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Michael Jackson Vienna tribute moved to London

11.09.09

A Michael Jackson tribute concert to be held in Vienna this month was cancelled today.... more

More stars to be added to Michael Jackson tribute line-up

09.09.09

Jermaine Jackson set to reveal further details of the line-up for an all-star tribute for his late brother Michael... more

Oil on the rise as dollar falls

09.09.09

The weakening dollar sent the oil price north again today ahead of a key meeting of Opec, the Saudi-led cartel of major oil producing nations ... more

Aston Villa will go on the attack, insists Martin O'Neill

27.08.09

Aston Villa boss Martin O'Neill has promised a bold approach to try and overturn the first-leg deficit against Rapid Vienna... more

Steve Sidwell: Aston Villa don't fear Liverpool

24.08.09

Steve Sidwell is refusing to press the panic button after Aston Villa's dismal form of the past few months, but he concedes no club is too big to avoid relegation... more

Xabi Alonso's future still uncertain

20.07.09

Xabi Alonso joined up with the Liverpool squad last night for their Far East tour with his future at the club still uncertain... more

Mendelssohn's music in A Midsummer Night's Dream

06.05.09

Middle Temple Hall is the ideal venue for A Midsummer Night's Dream.... more

Wellcome return to Madness & Modernity

17.04.09

You didn't have to be mad to live there but it helped in turn-of-the-century Vienna, where revolutions in art and psychiatry produced extraordinary paintings. ... more

Hello, London! Why the world's best performers want to play in the capital

15.04.09

Vienna, Paris and Milan may have the musical heritage but the world�s best performers all want to play here...... more

Sea of stories in Forced Voyages

27.03.09

A survey of the paintings of Jewish artists who came to Britain after fleeing Nazi Germany tells of tragic journeys and rich inner lives in Forced Voyages.... more

Curtain up on the V&A�s theatre debut

11.03.09

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Salonen lets the lid off Gurrelieder's love songs

02.03.09

Esa-Pekka Salonen brought Gurrelieder, an extravagant manifestation of late Romanticism, to a suitably blazing climax.... more

Austrians flock to premiere of satire on Fritzl�s incest

24.02.09

A satirical play about Josef Fritzl, who held his daughter captive in a basement for 24 years and fathered seven children with her, has sold out in Vienna... more

Airlines face glut of claims after European ruling

12.02.09

Airlines are bracing themselves for meeting a large number of compensation claims from passengers who have suffered cancelled flights due to "technical reasons", following a European Court ruling.... more

The face of modern opera

14.01.09

The first big event in London�s music calendar is the UK premiere of Die tote Stadt, Korngold�s 1920 work that finally brought opera into the real world... more

Anyone for caf� culture?

08.10.08

A new exhibition celebrates the Viennese coffee houses where Mahler, Strauss and Schnitzler would exchange ideas. If only there were a modern London equivalent... more

Sensuousness in Design Cities

15.09.08

Design Cities works best as an educational primer on modern design, a quick introduction to the highlights of the past 150 years.... more

Markets' rally fades on bailout and oil blow

09.09.08

Markets: The rally in world stock markets petered out as oil prices continued to slide ever closer to $100, and on reports that talks about a Korean-funded bailout for troubled investment Lehman Brothers had ended... more

Judo star will throw everything into attack

08.08.08

Judo star Craig Fallon believes a strategy of all-out attack is his best chance of securing a gold medal... more

Hell is first great work of the 21st century

06.06.08

The Chapman Brothers have done it again � their new Hell is even better than the first, says Brian Sewell.... more

Kylie at 40: The very different faces of pop's great chameleon

27.05.08

She's transformed her image time and again, survived failed relationships and beaten breast cancer. Tomorrow Kylie Minogue celebrates her 40th birthday. ... more

Lie back and think of the Balkans

28.04.08

The Merry Widow has a lively cast, with strong chorus and choreography. The weakest link, unusually, is the orchestra, says Fiona Maddocks.... more

Out from under the veil

24.04.08

An Iranian girl swept along by the tide of history is the unlikely heroine of extraordinary animation Persepolis.... more

A bottle of finest Tooting

07.04.08

One day it may rank alongside the great vintages of Chassagne-Montrachet, Margaux and Chateauneuf-du-Pape... more

Heathrow's meltdown

28.03.08

BA's Terminal 5 disaster is set to last into the weekend as the airline admitted a string of blunders... more

Critic's choice: Where to eat schnitzel

22.03.07

From a glossy tribute to the great European cafès to "Schnitzel Madness" at the Bavarian Beerhouse, Charles Campion reveals his top picks.... more

Conjurer's tricks fail to elevate muted drama

01.03.07

Edward Norton manages to inject some magic into The Illusionist, but there's just not enough to conjure with says Derek Malcolm.... more

Man who put everyone in the picture

06.11.06

When an Austrian archduke, appointed by a Spanish king, employed a Flemish painter to copy his collection, the first ever illustrated art catalogue was born.... more

Trad Jewish deli-diner

28.09.06

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Ensemble whip up musical Viagra

23.08.06

Take one elite European youth orchestra, add a dashing young conductor and you have the perfect raw materials for two scores throbbing with sexual intensity.... more