For hedge fund star Paul Marshall, the City's richest are still not giving enough back to society. Here he explains his dedication to the schools charity Ark and its role in the recent controversy over a new free school in Wandsworth... more
They have ended up at opposite ends of the political spectrum, but today it emerged that Labour leader Ed Miliband and Tory Mayor Boris Johnson went to the same London infant school... more
Coinciding with the Labour Party conference is the publication of Robert Harris’s Roman thriller Lustrum, which is dedicated to his friend Peter Mandelson. The blurb on the book jacket says: “Blinded by Ambition. Seduced by Power”. Or as Mandelson prefers to describe himself these days, “a rounded and relaxed person”... more
The Man Booker judges have determined that Aravind Adiga's debut novel about the seamier side of Indian life is the best fiction of the year. How do they do that?... more
London-born novelist Zoë Heller’s latest novel The Believers is set to be another hit. Here she tells Liz Hoggard how she overcame grief and insecurity to become a woman who really has it all... more
Blake Morrison, Mark Thomas, Armando Iannucci and John Hegley have joined the line-up for the first London Literature Festival at the revamped Southbank Centre.... more
Give Judi Dench half a chance, and she'll make a lot more of a good role than almost any other actor. In Notes on a Scandal she gives a performance as powerful as it is subtle.... more
Whether she wins an Oscar or not, Dame Judi Dench's performance in exceptional British film Notes On A Scandal deserves to be accounted one of her best on screen, says Derek Malcolm.... more
Give Judi Dench half a chance, and she'll make a lot more of a good part than almost any other actress. But in Richard Eyre's very British Notes On A Scandal she excels herself. ... more
Her latest role as a treacherous school teacher is something of a departure. But Judi Dench understands the character, she tells Mike Goodridge. ... more
The Mayor of Tower Hamlets defeated Labour to be elected. Livingstone not only backed him but some of Ken's key players are now at the heart of running the council. Stephen Robinson reports
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