Critics' Choice

Restaurants

David Sexton

quoteFor a chain, Gaucho is startlingly expensive, the final bill ending up pretty close to one from much more stylish, individual restaurantsquote

David Sexton Gaucho Film

Charlotte O'Sullivan

quoteAction heroes are often small; Wanted, at least, acknowledges the missing inches - and does so with a smilequote

Charlotte O'Sullivan Wanted Theatre

Nick Curtis

quoteThis lightweight tennis comedy scores few pointsquote

Nick Curtis Grand Slam

Reader reviews

Film

Jake, London

quoteI challenge anyone not to walk out feeling on cloud nine and humming Mamma Mia!quote

Mamma Mia! Restaurants

Simon, London

quoteService is appalling. Last time I went here they had run out of pizza dough at 8pmquote

Pucci Pizza Theatre

Andy, London

quoteI found it to be funny, insightful and interesting as a new workquote

On The Rocks

Pick of the day London,

Music

O2 Wireless Festival: Jay-Z

Quote The rap superstar was greeted like a conquering hero, returned victorious from Glastonbury... Quote

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David Smyth

David Smyth

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Arts & Exhibitions Living Torrent

Fighting for a lost cause

Pure colour and tiny touches of paint were the means by which a group of exciting young Italian artists were convinced they could take painting into the 20th century, says Brian Sewell... more |  Add your review 

 
Music Modern Guilt

CDs of the week

Beck's new record is worth staying up all night for, Black Kids' time may come and Mike Walker releases a Mancunian masterpiece... more |  Add your view 

 
Music Amy Bell & Valentina Golfieri

Slow boat from china in crossing the sea

150 years after its foundations were laid, Wilton's has commissioned opera Crossing the Sea as part of the Olympic-year China Now festival... more |  Add your review 

 

Be a star for a night

Sony Phone Win a Sony Ericsson C902™ phone and a starry, red carpet night out

Elementary My Dear Borat

Sacha Baron Cohen Our comedians take Hollywood by storm as Sacha Baron Cohen signs up for Sherlock Holmes

Restaurants Big Easy Crab Shack

London's Best American restaurants

Independence Day is the perfect excuse to get a taste of the US in London. Here's our guide to the best American food in the capital. .. more |  Add your view 

 
Clubbing Lost and Found

Rocka-silly raving at Madame JoJo's

Grab your parents and get dressed up for a fun night of hillbilly at Lost & found. You won't be disappointed, says Alice Von Simson... more |  Add your review 

 
Music Solomon Burke

Better believe in Solomon Burke

Solomon Burke, wisest of all soul singers, was wheeled out on the red carpet and placed in his throne at Barbican Hall... more |  Add your review 

 
Restaurants Gaucho

No beef about Gaucho's steaks

Gaucho is paradise for carnivorous City boys, but the chain is overpriced and the rest of the menu doesn't match the quality of the meat. .. more |  Add your review 

 

Pictures of the week

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Comedy Ross Noble

Best Comedy Festivals

Comedy is big business at this year's rock festivals, with better-than-ever line-ups - making this the summer of laughs... more |  Add your view 

 
Events Charlie Dark

Literature Festival is Making Hay in the metropolis

Surely if Hay-on-Wye can rig up a worldclass literary festival, our bustling metropolis can rouse itself for a couple of weeks of book chat? .. more |  Add your review 

 
Theatre New Connections

Making new connections

The National's annual New Connections Festival is now upon us. Nicholas de Jongh looks at Scenes From Family Life and A Vampire Story. .. more |  Add your review 

 
Theatre The Music Man

Music man hits the right notes

Rachel Kavanaugh's delightfully lively production of The Music Man is just the thing to banish the credit-crunch blues... more |  Add your review 

 
 


 
 
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