echo "<table border='1'>
<tr>
<td colspan="2">Latest Topics</td>
</tr>";

while($row = mysql_fetch_array($result))
  {
  echo "<tr>";
  echo "<td>" . $row['topic_title'] . "</td>";
  echo "<td>" . date('M d g:i', $row['topic_time']);
  echo "</tr>";
  }
echo "</table>";