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At last Norwich has a decent hotel

11.11.09
Norwich has plenty of history, olde worlde charm and culture to woo visitors to East Anglia - and at last, it has a decent hotel... more

The Thick of It returns - but which hapless minister is Rebecca Front portraying?

27.10.09
Voters delight, politicians duck for cover: The Thick of It is back. Never can there have been a better time to take apart the preening control freakery of the classe politique... more

Another Abba star is Björn as Kylie joins the band

14.09.09
If it's impossible to think of a more perfect pop group than Abba, then it’s probably because there isn’t one... more

Council uses joke phrase to promote county

07.09.09
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Jonny Sweet gets our vote

11.08.09
Edinburgh Comedy: Just before his show formally begins, Jonny Sweet glad-hands the audience at the entrance as if he is standing for election.... more

A political day of reckoning in Norwich

24.07.09
Not since Alan Partridge has Norwich inspired such anticipation across the political spectrum... more

The Apprentice stars just can’t keep apart

08.06.09
Apprentice rivals Kate Walsh and Yasmina Siadatan could not escape each other as they dashed to a series of post-final interviews... more

Full marks to Michelle Obama - but don't get too cutesy

30.04.09
Never mind the analysis of Obama's first 100 days. What about the verdict on America's true President non-elect, Michelle? If Barack's school report so far is cautiously good - let's call it a B minus - then it's in sharp contrast to Mrs O, who's got A-stars all round. ... more

Classic comedy - football played just for laughs

16.03.09
After James Cordon's Red Nose Day team-talk with the England players, we look back at some of the best sporting comedy moments...... more

Steve Coogan isn't so bad

12.11.08
Steve Coogan has certainly learned his lines and is frequently stomach-achingly funny, says Bruce Dessau.... more

Shaken - or just stirred?

24.10.08
The new Bond film looks set to divide the sexes more than ever... more

George Michael bows out

26.08.08
At 45 George Michael seems to be entering some kind of semi-retirement. His Earls Court concert marked one of his last big show dates. ... more

No beef about Gaucho's steaks

02.07.08
Gaucho is paradise for carnivorous City boys, but the chain is overpriced and the rest of the menu doesn't match the quality of the meat. ... more

The night our ten gourmets galloped

30.04.08
Four great courses in four of London’s best restaurants made The Gourmet Gallop an outing to remember, says Fay Maschler.... more

Mighty Noel strides high

10.04.08
TV Mighty Boosh co-creator Noel Fielding is a star from his bird’s nest hair to Cuban-heeled boots and he knows it, says Bruce Dessau.... more

UK's biggest host plays safe and still delivers - even at T5

09.04.08
INTERVIEW Alan Parker's restaurants, hotels and Costa Coffee make £200m-plus... more

Sneak peek: Robert Downey Jr's controversial new comedy

18.03.08
The trailer for Robert Downey Jr's new comedy has been released amid controversy over the actor's casting as black man... more

Peter Fincham comeback with a top role at ITV

28.02.08
Michael Grade has shaken up ITV, appointing the man who resigned as controller of BBC1 after the controversial clip of the Queen which appeared to show her storming out of a photo shoot... more

Distinctly average

30.01.08
If Alan Partridge had the loot, the distinctly average Park Terrace Restaurant would be his idea of heaven.... more

The gift of laughter - the best comedy DVDs

21.12.07
After groaning at the cracker jokes, raise some real belly laughs with the best of this year's comedy DVDs.... more

DVDs of the week

11.09.07
Outstanding horror sequel 28 Weeks Later and Sienna Miller's first real starring role in Factory Girl head up the week's best DVDs.... more

Laugh-till-you-ache humour

21.08.07
Gags, puns and witty one-liners form the backbone of Ivan Brackenbury's show at the Edinburgh fringe festival.... more

Laugh-till-you-ache humour

21.08.07
Gags, puns and witty one-liners form the backbone of Ivan Brackenbury's show at the Edinburgh fringe festival.... more

Revenge of a hospital DJ

20.08.07
A former DJ on hospital radio, Tom Binns wreaks his revenge as Ivan Brackenbury at the Edinburgh Festival. ... more

Back to mine then says Macca in most intimate gig

06.07.07
Just 300 competition winners, and a few dozen more fans with the right connections were lucky enough to witness Paul McCartney play the most intimate of gigs at the iTunes Festival.... more

DVDs of the week

22.05.07
This week's releases are led by the return of Rocky Balboa, the entertaining Rob Brydon and small-scale Chinese drama Little Red Flowers... more

Modern rock and roll 'rebels' too tame

29.01.07
From the Sex Pistols swearing at Bill Grundy, to battles with club bouncers and waking on a snooker table, unable to remember the night before, Paul Connolly shares his best rock tales. ... more

Sex, death and Soho

05.12.06
Patrick Marber, author of an updated stage version of the Don Juan story, explains why he is drawn to characters living lives parallel to his own.... more

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