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Meet Cookie Monstar, forces sweetheart... and drag artist

10.01.11
A London drag queen becomes the first man to be named a 'forces sweetheart' ... more

A very un-Merry Christmas for London festive card trade

16.12.10
Londoners are falling out of love with the Christmas card - about 10 million fewer will be delivered to the capital’s homes and businesses than last year... more

Neighbours’ fury as Vera Lynn sings again (and again...)

07.09.10
Neighbours living next to an Age Concern centre say the charity has made itself a noise nuisance by blasting out wartime songs... more

Battle of Britain’s Got Talent: RAF makes a sortie on Simon Cowell

25.08.10
Band from the Royal Air Force is set to launch an assault on Simon Cowell’s chart dominance when they release their debut album... more

Stars join Chelsea Pensioners in the recording studio

12.07.10
This is one of the few groups with a combined age greater than the Rolling Stones and with more tours - albeit of the military variety - under their belts than Bob Dylan... more

Art world backs painter’s battle against school to save studio light

03.06.10
David Hockney and art dealer Jay Jopling have joined a renowned portrait painter’s fight against plans to expand a school... more

‘Forces sweetheart’ Sam Cam made patron of troops charity

20.04.10
David Cameron’s wife Samantha looked set for a new role as 'forces sweetheart' as she was made a patron of the Tickets for Troops charity... more

Britain's Got Talent judges wowed by 10-year-old

16.04.10
Britain's Got Talent judges have been bowled over by a 10-year-old star-in-the-making after she captivated them with a Vera Lynn classic.... more

Forces sweetheart Dame Vera Lynn set to challenge X Factor for Christmas No1

06.11.09
Dame Vera Lynn is to take on this year's X Factor winner in a bid to grab the Christmas number one, it has been announced... more

Dame Vera begins Poppy Appeal for Afghan troops

22.10.09
Dame Vera Lynn and Hayley Westenra were launching this year's Poppy Appeal in London... more

Our Afghanistan role must be made clear

17.08.09
Military commanders in Afghanistan have said that soldiers’ morale is unshaken by five new casualties this weekend... more

Sounds of London: Music that defines the capital

03.07.09
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... more

This week's DVD reviews

23.04.09
This week's DVD releases include Yes Man, The Day the Earth Stood Still and The Baader Meinhof Complex.... more

If you're shish starts spitting, here's why

20.02.09
There's talk of reviving the abandoned Dangerous Dogs Act. Why not a Dangerous Cats Act? I can see HM Government may think it has better things to do, what with the economic meltdown and Jacqui Smith's expenses, but this is a wrong that needs righting. ... more

The dark days of Doris Day: The 'girl next door' had a dark side behind her squeaky clean public image

13.06.08
To her millions of fans she was squeaky clean. But Doris Day's public image hid a dark side. So much for the 'girl next door'... more

Far from peerless

13.02.08
The words were unclear to the point of slopiness in Iolanthe and professionals must stop thinking amateur levels of performance will suffice.... more

Johnny snarls, spits and spoils the crowd Rotten

09.11.07
John Lydon was typically entertaining, showing off his unmistakable snarl as the Sex Pistols played the first of five sell-out comeback gigs. ... more

Dame Vera's first stage is transformed

13.12.06
The art deco picture palace in Stepney where Dame Vera Lynn learned her trade is being restored to its former glory.... more


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