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How Simon Cowell got me into the movies...

29.09.11
Entrepreneurs: It was Simon Cowell who inspired Philip Moross to set up the film soundtrack business that took him to the Oscars this year... more

Office offer: Oman's Adelphi bid

21.06.11
The one-time address of literary luminaries such as Peter Pan author JM Barrie is set to fall into the hands of the Gulf state of Oman, property industry sources say... more

The Hoff is an amusing villain but this brash Peter Pan lacks charm

17.12.10
David Hasselhoff in town to treat us to his best impression of a villainous pirate Captain Hook... more

Daisy Lowe's My London

26.11.10
Actress and model Daisy Lowe hunts for vintage Alaia in Dover Street, has Sunday roasts at Julie's and wants to be a bird of paradise... more

Good riddance to cricket’s summer from hell

22.09.10
Nearly all cricket followers will celebrate the season's end with tonight’s final one-day match at the Rose Bowl... more

Peter Pan gets adult treatmemt

14.05.10
Peter Pan is a play that’s been remorselessly Disneyfied. J. M. Barrie’s classic is dark and haunting, but tends to get bowdlerised.... more

Peter Pan struts but can't really fly

04.12.09
Peter Pan for all its visual dazzle lacks that subtler kind of magic that beguiles the emotions.... more

Hot Tickets: London's going out guide

08.09.09
There is less than a week to go before Peter Pan ends, try the modern menu at Coast Dining and don't miss a night out at Limelight ... more

Will Alice be weird in Wonderland?

19.08.09
The world's hottest choreographer, Christopher Wheeldon, is to make a full-length ballet for Covent Garden out of Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland... more

Peter Pan gets back to his roots in Kensington Gardens

11.06.09
Peter Pan at Kensington Gardens is without doubt an accomplished evening but an extra fairy dust sprinkling of charm wouldn't hurt. ... more

The Brudenell is a classical, coastal delight

11.06.09
From the home of the Aldeburgh Festival comes a mix of Enid Blyton-era seaside holidays and chattering-class comfort... more

Peter Pan transforms Kensington Gardens into Neverland

09.06.09
The first production of Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens, the place it was set, is due to open. The play's official first night follows previews which have played to packed houses... more

The bank chiefs still don't get it

27.02.09
Amid the continuing row over the pension package awarded to former RBS chief executive Sir Fred Goodwin, today's gloomy results from Lloyds Banking Group confirm the sector's unprecedented crisis... more

Houseboat parties get that sinking feeling

21.10.08
The owners of one of the largest houseboats on the Thames have launched a legal bid for compensation after discovering they cannot hold the parties they planned... more

Déjà vu in The Shadowmaster

01.08.08
Adaptor/director Stephanie Sinclaire has rather choppily turned J.M.Barrie's Dear Brutus into The Shadowmaster at the King's Head.... more

Suddenly I'm lonely. But the trophies and the ballet shoes are reminders of a lifetime of family love and laughter

08.06.08
In a heartbreakingly honest cri de coeur that will strike a chord with milliions of parents, Esther Rantzen describes her life as an empty nester.... more

Los Boys lose their way

31.03.08
With no inherent production values and unmemorable power ballads Peter Pan El Musical is an awfully big mistake, says Fiona Mountford.... more

The queen of the new King's Head

11.03.08
When Dan Crawford died in 2005 the future looked grim for the King's Head. Now his widow, Stephanie, has turned around the fortunes of London's original pub theatre.... more

The flight of Pedro Pan

06.03.08
Peter Pan is flying home - in a new Spanish language musical coming to the West End... more

The flight of Pedro Pan

06.03.08
Peter Pan is flying home - in a new Spanish language musical coming to the West End.... more

Michael Jackson ordered to pay £12million or lose Neverland

27.02.08
Michael Jackson has been ordered to pay £12million or his Neverland Ranch will be put up for auction. The self-proclaimed King of Pop, 49, owes three months arrears on the sprawling 2,800 acre property in Santa Barbara County, California ... more

King's Head clears tables for its premiere season

22.02.08
The King's Head Theatre in Islington has been given a makeover for the start of a new season of world premieres... more

From trailing the Taliban to the new Bond girl

27.12.07
Director of The Kite Runner Marc Forster has been accused of endangering his Afghan stars and cultural insensitivity. In a frank interview, he defends himself - and reveals his next challenge.... more

London squares open up for the weekend

07.06.07
A total of 163 private garden spaces in central London will be open to the public on Saturday and Sunday for the Open Garden Squares weekend.... more

Dangers of doing what you're told

04.01.07
This starry biopic about author Beatrix Potter is bland rather than smooth and neither Renee Zellweger nor Ewan McGregor can fill the void.... more

Take me out: best Christmas events

21.12.06
Catch the London Nativity at The Scoop, pick up an art bargain at Santa's Ghetto and brace yourself for the Peter Pan Cup race.... more

Passable Hook for a passable Pan

15.12.06
Henry Winkler does some laid-back menacing in this passable, slightly stodgy Peter Pan. But it is Bobby Davro who handles the real comedy work, says Kieron Quirke.... more

Families flock to London's pantos

12.12.06
Theatreland is awash with pantomimes and most matinées up to Christmas are sold out as families flock to hear cries of "behind you!"... more


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