One of the curiosities of Christian Carion's espionage drama is that the two leading characters are played by film-makers better known than he is... more
President Obama will tonight focus on creating jobs, reducing the federal debt and narrowing the political divide to make progress on the economy... more
It was easier to make the movies he wanted to in Soviet Russia than in micro-managed Hollywood, director Andrei Konchalovsky tells Alastair McKay... more
City Comment: Grain prices are not meant to jump just days after it is announced that America has gathered in the third-largest harvest in history - yet that is what is happening... more
Our parents were right about one thing: life's not fair. But, as the dynamic young, we should be calling for a wider rethink, not simply accepting the values handed down to us... more
Mikhail Bulgakov’s play, revived at the National next week, defied the party line on Russia’s civil war. Why did the dictator let it – and him – live?... more
Suicide bombers struck at the heart of Pakistan's anti-terror campaign, devastating the country's main spy agency in an attack that left at least nine people dead and 55 injured... more
My friend's email said she had "some surprising news". She did indeed. The news was a four-week-old adopted baby. My friend has just turned 50. ... more
Many people might be held accountable for the transformation of domestic football into a bamboozling madhouse, but Matthew Norman blames Mikhail Gorbachev... more
Penny Gold has taken no less a theme than the beginning of the end of the Soviet Union and managed to craft an astoundingly lifeless two-hour play from it with The President's Holiday.... more
As you'd expect from a festival celebrating Roma and Gypsy music and culture, The 1000 Year Journey has kept progressing. First held in 2000, this event tapped into a burgeoning wave of interest in gipsy roots... more
A photographic record of Uzbekistan's 1930s transformation from feudal Islamic society to industrialised Soviet state is a must-see, says Sue Steward.... more
Uncertain States of America at the Serpentine showcases the work of more than 40 young American artists. At its best, however, the work here is enjoyable kitsch, says Nick Hackworth.... more
Looking like a slightly ravaged mess, Regina Spektor was a breath of fresh air at the Shepherds Bush Empire. Compelling, funny, powerful and compulsively watchable, it was pop at its very best.... more
Sound check: German industrial metal band Rammstein literally play with fire in their live performances - and now they are about to unleash their singeing spectacle on London. Watch out for your eyebrows
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