An awesome and ridiculous film that leaves you thrilled beyond the point of your natural endurance
2012
Theatre
The show has suddenly become quite wonderful, and the galvanising factor is the terrific stage debut of Melanie C
Blood Brothers
Music
The British pop music industry may be eating itself but if Muse are the pick of what it can offer the world in 2010 then British music is in rude health indeed
Muse
I was smitten by both Gilberts enormous luxuriant moustache and the intelligence and nuance of this highly entertaining play
I totally recommend Babbo to anyone who is looking for really good and traditional Italian food
Always been a fan but never seen them live. I was ecstatic to be part of this epic event. WOW!
London,
18.11.09
The more we hear about South West Norfolk Conservatives, the more the heart goes out to the poor candidates trying to penetrate the closed world of...
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12.11.09
New Labour and the Murdoch empire is a love affair that has now come to an abrupt and bitter end. All that is left is revenge, recrimination and the...
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11.11.09
Who would be Gordon Brown, pilloried after trying to console an angry mother who has no intention of being consoled after the death of her son in a...
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09.11.09
On this day in 1989 the Berlin Wall was finally breached, ending the reign of East Germany’s feared security service. Here Anne McElvoy, who spent...
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05.11.09
The designer of Samantha Cameron's party conference frock is now suing M&S over its copyright. But fashion feuds apart, Alison Mansell insists, she's...
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04.11.09
Twenty years ago this month, the Czechs provided one of the highlights of a historic year when the Velvet Revolution in Prague drove the...
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28.10.09
Will he, won't he? Rarely has there been such a fuss over a job without the main candidate having even said he wants it
27.10.09
Voters delight, politicians duck for cover: The Thick of It is back. Never can there have been a better time to take apart the preening control...
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21.10.09
He loves tall buildings and winding up his party leader. The Mayor is turning out to be a lot like his predecessor
19.10.09
It's the most stressful problem for any London parent and there are no easy answers. Should you send your child private, state, grammar or faith? Our...
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14.10.09
What is it with them? The former Home Secretary Jacqui Smith this week issued an apology for her mistaken expenses so grudging she really does seem to...
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08.10.09
Here's one we tried earlier. William Hague arrived on the vast empty stage. “Let’s give a warm welcome to the shadow cabinet!” he cried. There...
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08.10.09
Dusty pinstripes and car coats are no more. The new Tory image has been crafted by experts
07.10.09
Oh blimey, it's blood sweat and tears week. Frankly, the Tory party looks a bit disconcerted. It came to Manchester expecting the Nuremberg rally and...
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06.10.09
Gorgeous George has it (nearly) all. The brain, the determination and the well-dressed wife in the front row
05.10.09
Boris arrived to the siren strains of EastEnders. Peggy, unfortunately, couldn't make it but the Mayor is well capable of keeping the unruly crowd of...
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30.09.09
The PM made his pitch to stay in power by attacking the Tories’ empathy with the well-off. A brave move — but it won’t save him
29.09.09
"Lighten up", Peter Mandelson instructed Gloomy Gordon, and Sarah Brown, as usual, got the message before her husband. She was sporting a lustrous...
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25.09.09
Interview: Tessa Jowell hits back at claims that she was ready to quit with James Purnell
23.09.09
The Attorney General would arouse more sympathy if she had the sense to sound sorry for her error of judgment
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