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Ocado founder: I was about to get on a plane to Japan

18.03.11
Ocado founder Jason Gissing, who is half-Japanese, tells the Standard about being torn between two cultures and how he plans to help... more

Stephen Fry Japan TV visit cancelled over QI comments row

04.02.11
Stephen Fry has dropped plans to film in Japan for a new BBC series following a furore caused by his panel show QI... more

Kazuo Ishiguro is never letting go

03.02.11
Rachel Cooke talks to Kazuo Ishiguro about the film of his book - and tries to work out his complex character... more

The wonder of Wanda Jackson

12.02.10
At 72, the original Queen of Rockabilly has been given a musical makeover by Jack White — and she sounds better than ever.... more

A magnum opus with Valery Gergiev

25.08.09
Valery Gergiev brought “his” band, the London Symphony Orchestra (he’s its principal conductor), to the Proms.... more

Sorry, kids - it's France on the cheap this year

17.07.09
To quote Alice Cooper: school's out for summer. At 3.30 or, in the case of my sons' Hammersmith primary, 2.30 this afternoon, the little rascals will pour by their thousands from the school gates of London... more

Opening this week in London

29.06.09
Arctic Monkeys are coming to Brixton Academy and Notting Hill Carnival is in town.... more

Sporting Miscellanies

15.06.09
There are fears that the BBC is hiring acute amnesiacs for its tennis coverage... 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

Pick of the Proms - from Bollywood to Barenboim

26.05.09
No other festival offers so much for so little money. Here is a round-up of the concerts not to be missed as part of this year's Proms festival.... more

Six worth reading: the Orange prize nominees

21.04.09
Six authors are in the race for this year’s £30,000 Orange Prize for Fiction... 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

Butterfly flutters in cherry blossom

15.02.07
Conductor Nicola Luisotti brought flowing Italianate grace and throbbing passion to this production of Madama Butterfly, says Barry Millington.... more


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