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Andrew O'Hagan

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Blur’s Damon Albarn

Blur bring Hyde Park to life again

Now in their 40s but lacking none of their energy, Blur came to the capital a band reborn.  Comments 
Amy Winehouse

Sounds of London: Music that defines the capital

In an extract from Paul Du Noyer's exhilarating new history of the music that defines the capital, he recalls an early meeting with quintessentially London singer Amy Winehouse  Comments 
Anna-Jane Casey

Forbidden Broadway to be another big success

Forbidden Broadway makes its third and splashiest appearance in London after 27 mostly triumphant years in New York.  Comments 

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Carrie's War

Carrie's War West End
Featuring Kacey Ainsworth and Prunella Scales, Carrie's War comes to the

 

Babylon

Three of London's suntrap restaurants

We pick three of London's suntrap restaurants, with live flamingos, sunny terraces and an open-air rooftop bar and grill  Comments 
Ice Age 3

The Ice Age goes 3D

Considering this is the third of the series, the makers of Ice Age 3 clearly still have some inspiration left.  Comments 
Michael Jackson

Jacko marketing machine won’t stop till they get enough

A new ‘live’ album, 100 unreleased songs, endless remixes... the Michael Jackson marketing machine is about to go into overdrive.  Comments 
Madonna

Gigs of the week

Madonna, Wireless, Grace Jones, Bella Union, Rough Trade and Beggars are all playing in the capital  Comments 

Win a hotel break

Hotel break beach hut!
Win a mini 'Brighton Hotel Du Vin' holiday and use of a

Birthday Specials @ Traffic nightclub

Birthday Specials @ Traffic nightclub VIP table
Celebrate in style with free entry, free drinks & a

 
Jeff Koon's Popeye Series

Hot tickets: London's going out guide

The Standard's writers pick out the best shows, films and exhibitions taking place in the capital  Comments 
Arielle Kebbel

Stupid plot lost in Red Mist

Red Mist's plot is total rubbish, and no amount of slick film-making can make you believe it is worth all the blood and gore we have to sit through.  Comments 
Florence Welch

CDs of the week

Florence Welch oozes a mischievous, sexy and unhinged quality in her band's new album, while the Benny Andersson Band, The Duckworth Lewis Method, Acoustic Ladyland and Tinariwen release CDs.  Comments 

Am I Black Enough for You?

Göran Hugo Olsson’s documentary is a fan-like yet not too oleaginous tribute, with copious numbers to prove that Billy Paul was — and still is — a singer who really had something.  Comments 
Shake It!

Laurent and Layo Shake it again...

Superstar DJs take over the Southwark Arches with the old end crew  Comments 

Strawberry and Chocolate is still an important film

Made in 1994, when homosexuality was frowned upon in Cuba, Tomás Gutiérrez Alea’s film seems tamer now than it did.  Comments 

Demented laughter and screams in Embodiment of Evil

José Mojica Marins’s outré Brazilian horror features cannibalism, torture by rats and/or spiders and hideous spectres augmented by plenty of blood.  Comments 

Win a Spanish break

VCB Barcelona
Bag a trip to Spain to celebrate the release of Vicky Cristina

Body Worlds Exhibition

Bodyworld exhibition
BODY WORLDS & The Mirror of Time at the 02 - the original real human bodies

 
 
 
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