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Deep down, the royals always did like a bit of rough

29.07.11
After Wills and Kate comes Mike and Zara: the snobs may sulk but this union deserves equal celebration... more

Beware the Mandy effect on the Lords

14.06.11
Simple change almost never is. English institutions and maybe the English character are constructed of crooked timber and sometimes defy reason... more

Prince Charles: The UK and US owe an 'immense debt' to their armed forces

04.05.11
Prince Charles paid tribute to wounded US soldiers, praising their 'determination' to succeed despite their injuries... more

Lots of talent at The Big Red Nose Show

15.03.11
Miranda Hart, Hugh Bonneville, Al Murray, Stephen Mangan and more than 50 other comedians and actors united to break the Guinness World Record for the largest kazoo ensemble... more

The fanboy philanthropists

18.01.11
He has signed up Juan Diego Flórez and squared up to Erwin Schrott ­— now, as his recital series reaches its tenth anniversary, City lawyer Ian Rosenblatt tells Petroc Trelawny why funding the arts remains pleasure, not business ... more

Who could ask for more from All-Male Iolanthe?

29.11.10
All-Male Iolanthe is camper than a field of tents but it looks superb, sounds divine and ends happily... more

Savoy is a gem on the Thames

07.10.10
After a three-year £220m refurbishment, the Savoy opens on Sunday. Nick Curtis exclusively previews the relaunch of London’s iconic hotel... more

To survive the cuts, London must keep things local

08.06.10
We should copy a new Paris initiative and introduce neighbourhood government that thinks and acts for itself ... more

Martha, Rufus and Loudon Wainwright to share the stage at Southbank festival

08.04.10
The annual Meltdown festival is set to be a family affair as generations of folk-rock stars led by Loudon Wainwright III and his children Martha and Rufus take to the Southbank stages.... more

Lovering’s legacy will cost M&B dear in the long run

30.03.10
Mitchells & Butlers chairman John Lovering has just unveiled his vision for the future of the British pub. Prepare to feel depressed... more

Sound check: Rocking with Laughter

06.11.09
Flight of the Conchords are part of a trend that proves it's possible to make a comedy song you can listen to more than once.... more

Sin Nombre is Mexican masterpiece

14.08.09
Director Cary Fukunaga's outstanding debut Sin Nombre is one more example of the powerful imagination of Latin America’s film industry.... more

Richard Thompson rolls out the rock of ages

16.01.09
Richard Thompson took us on a journey from ballad to madrigal, sea shanty to folk anthem, musical hall to Gilbert and Sullivan.... more

The Mikado is a treat

25.07.08
The Mikado is The tiny Union's fourth musical - and second all-male production of Gilbert and Sullivan - in a year and it keeps getting better.... more

Repeat performances

04.04.08
Mark Ravenhill unleashes a volley of friendly theatrical fire on a host of London venues, with an “epic cycle of short plays”. ... more

This film is my love letter to life

03.04.08
Mike Leigh's latest, Happy-Go-Lucky, is a surprisingly sunny story of a chirpy London school teacher. It is, he says, his tribute to the resilience of the human spirit. ... more

The Shaftesbury curse is lifted by Hairspray

17.03.08
Hairspray eminently deserves its four Olivier awards, particularly for the way it has brought the Shaftesbury Theatre back to life, says Nick Curtis.... more

Wilde? More like crazy

07.03.08
A West End show which had the shortest ever run in modern times after it was booed off stage on its opening night is to open in New York.... more

These pirates have real swagger

20.02.08
An inventive cast and superb and zesty music makes the Pirates of Penzance good enough to make the sceptics smile.... more

Far from peerless

13.02.08
The words were unclear to the point of slopiness in Iolanthe and professionals must stop thinking amateur levels of performance will suffice.... more

Get this on your little list

31.01.08
Alistair McGowan's portrayal of Mikado was a cocktail of Fry, Paxman and Cleese, and well worth the wait.... more

Whose song is it anyway?

16.01.08
The cast of Showstopper! The Improvised Musical was inconsistent, with singing ability varying from the formidable to positively feeble.... more

Ball pulls out the showstoppers

28.08.07
Michael Ball's performance at the Proms was as populist as you like, but about as edifying as a sugar sandwich. ... more

'It was shockingly, gloriously awful'

22.08.07
As Michael Ball prepares for his first Prom, he reveals the full story of his role in English National Opera's biggest critical flop in years.... more

All aboard for nautical tale

20.07.07
Director Thomas Southerland niftily remounts Gilbert and Sullivan's perky nautical tale, HMS Pinafore, with an all-male cast.... more

Rakes are progressing

07.02.07
Unfailingly polite, moving with the curious, gawky grace of a prep school pupil auditioning for Gilbert and Sullivan, John Aizlewood was fascinated by The Rakes singer Alan Donohoe.... more

Patience rewarded as theatre is restored

22.01.07
This authentic staging proved that Gilbert and Sullivan operas are at their funniest done exactly as they were intended.... more

Pirates' thud and blunder

03.01.07
Much was expected of Chris Monks' re-imagining of The Pirates of Penzance but a mindless concept makes this show one to be missed.... more

Decidedly deaf in Venice

20.11.06
W.S. Gilbert would have exploded at the use of surtitles with The Gondoliers but without them the audience watching this ENO production would have been a bit lost.... more

Boy still standing (only just though)

15.09.06
Badly Drawn Boy's hour-long set of hypnotic, lo-fi indie rock threatened to send the crowd into a deep sleep but that, says Martha de Lacey, is part of his charm.... more


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