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How to read, hear and watch a novel on your iPhone

14.09.09
If you thought you had enough apps on your iPhone, think again — now you can install your favourite author. But there’s more to it than that...... more

These are a few of my favourite things

07.09.09
JB Priestley’s 1949 collection of short essays about things that delighted him has been updated by the members of the London Library. From girl bands to Bexhill-on-Sea, here six of them reveal their secret delights...... more

Children's authors revolt over anti-paedophile database

16.07.09
Some of Britain's top children's authors to stop visiting schools in protest at "preposterous" government plan to make them register on database in case they pose risk to children... more

Why art is the social lubricant of our great city

10.07.09
At last night’s annual Serpentine Summer party, London shoulders its way to the front of the queue when it comes to sexing up the art world ... more

The cast of Tormented leap to fame

22.05.09
Meeting a grisly end in the new teen horror flick Tormented is just the beginning for this bloody beautiful bunch...... more

Scarecrow with a heart

15.12.08
Simon Reade mounts his own adaptation of The Scarecrow and His Servant with five actors, recycled props and a whole field-full of charm. ... more

Guessing games as stars make self-portraits

10.09.08
Forty writers, actors, musicians and artists, from Eric Clapton to Joanna Lumley, have produced an unusual self-portrait for an exhibition opening... more

Authors slam education plans for under-fives

24.07.08
Government plans for children as young as four to be taught to write in sentences and use punctuation were attacked by a group of leading authors and educationists... more

Children 'being denied vital access to a cultural life'

21.07.08
Children are being denied their right to enjoy music, art and drama, campaigners say... more

DVDs of the week

06.05.08
The Golden Compass offers a roller-coaster ride, the Charlie Wilson's War script is brimming with punchy one-liners and raw, visceral performances in Silent Light are a triumph.... more

Finally, Nicole Kidman gives a glimpse of her baby bump

21.02.08
During her early stages of pregnancy, Nicole Kidman has been somewhat coy about displaying her bump. Today, however, such trepidation was nowhere to be seen. Arms aloft and wearing a beautiful silk dress, the 40-year-old actress gave a glimpse of her protruding tummy to an audience of film enthusiasts in Tokyo, Japan... more

All eyes on pregnant Nicole Kidman - and her see-through dress

20.02.08
Wearing a partly see-through Prada dress, pregnant Nicole Kidman told yesterday how she now only wants to make films which she would be happy to take her children to see. Despite in the past having starred in a series of movies with steamy sex scenes or nudity, the 40-year-old actress says she chose her latest film, The Golden Compass, because it was child-friendly... more

Just the bear essentials

06.12.07
Philip Pullman's far-reaching fantasy, The Golden Compass, looks stunning on screen but the adaptation sacrifices the author's imaginative vision.... more

London's best pantomimes

03.12.07
From some classic Charles Dickens to Stephen Fry's racy Old Vic production, Fiona Mountford rounds up this year's bumper crop of festive family shows.... more

Film gives Greenwich an added dimension

30.11.07
Greenwich's Old Royal Naval College has impressed visitors for more than 200 years and now has a starring role in The Golden Compass.... more

Craig: British film industry no charity case

29.11.07
James Bond star Daniel Craig has launched a staunch defence of the British film industry saying it needs no special pleading.... more

Nicole gets back her bearings in golden role

28.11.07
After a string of arthouse flops, Nicole Kidman is back on magnificent form as Mrs Coulter in the new £90million blockbuster The Golden Compass.... more

And next year's winners will be ...

15.02.07
The Brits threaten to clean up at the Oscars - but can our film industry sustain the good form? Charlotte O'Sullivan looks ahead to the movies that could take next year's prizes.... more

Hollywood's new royalty

16.01.07
After the Golden Globe successes and record growth in the British film industry, we name our top 50 major players.... more

2007: licence to thrill

03.01.07
From the people who will liven up London to Kylie's undies at the V&A and The Lord of the Rings in the West End, this year promises to be a prize one for getting out in the capital.... more

Is she the best Bond girl Eva?

15.11.06
Eva Green is being hailed as the most beautiful Bond Girl for years after her role in Casino Royale, which had its premiere in Leicester Square.... more

'This role has been quite an education'

13.10.06
Dominic Cooper must have known he was on to a good thing when he landed the role of Dakin in The History Boys but he can't have predicted just quite what a stroke of luck the casting would prove to be.... more

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