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    • Thursday, 21 February, 2013
      Property sector
      Councils warn against flats plan
    • Wednesday, 20 February, 2013
      ReviewLife & Arts
      A Chorus Line, London Palladium, London

      With so many characters’ back-stories unfolding in this revival of the 1975 musical, it’s hard to know where to focus

    • Sunday, 10 February, 2013
      ReviewLife & Arts
      Great Expectations, Vaudeville Theatre, London

      With its cartoonish style and gorgeous sets, this production is superficially admirable but lacks real heart

    • Friday, 8 February, 2013
      Life & Arts
      ‘I don’t want the West End left behind’

      Commercial theatre needn’t play safe

    • Friday, 8 February, 2013
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      Hot property: love nests

      Five residences with romantic views, including a medieval farmhouse in Wales and a beachfront villa in Greece

    • Friday, 8 February, 2013
      Property sector
      Crown Estate seeks investment partners
    • Wednesday, 30 January, 2013
      ReviewLife & Arts
      Quartermaine’s Terms, Wyndham’s Theatre, London

      Rowan Atkinson stands out as a schoolteacher hiding loneliness behind bonhomie in Richard Eyre’s poignant production

    • Tuesday, 29 January, 2013
      ReviewLife & Arts
      Port, National Theatre (Lyttelton), London

      Kate O’Flynn gives an outstanding performance in Simon Stephens’ portrait of a young woman’s progress to maturity

    • Tuesday, 29 January, 2013
      Life & Arts
      London theatre sales undented by Olympics
    • Monday, 21 January, 2013
      Property sector
      Rules on office-flat conversion to ease
    • Thursday, 17 January, 2013
      Property sector
      Google to build £1bn UK HQ in London
    • Wednesday, 9 January, 2013
      Property sector
      Schroders fund targets £100m Aim debut
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      UK retail results
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      London property deals surge in value
    • Wednesday, 26 December, 2012
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    • Friday, 21 December, 2012
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      Gentlemen’s clubs savour quiet success
    • Thursday, 20 December, 2012
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      Selfridges buys office block for £130m
    • Monday, 17 December, 2012
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      Azerbaijan starts property spree in London
    • Friday, 30 November, 2012
      Property sector
      Shaftesbury basks in London’s limelight
    • Friday, 23 November, 2012
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      The louche and the lovely

      Restored as a luxury hotel, the Café Royal looks to regain its place at the centre of London’s social scene

    • Tuesday, 20 November, 2012
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