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Top homes prices steady

06.11.09
Luxury homes in London are still falling in value, but at a much slower rate than of late due to a shortage of properties for sale... more

Poppy Delevingne, the latest NYLon sensation

06.11.09
Poppy Delevingne is a brand ambassador for Chanel, Sienna Miller's flatmate and the toast of New York. Hermione Eyre encounters a rising star...... more

Linford Christie's niece forced to return Miss England crown after brawl

06.11.09
Miss England hands back her crown after alleged nightclub brawl with fellow beauty queen over her boyfriend... more

Out with oysters as Whole Foods starts stocking ready meals

05.11.09
Organic superstore Whole Foods is to start stocking 'ready meals' from next week, after admitting it misread British shoppers' tastes... more

Street Smart restaurants help the homeless

05.11.09
If you eat at some of London's best restaurants in the run-up to Christmas this year, an optional £1 may be added to your bill. ... more

The £27,000-a-month mortgage bill at centre of bitter divorce battle

05.11.09
Former chairman of ICI and his second wife are fighting each other at the Appeal Court over their 'super-prime' £14 million west London home... more

Buy a house next year... then sell it in 2015

05.11.09
The 'ideal' time to buy a London home and cash in on price rises is the end of next year, housing economists said... more

Hot or not - fashion round-up

03.11.09
A boutique selling women's sports attire, Sweaty Betty is not a shop likely to set all hearts aflutter with excitement... more

Video: Diversity Dance Inn at hotel

15.10.09
See Britain's Got Talent stars Diversity perform one of their latest routines.... more

Where to eat: Cupcakes in Kensington

01.10.09
Megan is the woman behind Kensington's latest addition to the cupcake scene - The Cupcake Company. ... more

House price stability lifts Investec arm

17.09.09
Investec has started to see improvement at the buy-to-let mortgage business Kensington, which it acquired with a low-ball £283 million takeover bid two years ago... more

'Club rapist hid above lavatory'

10.06.09
A teenage girl was allegedly raped in a London nightclub by a man who hid himself in a ventilation shaft above a lavatory cubicle... more

Wanted: hard core in Israeli embassy riots

22.01.09
Police released images of men wanted for attacking police and smashing shop windows during anti-Israeli demonstrations in London... more

Go-ahead for pedestrianised museum area

16.01.09
A major redevelopment plan to create a pedestrianised museum district is to get under way after Transport for London pledged an additional £10 million ... more

In this cold, it pays to live like a Russian

07.01.09
As I write this I am sitting in the office in Kensington in my ski jacket... more

Police accused over baton charge at embassy protest

05.01.09
Demonstrators have accused the Met police of heavy-handed tactics after they were charged in an underpass during the Gaza protest on Saturday... more

Palestinians to vent their fury in London all week

30.12.08
Palestinians and their supporters are planning a week-long series of protests in London ending in a Trafalgar Square rally of up to 5,000 demonstrators, the Standard can reveal... more

Best restaurants of 2008: Part 2

24.12.08
From haute cuisine to gastropubs — our critic Fay Maschler concludes her round-up of the best and worst openings in London this year.... more

Go to Queen's Arms before the Albert Hall

02.12.08
The surrounding colleges explain the high student numbers at The Queen's Arms, but that's not the whole story.... more

Churchillian victory for London pub

27.10.08
A pub in Kensington has been named the best local in the capital... more

Hats off to tweedy old Kensington

14.10.08
An invitation arrives in the post. Hornets, the gentlemen's attire shop in Kensington, is to stock Christys' hats and it's having a party to celebrate. In attendance will be Steve Cossey, the last apprenticed hatter working in the UK, a man who "knows everything about making a hat". ... more

'Petrol bombing' at Iran embassy

23.09.08
Forensic science experts are investigating an apparent petrol bomb attack on the Iranian embassy in Kensington... more

Organic food giant sees £10m loss in its first year

05.08.08
The company behind London's largest organic supermarket has suffered a £10 million loss in the store's first year... more

Guantanamo 'Londoner' in plea to No 10

30.05.08
A Guantanamo detainee who lived in Kensington for seven years has written to Gordon Brown to plead for his release... more

A pasta master of quality and quantity

07.05.08
Osteria Stecca's conservatory is a great spot for people watching and the food is as beautiful to look at as it is to eat.... more

Old fave has a show-stopping makeover

02.04.08
Launceston Place's care and attention to detail concerning its menu is faultless. The facelift it has been given works well too, says Larushka Ivan-Zadeh.... more

The £72m school

19.02.08
This is the most expensive school ever to be built in Britain... more

How real food got really sexy

07.06.07
The first Whole Foods Market in Europe opened in London this week, adding to the tasty choice of organic stores across the capital's most fashionable areas.... more

French food, French atmosphere

28.09.06
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Celebrating style over substance

18.09.06
If there was an award for the best British awards ceremony, the Mobos would be a pretty hot contender but it has one fundamental weakness, says Arwa Haider.... more

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