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Dunelm soars to highs as it keeps up good news on sales

03.11.09
Dunelm, the poor consumer’s Ikea, is continuing to be Planet Retail’s darling of the recession ... more

Boyfriend slept with another girl on holiday. Should I forgive him?

03.11.09
They are candid, provocative - and totally at odds with each other. Our resident 'sexperts' Nirpal Dhaliwal and Esther Walker offer conflicting advice on Londoners' sexual dilemmas... more

White out in the wild of Sweden

22.10.09
Sweden’s frozen north is a dramatic, untouched wilderness in which your only companions are polar bears and reindeer, says Kate Eshelby... more

Sister act for all seasons in Cornwall

07.10.09
Two Cornish hotels with different attributes are working together to provide a warm welcome for all types of guests... more

Michael McIntyre is laughing all the way to the bank

02.10.09
Michael McIntyre is set to become one of Britain’s wealthiest entertainers, earning up to £10 million from a series of sold-out shows.... more

Don’t bet on Darling in pay battle with bankers

22.09.09
SO, Alistair Darling wants bankers not to pay themselves big bonuses this side of the election, does he? ... more

Colt clients paralysed by technical web problems

10.09.09
Major technical problems at internet service provider Colt Telecom have affected email and web access at a string of major London businesses over the past two days ... more

Speaker defends £20,000 revamp of rent-free home

05.08.09
Commons Speaker John Bercow was forced to defend spending £20,000 on refurbishments to his grace-and-favour official residence... more

The Importance of Being outside with Earnest

09.07.09
Irina Brown's production of The Importance of Being earnest points up the play's modern interest in social shifts and transformations.... more

Ikea plans more job cuts and brake on growth amid crisis

07.07.09
The economic crisis will take a further hard toll on staff at Ikea worldwide, with massive further job cuts in the pipeline, the group’s billionaire founder said today ... more

Ikea stages Flatpack: the opera

03.06.09
It is normally the scene of real-life domestic dramas about buying self-assembly furniture. But tonight the Ikea store in Wembley will be staging an opera.... more

Latest news: First ever loss at Ryanair

02.06.09
Ryanair posted its first-reported annual loss, after a €222.5 million write down in the value of its stake in rival Aer Lingus was compounded by higher fuel bills ... more

Oscar Humphries: My new found love of collectable furniture

01.06.09
Former bad boy Oscar Humphries has found a new love: high-end collectable furniture... more

How to win in the art of negotiation

11.05.09
Speak softly, be flexible and try to disguise your reactions, as when it comes to negotiating, power is everything... more

5p shopping bag and chocolate Santa Claus...

08.05.09
A series of eyebrow-raising expenses claims by unnamed MPs are revealed today. They include claims for carrier bags, sweets and kitchen accessories - and even pet food and horse manure... more

'Plant doctor' calls on children to design Great British Garden

07.05.09
A leading plant scientist is asking children across London to design an Olympic garden... more

Retro chic never looked so comforting

24.03.09
It's a brave writer who makes optimistic predictions in this climate, but there is a hint that, unlike the stock and housing markets, the antiques market may not be collapsing... more

Relative of Madrid bomber held over Amsterdam plot

13.03.09
Dutch police have arrested seven people suspected of preparing a terrorist attack in Amsterdam, including a relative of one of the attackers who died in the 2004 bombings in Madrid... more

An almost touching night at the theatre

03.03.09
A couple are bickering in a poky room. She is trying to assemble an Ikea shelving unit with a spoon with little success... more

Pepsi cashes in with the Yes You Can

14.01.09
Leading American brands are launching Barack Obama-inspired campaigns ahead of next week's presidential inauguration... more

Father appeals to hit-and-run driver

23.12.08
A father has made an emotional appeal for the hit-and-run driver who killed his 11-year-old son to come forward... more

Hit-and-run driver hunted

03.12.08
Police released a picture of an 11-year-old boy killed after being hit twice in a hit and run smash outside a branch of Ikea... more

Huge crowds expected as London's biggest mall opens

29.10.08
Thousands of shoppers are expected to descend on Shepherd's Bush to take advantage of bargains at London's biggest shopping centre... more

Rosebys heads trio in administration

26.09.08
The High Street was in crisis as the collapse in consumer confidence, the drying-up of bank lending and the looming end-of-the-month quarterly rent payments sent three groups crashing into administration... more

Mamma Mia, Osteria Emilia is bellissima

06.08.08
The classic starters at Osteria Emilia are delicious. But a sinfully good torta di ciocolatta was the highlight of Larushka Ivan-Zadeh's meal.... more

Windy Spice: Geri Halliwell's bad hair day as she shops for daughter Bluebell

16.06.08
Geri Halliwell once had a number one hit with Lift Me Up and it appears the wind was trying to do just that on a shopping trip in west London yesterday.... more

Johnson: I'll pay people for recycling their rubbish

27.03.08
Boris Johnson unveiled his green manifesto with a plan to pay Londoners to recycle... more

Prefab utopia - for the discerning jungle dweller

06.02.08
Maison Tropicale is a perfect work of architecture, with form, beauty and technology in perfect harmony.... more

How to eat like a Norse

03.10.07
There's a new wave of cool Scandinavian eateries that offer more than smoked herring and meatballs.... more

Dodin delivers a disappointing Lear

11.10.06
An ill-fitting Chekhovian languor hangs over the first half of director Lev Dodin's production of King Lear. For Dodin, and adaptor Dina Dodina, don't seem to trust Shakespeare all that much.... more

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