spicy gossip

02.12.08
From a cheap-and-cheerful curry house adored by the Lib-Dems to a "1970s-style" Italian restaurant that has become a Tory stronghold, the favoured establishments of London's politicos are revealed ... more

Christianity and Celebrity Big Brother for Channel 4

12.11.08
A series exploring alternative views on Christianity will spearhead Channel 4's winter season of programmes... more

Tiger burns so bright for Booker winner Adiga

15.10.08
The experience of being an immigrant fuelled the writing of The White Tiger, the debut novel by Indian writer Aravind Adiga which has won the £50,000 Man Booker Prize... more

Booker judge criticises 'highbrow' male panels

14.10.08
One of this year's Man Booker Prize judges has criticised male academics who sit on literary panels, claiming they pick "highbrow" novels over readable ones... more

Linda Grant leads charge as the old guard are left off Booker list

09.09.08
The latest epic from Salman Rushdie and the hotly tipped story of post-9/11 America by Joseph O'Neill have failed to make the Man Booker shortlist... more

Rushdie in running to win his second Booker of the year

29.07.08
Salman Rushdie, already winner of this year's Best of Booker Prize for Midnight's Children and shortlisted three times previously, is once again among those in line to win the literary award... 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

Now the writing really is on the wall for Labour

02.05.08
Bad news for the Tories was sporadic, bad news for Labour just kept on coming... more


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