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Tatsuo Miyajima is keeper of the light fantastic

03.11.09

Tatsuo Miyajima is bringing his vision to the Royal Ballet, he tells Ben Luke.... more

Briton world's oldest man at 113

19.06.09

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Yoko Ono steps out of John Lennon's shadow

15.06.09

Yoko Ono's music mesmerised a crowd including Duran Duran's Nick Rhodes and ex-Smith Johnny Marr. ... more

Return of the whale hunters

10.06.09

We�ve learned to love whales and dolphins but a new film reveals the sickening slaughter of these beautiful creatures... more

WORLD: N Korea fires two missiles in show of defiance

26.05.09

North Korea has fired two more shortrange missiles off its east coast, in definace of international condemnation... more

He was my friend, my mentor � the greatest writer London had

21.04.09

JG Ballard � Jim to those who knew him � is considered by many to be the most significant author of the past 50 years. Here, one admirer pays tribute to his foremost literary inspiration and remembers an extraordinary and gentle man... more

Gordon Masiala sings in soaring falsetto

19.01.09

Gordon Masiala is one of London's most prominent sapeurs, a member of the Congolese cult that elevates high fashion to quasi-religious status.... more

Brokers are betting blind and may leave you broke

28.10.08

The City has been trying to shake off the notion that it's a casino for some time, but at the moment that's exactly what it feels like... more

Go for it

27.03.08

The Go-Master is a contemplative film based on one of the masters of 'go,' a Chinese game rivalling chess in its complexity.... more

The man who made a monster

01.02.08

It was the internet sensation that stormed the American box office. As Cloverfield opens in the UK, director Matt Reeves reveals how he made "Godzilla for the YouTube generation".... more

Murk below the mushroom cloud

29.10.07

Set after the bombing of Hiroshima, Face of Jizo is well-meaning and therapeutic for anyone with a Japanese connection, but makes for frustrating theatre.... more

What a shocker

05.10.07

By limiting itself to winners of the Turner Prize and ignoring all the shortlisted artists, Tate Britain's retrospective misses out on so much of the provocative work of the YBAs.... more

DVDs of the week

14.08.07

Mark Wahlberg plays a traumatised war veteran in Shooter and I Want Candy sees Carmen Electra become a famous porn star.... more

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