21-year-old chart topping classical music artist Laura Wright refuses to quit her day job as a waitress at the City's busy Northbank restaurant... more
John Barry, who spent his formative years in his father's cinemas, had a unique musical talent and went on to compose 11 James Bond soundtracks and win five Oscars... more
Museums at Night is a weekend of out-of-hours events - everything from evenings of culture to searching for bats - and a highlight, says Philippa Stockley, will be a candlelit tour of Sir John Soane's house... more
As many as 10 London universities will lose all their funding for teaching under proposed cuts to higher education, the National Union of Students warned... more
A supermarket, a night club, a ferry — anywhere’s fair game for guerrilla orchestra Spira Mirabilis. Joshua Neicho meets the young players rethinking classical music
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Pop-up theatre, dance in the park, gigs in museums — London’s entertainers are appearing in some odd places this summer. Here’s our guide to the best ... more
As the National Portrait Gallery becomes the latest institution to welcome dancers, musicians and DJs after dark, Louise Jury rounds up London’s best late-night culture fixes... more
Maya Fiennes is one of the most in-demand relaxation teachers around. Elle Macpherson describes a session with her as “inspirational, energising, sexy”... more
An art collective known for squatting in mansions and embassies has taken over a building in the heart of Mayfair said to be worth £100million ... more
Amanda Roocroft’s singing career looked burnt out — but her comeback at English National Opera next week offers a lesson for the next generation of divas... more
London secondary head Aydin Onac runs one of Britain's best schools. Families fight for places and for an education that, he says, is the equivalent of one provided by private schools... more
She is about to follow in Pavarotti's considerable footsteps as the voice of one of football's greatest occasions. But soccer and opera fans alike will agree that the maestro's legendary rendition of Nessun Dorma for the 1990 World Cup in Italy was never as glamorous as this... more
He has been out of fashion for more than 50 years, but now composer Ralph Vaughan Williams's vision of Englishness is being celebrated once again.... more
Brilliant performances, sex scenes and even some comical cross-dressing: this student production of L'Incoronazione di Poppea is superb, says Warwick Thompson.
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Sound check: German industrial metal band Rammstein literally play with fire in their live performances - and now they are about to unleash their singeing spectacle on London. Watch out for your eyebrows
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