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It's a crime not to honour our thriller writers

06.11.09

Why does discrimination against crime writing still exist?... more

High camp, high art from Alan Bennett

13.10.09

In re-imagining the relationship between WH Auden and Benjamin Britten for his new play, Alan Bennett returns to a theme close to his heart.... more

Nobel winner quits Oxford poetry race over sex claims

12.05.09

Nobel Laureate Derek Walcott has quit the race to become Oxford Professor of Poetry after becoming embroiled in a sex smear campaign.... more

Macbeth, Oliver! and now Puccini... theatre director Goold signs up to ENO

02.04.09

Award-winning director Rupert Goold, 36, is to direct Turandot in the English National Opera's next season ... more

Special delivery of Love Letters and Live Wires

22.09.08

In publicising Love Letters and Live Wires, the BFI has likened the telecommunications explosion of the Thirties to the internet revolution of today.... more

Fame, work, kids - life can be hell, says John Hannah

01.08.08

An army of adoring fans, a string of blockbuster films, a beautiful wife and two lovely children - this A-list actor seems to have it all. So why does he want to escape to the pub? ... more

So the French First Lady can sing as well...

28.03.08

Carla Bruni's first English album is more of a dinner-party soundtrack than a record that will have an impact on the music scene. Then again, it doesn't make any promises.... more

Slow Progress

29.11.07

The Rake's Progress features an alternating cast, but an over-choreographed production did no-one any favours.... more

Pop Art tribute at National Portrait Gallery

23.05.07

A new exhibition of Pop Art is set to reunite several important paintings originally shown in a tribute to Marilyn Monroe 40 years ago, including Andy Warhol's famous series of screenprints.... more

Southbank hosts first festival of literature

17.05.07

Blake Morrison, Mark Thomas, Armando Iannucci and John Hegley have joined the line-up for the first London Literature Festival at the revamped Southbank Centre.... more

Dam Busters fly in for film night at the Proms

25.04.07

The 113th BBC Proms will celebrate great British films with a concert of scores from classics such as The Dam Busters and Shakespeare In Love.... more

All human life is here

20.03.07

Edward Albee, the US playwright who specialises in exploring the human condition, talks to Arwa Haider ahead of the premiere of his latest show.... more

Poets celebrate W H Auden centenary

21.02.07

Tonight marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of Wystan Hugh Auden, one of the most significant and prolific writers of the twentieth century.... more

First showing for Hockney's Mrs Clark

11.10.06

A drawing by David Hockney of Celia Birtwell, wife of late fashion designer Ossie Clark, is to be shown in public for the first time as part of the National Portrait Gallery's new exhibition.... more

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