I wandered awestruck through Westfield Stratford City's 1.9 million square-foot mega-mall on Tuesday morning. After lunch in the shell of Aspers Casino, it was out to a terrace overlooking the Olympic Park.... more
Our critic has first look at the £35m Sammy Ofer Wing of the National Maritime Museum and finds a discreet addition to Greenwich's historic buildings... more
City workers, tourists, and worshippers will soon be able to get their first 'clean' sight of St Paul's Cathedral as the landmark completes its makeover... more
Tickets for the Games go on sale next Tuesday. Matt Majendie guides you through the 16 days of action and 26 sports - today's spotlight is on the modern pentathlon... more
Great Portland Estates grows its London property portfolio to £1.46 billion, buoyed by higher income as tenants seek its more affordable office space... more
Derwent London will be delighted with David Cameron's plans to turn the unlovely area around Old Street roundabout into the UK's "silicon valley"... more
This Palladian house and gardens, re-opening today, have been lovingly restored and a strikingly modern café adds an extra dimension, says Kieran Long... more
Market Round-up: Further evidence of a recovery in the commercial property market boosts the nation’s biggest landlords today, as brokers also give the sector a thumbs up... more
Much depression in the Crossrail camp as they fail to get any steer whatsoever from the Tory high command that the project will go ahead, should David Cameron become Prime Minister... more
London landlord Great Portland Estates today reported the first rise in property values since the start of the crash as the market in the capital turned the corner ... more
Tony Ball is joining the public relations company which recently handled his version of events when he was first selected and then rejected as ITV's next chief executive... more
Cliff Richard & The Shadows come to the 02 Arena, Paolo Nutini will be at the Hammersmith Apollo and Florence and the Machine are at Shepherd's Bush.... more
Shares in the UK’s only legal cannabis grower, GW Pharmaceuticals, stood out with a rise of 7p to 83p after successfully raising almost £7 million
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Shares in Lloyds Banking Group have topped the £1 level for the first time since the start of the year, bringing them closer to the average price of 120p that the Government paid for its 43% stake in the ailing lender last year ... more
Imagine, if you will, for one delicious moment, you have £9.6 billion in the bank. Then imagine on Monday you buy the entire share capital of seven big property companies in a daring dawn raid... more
The Tories are in the ascendancy and gaining influence. Already the key figures in Westminster and beyond are thinking about the post-Brown generation.... more
London landlord Great Portland Estates underlines the gap between the West End and City property markets as it brushes off the worst of the slump... more
Panic attacks, despair and self-doubt helped inspire the songs on Richard Swift's new album, but thankfully they were nowhere to be found at the Arts Theatre.... more
Sound check: German industrial metal band Rammstein literally play with fire in their live performances - and now they are about to unleash their singeing spectacle on London. Watch out for your eyebrows
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