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Kate Winslet rules the Globes

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Kate Winslet was the star and Danny Boyle's Slumdog Millionaire the top film in an extraordinary night of British success at the Golden Globes.... more

Met drops O-bomb in Doctor Atomic

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Dame Judi Dench and Ricky Gervais lead British nominees at Emmy Awards

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Seductive Scribblings

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Scribblings is well named as the asymmetric and energetic dancing happily catches the loops and doodles of pen on paper.... more

Sour moments for the Big Apple's Brits

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Last week I found myself squirming at a screening of a new hit mini-series, John Adams, based on David McCullough's book about America's second president. In this portrayal of this country's fight for independence, the British are represented as fascist tyrants led by a maniac king... more

Showcase for young talent

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The Park Lane Group's Young Artists New Year series is an important boost for talented young classical musicians.... more

Outshining the problems

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Rough Music is an odd case of a beautifully turned production outshining a problem-riddled play.... more

The magic of maths

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Inspired by mathematics and metaphysics, A Disappearing Number is an extraordinary, beautiful piece of theatre.... more

Explosive account of the first A-bomb

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John Adams drew a solid audience to the Albert Hall for the world premiere of his Doctor Atomic Symphony at the Proms.... more

Adams's mystifying but soothing eco-fable

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John Adams's new opera, A Flowering Tree, shuns the contemporary politics of Nixon in China and turns to ancient South Indian mythology.... more

The summer's hottest tickets

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Classical battle for Sting and Macca

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Sting and Sir Paul McCartney will go head-to-head at this year's Classical Brit Awards.... more

On the Kerouac road

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Fabulous Fifth from Mahler

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Youth redeems itself

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