All hopes are on Kate Winslet, Danny Boyle and Sally Hawkins doing at the Academy Awards what Team GB did at the Olympics, says Mike Goodridge.... more
Priscilla on stage, Blur reunited, Michael Sheen as Brian Clough — we bring you the highlights of London’s arts calendar for the coming months.
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With 30,000 runners raring to go the 2008 Flora London Marathon is fast approaching. But you don't have to be in the race to get in on the action.... more
The soulful singer/rapper talks frankly to Zena Alkayat about her musical resurrection after quitting Britain and moving to the US to mix with the hip-hop big boys.... more
The undeniably remarkable voice of Amy Winehouse remained a sensuous pleasure, proving again she is the finest British soulstress of her generation.... more
It takes place at 41 venues over 10 nights and ranges from world music to the complete works of Thelonious Monk - Jack Massarik previews the London Jazz Festival.... more
Romanian film 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days won the Palme d'Or at Cannes - but Brit flick Control, about Joy Division's Ian Curtis, got a special mention.... more
The British Museum hosts a display of John White's watercolours, maverick designer Luigi Colani's pieces have a back-to-the-future feel and trinkets by architect James Stuart are on show at the V&A.... more
Sir Paul McCartney is among more than 4,000 musicians who have taken out a full-page newspaper advert expressing their discontent with the law over copyright.... more
Posters for Reginald D Hunter's stand-up show, which feature the N-word, have been banned from the Underground for fear of offending commuters.... more
Californian quartet AFI haven't generated much heat in the UK but you wouldn't know it from the response they received at the first show of a UK tour.... more
The Scissor Sisters have clinched the top spot in both this week's UK singles and album chart. It is the third week the New York disco group have spent at number one in the singles chart.... more
Chart-topping soul sensation Corinne Bailey Rae stole the show at the Mobo Awards. The former waitress flew in from a US tour to collect the prize for best newcomer and best UK female.... more
Mexican director Alfonso Cuaron's adaptation of P D James's apocalyptic vision of the future - Children Of Men - is convincingly shot but not as effectively written says Derek Malcolm.... more
Exclusive: After high-profile allegations this season, Charlton's manager is pleased the issue is now being addressed but says the authorities still have plenty of work to do
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