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The best London New Year's Eve parties

24.12.10
Our picks of the top clubs and parties to ring in the New Year in style... more

Speedy ska bounce-alongs from The Specials

25.11.09
Having reunited to mark their 30th anniversary, The Specials toured in the spring, generating ecstatic reviews. Now they’re doing it again.... more

London MPs attack BBC for inviting party leader onto Question Time

22.10.09
London MPs today led a furious backlash against the BBC for inviting the BNP onto Question Time... more

Forlorn festival revived with a touch of Madness

20.07.09
As young men, Madness always had an umbilical connection with their crowd. Thirty years since their debut single, the connection is unbroken.... more

The Specials are Back in Rude health

08.05.09
They may be weaker of eyesight, thinner of hair and broader of girth, but The Specials' Brixton gig was still Geezer Central.... more

Wild night with Jerry Dammers

11.03.09
Most jazz groups are visually uninteresting. Not the space-suited Jerry Dammers and his masked and costumed inter-galactic rascals. ... more

50 ways to have fun in 2009

02.01.09
Priscilla on stage, Blur reunited, Michael Sheen as Brian Clough — we bring you the highlights of London’s arts calendar for the coming months. ... more

Jimmy Cliff-hanger at Rise Festival

14.07.08
Reggae veteran Jimmy Cliff was cut off mid-song by the curfew in front of 100,000 at Rise. Otherwise, this was a well-organised festival.... more

Pop's farewell idolatry in Mandela concert

30.06.08
Mandela had already delivered; Queen unapologetically (in both senses) rocked. The 46664 concert was hugely enjoyable all the same.... more

Amy Winehouse set to sing Free Nelson Mandela at Hyde Park gig tonight

27.06.08
Amy Winehouse put on an impressive performance at the rehearsals for Nelson Mandela's 90th birthday when she sang a rendition of Free Nelson Mandela. ... more

Ska-punk prince turns jazz expert

21.06.07
Meltdown curator Jarvis Cocker only included one jazz event in the festival and thanks to Jerry Dammers it was brilliant, says Jack Massarik... more

Get ready for lift-off

08.09.06
The recently reopened Roundhouse defied gravity with hit show Fuerzabruta, and now it's doing it again with an exploration of the cultural meaning of outer space.... more


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