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CDs of the week: Björk and Peter Gabriel

07.10.11
Our critics round-up this week's biggest music releases...... more

Hunt for toe sucker stepped up

16.09.11
Police in Little Rock, Arkansas are hunting a toe-sucking assailant ... more

City Spy: Russians rushing into London homes

09.09.11
The man from Knight Frank who helped flog those hyper-expensive flats at One Hyde Park, Charles Leigh, is defecting to rival agent CBRE... more

South Pacific, Barbican - review

24.08.11
This production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's classic musical won seven Tony Awards when it ran at New York's Lincoln Center - here, it seems polished rather than dazzling ... more

Fingers cross-stitched, you might just have found your new creative side

16.05.11
The 'new knitting' is simple and relaxing, and the results can be spectacular, says Barbara Chandler... more

Tornadoes kill 77 people as they tear over southern US

28.04.11
A wave of tornadoes has swept southern America, devastating Alabama and killing at least 77 people in four states... more

Tornadoes leave 45 dead as they sweep across US

18.04.11
Tornadoes killed at least 45 people in the southern US as homes were ripped from their foundations and cars were overturned... more

ABB in $3.1bn bid for Baldor Electric

30.11.10
ABB waves its chequebook around again with a $3.1 billion (£2 billion) bid for US firm Baldor Electric... more

ABB makes $3.1bn offer for Baldor Electric

30.11.10
ABB waves its chequebook around again with a $3.1 billion (£2 billion) bid for US firm Baldor Electric... more

Special Kay Saatchi

11.10.10
Kay Saatchi talks to Liz Hoggard about rebuilding her life post-divorce, family arrangements with ex-husband Charles and how she wants to be a curator rather than a collector of art... more

The city adopted by Beth Ditto

15.07.10
Beth Ditto is back for her first solo gig and tells Liz Hoggard how she’s come a long from punk gigs in Camden pubs.... more

EBay billionaire leads women to victory in key US primaries

09.06.10
Billionaire former eBay boss Meg Whitman could be California’s first woman governor after winning the Republican nomination for November’s mid-term elections in America... more

Is Middle America ready to accept the right to be gay?

14.05.10
View from America US attitudes to homosexuality are at last becoming more liberal— even among the military top brass ... more

Space shuttle Discovery lands after second last flight

20.04.10
Space shuttle Discovery returns to Florida's Kennedy Space Centre with its crew of seven astronauts... more

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes is beautifully directed

26.02.10
Though most people remember Monroe's innocent blonde bombshell singing Diamonds are a Girl's Best Friend, most of the acerbic lines went to her co-star Jane Russell... more

Police murder suspect 'hiding with his family'

01.12.09
The man sought for the killing of four US police officers is still alive and is being helped by a network of friends and family, authorities believe... more

CDs of the week

17.07.09
Jonsi (of Sigur Rós) and his partner Alex's record is as beautiful as it is moving and it's worth keeping an eye on Forest Fire.... more

Peaches teaches

05.06.09
This week: Peaches Geldof on long-distance love affairs, token sexist pigs and the allure of Fern Britton... more

Check out the biggest movies this summer

05.06.09
Sacha Baron Cohen's new comic creation, the latest instalment from Harry Potter at Hogwarts and adventures in the land of lizard men - here is our guide to the biggest movies of the season... more

The Gossip is a big noise ready for the big time

29.05.09
Plenty new tracks were strong enough to elevate The Gossip from one-hit wonders to long-term dominators of the indie disco.... more

Land of hope and glory

16.01.09
The world’s best landscapers and gardeners have joined forces to turn the Olympic park into the Games’ greatest legacy. Rowan Moore reports... more

Pharoah Sanders is almost hypnotic

27.06.08
There's no clearer sign that Ronnie Scott's is back on track than finding Pharoah Sanders on its bandstand, says Jack Massarik.... more

Clapham Common gets loaded

21.04.08
The line-up for Get Loaded In The Park has been revealed and there is something to satisfy all music tastes at this year's event; from Iggy & The Stooges to Gossip.... more

Jaws star Roy Scheider dies, aged 75

11.02.08
Roy Scheider, the American actor best known for his role as the police chief in Jaws, has died aged 75. A one-time boxer famed for his pugnacious acting style in films such as The French Connection, he died on Sunday in hospital in Little Rock, Arkansas... more

Magic goes missing for Pharoah Sanders

01.02.08
Pharoah Sanders's blistering neo-Trane saxophonics did not lift the spirits and every number was a marathon, says Jack Massarik.... more

A one-woman band

14.09.07
She has made being an overweight lesbian the most glamorous thing on the planet. And at Gossip's Forum gig, Beth Ditto's towering voice dominated the room.... more

CDs of the week

13.04.07
Covers albums from Patti Smith and Lily Allen's producer Mark Ronson offer up unexpected delights, while Nine Inch Nails are also on form.... more

The Southern belle has her own bawl

26.02.07
At a sell-out Astoria gig, The Gossips' Beth Ditto ripped off a bin liner to reveal a bright blue catsuit, employing every curve during her strutting performance.... more

Banging at the door

21.11.06
In a set short on variety, Evanescence showed that - with a 14 million-selling debut and Christian rock origins - they are playing it safe.... more


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