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,
16.11.09
A Hounslow boy, trained as a doctor, he dreamed of R&B stardom. Now Jay Sean’s US No 1 hit has sold two million copies. X Factor wannabes take note.
13.11.09
Of all the blockbusters due in December, James Cameron's 3D sci-fi epic Avatar will be subject to the beadiest scrutiny
12.11.09
With the hit TV cookery show about to go live at Olympia, we put five chefs through the 30-minute Invention test. Nick Curtis tucks in
12.11.09
The Evening Standard asked five of those involved to undertake the successful TV programme's Invention Challenge, to book a dish in 30 minutes from a...
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11.11.09
Norwich has plenty of history, olde worlde charm and culture to woo visitors to East Anglia - and at last, it has a decent hotel
04.11.09
It's 20 years since the Berlin Wall came down, and even longer since Nick Curtis lived in Germany's most iconic city. So what does he make of Berlin...
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02.11.09
They are cheap to run, breeze past queues and don't pay the congestion charge. Nick Curtis reports on the London businesses abandoning four wheels for...
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02.11.09
Women have helmed some first-rate films this year but still account for only three per cent of the industry’s directors, says Nick Curtis
29.10.09
Though we take it for granted, and frequently curse it to high heaven, the London Underground is a wonder
29.10.09
What a pleasure, and what a fitting end to an excellent 53rd London Film Festival. Sam Taylor-Wood's film about John Lennon's teenage years is a...
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26.10.09
He's rich enough to retire for good, so why does Mark Guard spend his days with a ragtag band of squatters occupying empty townhouses in some of...
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22.10.09
Atom Egoyan's film, Chloe, is a glossy, erotic thriller with an arthouse veneer.
20.10.09
The sheer sexiness of Brazil is the latest subject of Testino’s lens. Nick Curtis can appreciate the űber-photographer’s fascination
20.10.09
An Education has its premiere tonight as part of the London Film Festival in the Vue West End.
19.10.09
When you're showing off in the kitchen it's now the size of your book that matters. Nick Curtis finds it difficult to lift and blend
16.10.09
Colin Firth gives an impeccably restrained performance in the lead role of A Single Man, an accomplished period piece from Tom Ford
14.10.09
Following his mighty performance in Jerusalem, Mark Rylance tries playing Beckett in the West End.
14.10.09
First review: Roald Dahl's Fantastic Mr Fox has been updated, Americanised and generally mucked about with by indie oddball Wes Anderson.
09.10.09
The sudden death of his star devastated director Terry Gilliam. He could have given up on the film they were making but, says daughter Amy, they had...
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07.10.09
That Dr Parnassus was finished at all following the death mid-shoot of its star Heath Ledger is impressive.
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