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Ed Vaizey's fight to win over the arts world

13.11.09
Interview: The Conservative firefighter, the Shadow Culture Minister, Ed Vaizey talks to Sarah Sands... more

The Adam Sandler effect

25.08.09
Love him or loathe him, Adam Sandler is in London to promote his latest film, Funny People. Here, he attempts to explain his extraordinary draw.... more

Jeremy Deller: The avant gardener

19.05.09
He's best known for staging a re-enactment of the battle that defined the 1984 miners' strike - so why is Turner Prize-winner Jeremy Deller putting up scarecrows outside the new Louis Vuitton store at Westfield?... more

Fenhalls plays fast and loose with valuations

17.04.09
Sibir, the London-listed Russian oil company, continues to excite much City chat. Two former directors are being sued over loans given to one of its largest shareholders and there's talk of BP's Russian joint venture lining up a bid.... more

Jeff Dunham should stick to the ringtones

08.04.09
Jeff Dunham is a broad stand-up with a few stand-out lines, some quirky dolls and plenty of predictable patter.... 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

Putting on the pink: Dinnerladies actress Anne Reid to play late novelist Dame Barbara Cartland

12.09.08
Anne Reid is set to play queen of romance, Dame Barbara Cartland in a dramatisation of the late author's life. ... more

Bring on the dancing girls: Sir Alex opts for the Benny Hill look as he relaxes on the beach

10.06.08
Man Utd manager Sir Alex Ferguson bares a striking resemblance to the late comic Benny Hill. ... more

Original take on songs

01.05.08
Dina Martina is one of the weirdest, wiggiest and most accessible acts The Soho Theatre has staged for a long time, says Bruce Dessau.... more

The science of pop: Guess the song from these pie-charts, graphs and scientific tables

12.04.08
It's the latest internet craze - spoof scientific charts and diagrams based on the titles of pop songs and the artists who performed them. So can you name the song and singer for each of these? ... more

Close encounter with a Rolling Stones obsessive

06.08.07
If Phil Nichol's latest Edinburgh set does not top last year's turbo-charged tale, which culminated in the sweaty Canadian body-surfing naked over the audience, it is a pretty serviceable sequel.... more

The ballet is bonkers, the dancers are dazzling

31.07.07
The Bolshoi Ballet's new Corsaire is a riot of plot twists, mood swings, and flouncy trousers, with the pirates (corsairs) fighting each other, fighting the eunuchs and rescuing the slave girls.... more

Risqué lyrics and plenty of patter

12.12.06
Enduring cabaret twosome Kit and The Widow are about as cool as a Gareth Gates album but their patter, charm and risqué lyrical gymnastics will win you over. ... more

Jarvis finds form after a lost decade

07.11.06
After a few years in the music wilderness, Pulp's frontman Jarvis Cocker emerges with a classic solo album.... more

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