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Depeche Mode concert postponed

28.05.09

A Depeche Mode concert in Britain has been called off while frontman Dave Gahan recovers from an operation.... more

Dark menace lurks in St Matthew Passion

06.04.09

The lads from St Thomas's stood side by side with the Tölz Boys Choir, some 80 voices displaying an impressive level of finesse and engagement.... more

Low impressed by Ballack leadership

18.03.09

Football: Germany coach Joachim Low feels Chelsea midfielder Michael Ballack is maturing as a captain and has praised him for his attitude in last month's friendly defeat against Norway ... more

Mendelssohn, the lost master

18.12.08

In a bumper year for anniversaries, a composer once judged equal to Beethoven and Bach deserves celebration... more

Shot in the thick of battle

14.11.08

To do his subjects justice, photographer Robert Capa insisted on being close enough to be killed. Brian Sewell is impressed by his exhibition at the Barbican Art Gallery.... more

Crisis brake on Daimler, BMW

27.10.08

The global financial crisis has finally hit German luxury carmakers Daimler and BMW, which have announced temporary closures of factories... more

Eco campaigner Sting flies solo

30.06.08

Pop star Sting has risked accusations of green hypocrisy by flying solo on a private jet twice in 24 hours... more

Passionate revival

25.03.08

St George's Hanover Square, where Handel worshipped, provided a fitting setting for a performance of Bach's St Matthew Passion as part of the London Handel Festival.... more

An architect at her peak

02.07.07

Zaha Hadid gained a reputation as the world's greatest unbuilt architect and her work is on show at The Design Museum's biggest exhibition... more

Man who put everyone in the picture

06.11.06

When an Austrian archduke, appointed by a Spanish king, employed a Flemish painter to copy his collection, the first ever illustrated art catalogue was born.... more

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