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Britain's got art talent at School of Saatchi

18.11.09
The BBC's new reality show, The School of Saatchi, will do for aspiring artists what the X Factor does for budding pop stars.... more

Mariinsky set it right with Swan Lake

10.08.09
After a disappointing Romeo and Juliet last week, the Mariinsky set all to rights with Swan Lake.... more

Lords of the Mariinsky Opera ring bring class and colour

30.07.09
The unique selling point of the Mariinsky Opera Ring in London is the experience of seeing the performances on consecutive nights ... more

Russia to get first taste of new Brit Art

27.07.09
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Ballerina: I need sponsor to keep my Russian dance dream alive

22.07.09
Teenage ballerina fears she could lose her place at a prestigious Russian ballet school if she fails to find a sponsor... more

Sporting Miscellanies

26.05.09
Football: Andrey Arshavin is upset that a large portion of his £80,000 a week wage is being eaten up by the taxman... more

Past Future Perfect is woolly thinking at its best

14.05.09
A new gallery dedicated to Eastern European contemporary art is showcasing five Russian artists.... more

Chinese opera devised by 3,000 children wins classical award

13.05.09
A Chinese opera created by 3,000 primary school children in Hackney has won one of classical music’s top awards... more

Snowball duel at 10 paces, Pushkin-style

03.02.09
"The destruction," said The Today programme as I sloped into the kitchen yesterday morning, "is widespread."... more

Andy Murray: I won't get worn out

30.10.08
Tennis: Andy Murray has played down fears his hectic schedule could catch up with him at the Paris Masters.... more

Nadal praise for Murray

29.10.08
Tennis: Andy Murray begins his bid for a third straight Masters Series title with a glowing tribute from world No1 Rafael Nadal... more

Bright ideas in Broken Space Season

09.10.08
Ever-enterprising Artistic Director Josie Rourke has commissioned short pieces from 10 playwrights on the loose theme of darkness and light.... more

City Comment: Pessimism will prevail in end

03.07.08
One of the odd things about the credit crunch so far is that it has affected confidence rather than behaviour... more

The man mesmerising London

25.03.08
Love it or hate it, the LSO's Mahler cycle is the latest hot ticket. That, says its hair-raising conductor Valery Gergiev, is because 'together we are saying something new'.... more

A vehement and polished account

06.03.08
If some conductors throw themselves over the precipice dragging their players with them, Vladimir Jurowski is not one.... more

Where's the real Russia?

22.02.08
For every sublime work on display at the From Russia exhibition there are three that are ludicrous.... more

What an ugly business

25.01.08
The Government's capitulation to the Russians to guarantee the RA's latest show is morally indefensible, says Brian Sewell.... more

Bear in kitsch clothing

14.01.08
Few countries have professionalised kitsch folklore as well as the Russians and they drew cheers at the Russian Winter Festival.... more

Swan Lake is tour without force

27.11.07
As touring Swan Lakes go, the St Petersburg production is not too bad, but it doesn't have dancers with the artistry needed to turn the world's most famous ballet into a work of art.... more

A fearfully good ghost tale

27.11.07
Musical standards were high as The English National Opera finally found a hit with David McVicar's gripping staging of The Turn of the Screw.... more

Josephine's farewell from the Hermitage

30.10.07
Empress Josephine's Malmaison Collection has paintings, porcelain, letters, clothes and a sexy Canova, but not enough visitors.... more

At home with the Bonapartes

20.08.07
Napoleon's wife, the Empress Josephine, built an art gallery and decorated their retreat at Malmaison in the latest style. A new exhibition at Somerset House evokes this extraordinary woman.... more

Youth on fine Proms form

06.08.07
Saturday's Prom, spirited into energetic life by Mark Elder, showed the 150-odd teenagers of the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain on fine form.... more

The clan of clowns

25.07.07
While this latest import from St Petersburg clown troupe Teatr Licedei doesn't quite live up to expectations, it is a lovely piece, packed with delicious slices of slapstick humour and pathos.... more

Chekhov adaptation is sheer wonder

13.03.07
Platonov is total theatre: visually daring, perpetually novel and superlatively acted. Its three and a half hours zipped by for Kieron Quirke.... more

Fear and loathing in St Petersburg

18.01.07
If it's a bit of doom and gloom you want, Notes From Underground provides it in spades. Fiona Mountford takes in the suffering and self-loathing.... more

A Chorus of approval

06.12.06
Flitting between St Petersburg, Cardiff and the Barbican, the Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra and Chorus are seemingly inexhaustible, says Barry Millington.... more

Budget ballet hasn't got it cracked

28.11.06
The St Petersburg Ballet Theatre has merit, and bits of its Nutcracker are sweetly done. But while the dancers aim for artistry, the management budgets for panto.... more

Dodin delivers a disappointing Lear

11.10.06
An ill-fitting Chekhovian languor hangs over the first half of director Lev Dodin's production of King Lear. For Dodin, and adaptor Dina Dodina, don't seem to trust Shakespeare all that much.... more

Critic's Choice: Classical

29.08.06
Kurt Masur can be trusted to deliver Hans Werner Henze's opera with all the ferocity it demands when he conducts the Orchestre National de France at the Proms tonight.... more

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