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The orchestra that wants you to listen to real rubbish

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Comment: It's time to love this building

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Five of the best: a staff canteen and then some

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A former derelict workshop, bike shed and canteen are amongst the five best restaurants to have been turned around by architecture.... more

Ether 08 merges art with technology

07.04.08
From the unveiling of Goldfrapp's album launch to the world premiere of In Seven Days, here is a guide to the highlights of this year's Ether festival at the Southbank Centre.... more

Dutch architect Koolhaas to redesign 'tent in the park'

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Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas has been chosen to transform the former Commonwealth Institute building... more

Capital buildings stand proud at design awards

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Daydreaming in the pews with Madge's weird sister

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Goldfrapp's daydreamy skip through the world of folk makes for a beautiful but subdued sound that translated extremely well to a live show.... more

Eclectic line-up for Ether Festival

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The Ether Festival 2008 brings together music and technology, finding common threads between pop, jazz and classical musicians.... more

Great Pall of China

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The Shen Jun show is dated and sentimental, with comically bad compères, laughably awful film projections and dance routines that would make panto producers blush.... more

Achingly cool at Skylon

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It may sound like a hotel on the outskirts of Heathrow, but Skylon strikes exactly the right note.... more

Free classics at the RFH

01.11.07
The Royal Festival Hall is to host a series of free classical concerts after the success of similar events in June.... more

Alternative Christmas at the Southbank

31.10.07
The Southbank Centre are to host a range of performances and free family events as part of their Christmas programme.... more

Critic's choice: Top Five Gigs

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Go with the flow

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Eating at the Canteen

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Futuristic retro is fine but has its limits

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Skylon is time travel with tablecloths. The main reason to go here is the romantic view of the Thames that brings out the courting couples. ... more

250,000 welcome back Festival Hall

11.06.07
More than a quarter of a million people flocked to the reopening of the Royal Festival Hall at the weekend.... more

It's a winner: the reborn festival hall

29.05.07
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The Southbank light show

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Lily Cole and Thandie Newton have attended a Vogue party to mark the forthcoming reopening of the Southbank Centre, after two years of redevelopment.... more

New Conran owner opens flagship restaurant

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Rankin gives South Bank a facelift

27.02.07
A giant frieze featuring some of London's most influential cultural figures is to be unveiled outside the Royal Festival Hall.... more

30 miles of scaffolding fills Royal Festival Hall

06.09.06
It's the Royal Festival Hall but not as we know it. We take a look inside the venue, which is halfway through a £111m redevelopment.... more

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