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Poetic Kevin Spacey brings life to Inherit The Wind

02.10.09
Kevin Spacey's latest offering at the Old Vic - Inherit the Wind - is a revival of a 1950s play that dramatises the confrontation between science and religion.... more

Mother's plea as son cries blood

02.09.09
Tenage boy has left doctors baffled with a condition that sees him cry tears of blood every day... more

Is a New Women's Cinema emerging?

17.07.09
Female film-makers are making a big impact at the movies. Does this mean, asks Courtney Hunt, director of Oscar-nominated Frozen River, that we are seeing a New Women's Cinema emerge?... more

Justine Timberlake - My London

10.07.09
Justine Timberlake loves staying at Claridge's and wants to go to 'Rainstonbury' one day...... more

Hot Tickets: London's going out guide

29.06.09
Inherit The Wind is coming to the Old Vic, visit Portobello Film Festival for free and book Into The Hoods at Southbank now.... more

Nissan drive to build green cars in Europe

23.06.09
Nissan Motor, whose British home is in Sunderland, is looking at where to construct a new plant in Europe to produce its planned electric cars... more

Racist emails target Barack Obama

17.06.09
A string of racist emails featuring slurs against Barack Obama have been circulating among the Republican Party, it has been revealed... more

Gigs of the week

12.06.09
Unstoppably huge Tennessee rockers Kings of Leon come to town, Britney continues her 02 reign and Jolie Holland brings on the blues.... more

Hannah Montana keeps teen spirit alive

30.04.09
Hannah Montana: The Movie does what it sets out to do with commendable fluency and zeal. ... more

Dow and Footsie dive on fear ‘things can get a lot worse’

02.03.09
Finance: Shares on both sides of the Atlantic have plummeted. The Dow Jones Industrial Average hit a 12-year low in New York while the FTSE 100 index was down 152.7 points or 4% at 3677.39 in London — its lowest for six years... more

Bashful Kings of Leon need more ego

12.12.08
Kings of Leon's songs are big and bold enough for arenas; all that’s left is for the bashful brothers to follow suit.... more

Obama shrugs off skinhead death plot

28.10.08
Barack Obama is refusing to alter his schedule of high-profile appearances despite increasing fears about his safety... more

Missing me yet, Mark?

25.09.08
If Daisy Lowe is trying to show Mark Ronson what he's missing she's doing a terrific job.... more

CDs of the week

19.09.08
If the Americans don't fall in love with Kings of Leon this time, they never will. But it's easy to fall out of love with Katy Perry. ... more

Off the record

05.09.08
Many big names have new albums out in the coming weeks, but only one will make it to the Christmas list. David Smyth finds out who it could be. ... more

Amy gives us a chavvy V Festival

18.08.08
Amy Winehouse took the stage to a hero's welcome at the V Festival at Hylands Park, Chelmsford - but it was far from a vintage performance.... more

Kings of Leon feel at home

15.08.08
Fans retained most of its beguiling delicacy and California Waiting rejoiced in its punky majesty at the Kings of Leon's Brixton gig.... more

VW on the road back to the US

17.07.08
Just as General Motors is shedding staff in the US and restructuring its business there, Volkswagen is returning to the country for the first time in 20 years... more

You're looking and sounding swell, Dolly

07.07.08
With another Dolly Parton tour on the road the 62-year-old singer works hard to make every note and joke sound fresh as the country air.... more

Baby's Greatest Hits: Nicole Kidman chooses Irish flautist James Galway to help her through childbirth

28.06.08
Mother-to-be Nicole Kidman has planned the birth of her first child, due in the next fortnight, right down to the smallest detail. She has even put together a compilation of music for the happy event.... more

Still in the gym: Eight months' pregnant Nicole Kidman and her teeny bump hit the gym for another workout

11.06.08
Nicole Kidman proved she's taking the last trimester of pregnancy in her rather brisk stride, hitting the gym yesterday for a workout with her husband, Keith Urban.... more

That's my baby: Keith has a kiss for blooming Nicole

08.06.08
Nicole Kidman looks blooming lovely as she visits the doctors for a pre-natal check up with devoted husband Keith Urban.... more

You call that a bump, Nicole?

18.05.08
Seven-months pregnant Nicole Kidman shows off the trimmest of bumps on a shopping spree for baby books. With two months to go until her baby is born, the 40-year-old actress wore a purple figure-hugging top but still looked slimline... more

Jazzing up ancient songs

31.03.08
Born in Memphis Tennessee, Dee Dee Bridgewater has a strong, cool voice and independent spirit that is ideal for a jazz performance.... more

All y'all 'n' drawl

17.03.08
Susannah has remained relatively unknown in Europe since its world premiere in 1955. The biggest problem with the English Touring Opera's production is location, says Nick Kimberley.... more

Pharaoh Kings and a Tennessee claw

20.11.07
Chick Corea and Bela Fleck share an extraordinary split-second empathy, not only when performing their super-precise duets but also while soloing.... more

Leon show why they are Kings of London now

19.04.07
Kings of Leon may lack theatricals but the sheer quality of the tunes on display at their rip-roaring Astoria gig was enough to inspire complete and utter devotion from fans.... more

Comedy gold in them thar hillbillies

17.04.07
Despite the drunken hicks act, the pot-bellied, beer-swigging, rootin'-tootin' varmints of Hayseed Dixie are actually rather fine musicians.... more

CDs of the week

30.03.07
Macy Gray's fourth album, Tennessee's Kings of Leon, a jazz pianist from Ghent and Mali's top ngoni player all release albums this week.... more

The weird and wonderful world of Barbie Dolly

20.03.07
What the innocent passer-by is never quite prepared for when Dolly Parton is on stage is the sheer, wonderful weirdness of it all.... more

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