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Chaplin takes centre stage in the south London of his birth

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Maf, Marilyn and my accidental hit novel

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Behind the scenes at Museum of London's new £20m galleries

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£4.5m deal agreed to save Hackney Empire

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Hackney Empire survival rests on £4.5m flats deal

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Theatre, which has been forced to close because of financial problems, could be saved by plans to redevelop a Sixties office block... more

Charlie Chaplin - the tramp who conquered the world

08.01.10
Less than two miles from his Walworth birthplace, Charlie Chaplin is celebrated in a new show at The London Film Museum... more

Best Chaplin exhibits in show

08.01.10
Best Chaplin exhibits in show... more

Chaplin takes centre stage in the south London of his birth

04.01.10
Charlie Chaplin is being returned to his roots with a new exhibition in the borough where he was born... more

Gordon Brown named worst-dressed man of year

04.01.10
We may only be four days into 2010, but Gordon Brown has already been named the worst-dressed man of the year... more

Film books of the year

03.12.09
Mad mothers, blue eyes and bitchy wit are just some of the prerequisites for Hollywood stardom, according to this year’s best film biographies, says Charlotte O’Sullivan... more

Outraged over comedy in five easy steps

18.11.09
Stop! Stop what you are doing at once! A major breach in public decorum and decency has occurred and you owe it to Society In General to take a moment to be appalled... more

Pre-war party in Poirot style

25.09.09
All aboard the SS Atlantica for a gloriously glamorous thirties soirée.... more

Introducing the French fancy: Charlie Winston

11.09.09
Singer-songwriter Charlie Winston has the Frogs' legs tapping... more

Funny men in Night at the Museum 2

22.05.09
Ben Stiller calls in the kings of comedy for a Night at the Museum sequel that outclasses the original and scales the heights of absurdity.... more

Pink Panther is pointless

12.02.09
In possibly the most excruciating comedy of the year, Steve Martin reprises his role as Inspector Clouseau and hunts the missing Pink Panther.... more

Chaplin's spell in workhouse is revealed as records are put on the Net

03.09.08
The largest collection of London's historical records ever to go online will reveal details of Charlie Chaplin's spell in a Southwark workhouse and the baptism of Charles Dickens's son... more

Best grouse, hare and venison in London

03.09.08
Country comes to town as we find top places to eat grouse, hare and venison. Let your appetite for game run wild. ... more

CDs of the week

28.03.08
Quality time with REM, an impressive follow-up from Gnarls Barkley and a record to boost Snoop Dogg's ego.... more

Mates of Marilyn

13.03.08
If director Harmony Korine wants to say something about celebrity, it gets drowned out in the plot-turns of Mister Lonely.... more

Charlie Chaplin's girl is silent over her 'cute' new love

08.03.08
Silent-screen legend Charlie Chaplin was famed as a ladies' man, but his granddaughter Kiera has not been quite so fortunate with the opposite sex. Now, however, things may have turned a corner ... more

Comic chops from the best

28.01.08
Laughing In A Foreign Language offers welcome relief from the otherwise unremitting January gloom.... more

Send in the clown

01.11.07
Acrobat James Thierree is outstanding. Most of the time you don't know what's happening, but you don't need to, says Sarah Frater. ... more

Circus of the imagination

30.10.07
Creator of new magical theatrical spectacle Au Revoir Parapluie, James Thiérrée, talks about shaking off the pressure of being the grandson of a movie giant.... more

A justly popular pub

15.10.07
From its exterior decoration to its smart, well kept interior with drawings of movie stars of yesteryear, the Nightingale is truly a fine pub.... more

Chaplin revived for four nights

08.08.07
A four-evening event showing 12 newly restored short films starring Charlie Chaplin, begins at Cadogan Hall on 15 August.... more

History preserved in a flash

10.07.07
The exhibition Daily Encounters: Photographs from Fleet Street, moves chronologically through political, social and scandal milestones... more

Something funny's going on in the capital

25.10.06
The Borat movie, starring London's Sacha Baron Cohen, is hailed as one of the most hilarious films in years, while the capital's comedy clubs brim with young talent. We're gagging for it.... more


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