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The People's Porgy

06.10.09
Cape Town Opera, about to make its London debut, has found new resonance in Gershwin's great love story by setting it in the townships where many of its company live.... more

My relief that the gilt has worn off the presidency

24.09.09
As Barack Obama hosts the G20, a seasoned political writer calls for realistic expectations of the rock star president... more

Police shoot serial killer who terrorised American town

07.07.09
A serial killer who brought terror to a town in the US state of South Carolina has been shot dead by police... more

Luke Donald reaps rewards of some positive thinking

20.04.09
Golf: Luke Donald never doubted himself as he fought back from an indifferent start to finish runner-up at the Verizon Heritage... more

Trevor Immelman looks good despite losing his green jacket

17.04.09
Golf:Trevor Immelman began life as a former Masters champion in positive fashion at the Verizon Heritage tournament in South Carolina... more

Jesse Jackson: You must launch war on poverty to stop teenage killings

25.03.09
London will never defeat the scourge of teenage gang killings until it beats poverty, American civil rights campaigner the Rev Jesse Jackson said... more

Michelle and Sarah hold wives' summit

02.03.09
Sarah Brown and Michelle Obama will hold a "Spouses' Summit" in Washington... more

Even Muzak has to face the music

12.02.09
The company which fills shops, hotels and airport lavatories with piped music is in trouble... more

Obama uses Super Bowl party to woo opponents

02.02.09
Barack Obama threw a Super Bowl party in the White House as he tried to woo Republicans who have vowed to oppose his $825billion plan to revive the US economy... more

Is chrome the key to recovery?

18.12.08
Bad times inevitably provoke economic nationalism and this may just help rekindle the American public's love of the automobile... more

Yes, we can take a share of America's optimism

07.11.08
Whatever problems may lie ahead for Barack Obama, his victory is an inspiring example of the can-do spirit that pervades the world’s most diverse nation... more

Race for the White House ain’t over

29.10.08
With less than a week until Americans go to the polls, only a last-minute comeback can save John McCain... more

Watching Terry's trauma was an intrusion too far

23.05.08
Matthew Norman lets fly at penalty shoot-outs, questions Kevin Keegan's motives when it comes to Joey Barton, and wishes the jinxed Paula Radcliffe luck for London 2012... more

Magic of Monk

21.05.08
Monk on My Mind is an artful and long-overdue tribute to jazz's most original major pianist-composer, Thelonious Monk.... more

Troubled heir to the £5bn Tetra Pak fortune

10.04.08
Crack cocaine, the drug of the backstreets, is not something one would normally associate with Hans Kristian Rausing and his American heiress wife... more

Sexy, sassy Porgy for the people

10.11.06
Trevor Nunn has triumphantly rescued George Gershwin's famous black folk opera Porgy And Bess, reconceiving it as a musical for the people, says Nicholas de Jongh.... more

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