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Bags of talent: meet the accessorisers of the future

18.09.09
These pocket geniuses are aiming high with their accessories, ranging from bags with a military influence, to knuckle-duster rings in rose gold...... more

Giant dominoes to hip hop Bard in a weekend of fun for Games

22.07.09
Hundreds of arts and sports events will take place across the capital this weekend to mark three years until the Olympic Games... more

Pure entertainment in North by Northwest

19.06.09
The re-release of North by Northwest reiterates what an extraordinary director Alfred Hitchcock was.... more

Mick Jagger fights to save cinema where Stones played

08.06.09
Rolling Stone Mick Jagger has given his backing to a campaign to save a historic art deco cinema in London... more

Stars join protest to save cinema

17.04.09
Actors Meera Syal and Tony Robinson have joined a campaign to save one of London's most important early cinemas... more

Disarray within Plumstead CID left black cab rapist on streets

06.04.09
The Met was warned nine months before it freed black-cab rapist John Worboys that the key local units which handled his case were in chaos... more

Composer Maurice of Arabia dies aged 84

30.03.09
Composer Maurice Jarre, who won three Oscars for his film scores, has died of cancer in Los Angeles aged 84... more

Score for Psycho to fetch £40,000

04.03.09
The original score for the soundtrack of Psycho is to go under the hammer... more

Battersea's power failure

03.03.09
As a 250-metre glass tower becomes the latest failed proposal for the iconic power station, its developer needs to forget the hare-brained schemes and get on with regenerating the area.... more

Big bug idea

02.09.08
The Natural History museum's £78 million new darwin Centre has a giant cocoon research and exhibition space, suspended behind a wall of glass ... more

The Mist is a scary pea-souper

08.07.08
In its way the film version of Stephen King's The Mist is every bit as good as the book and to be recommended. ... more

The dark days of Doris Day: The 'girl next door' had a dark side behind her squeaky clean public image

13.06.08
To her millions of fans she was squeaky clean. But Doris Day's public image hid a dark side. So much for the 'girl next door'... more

Como Lario is the perfect post-flower show venue

27.05.08
Como Lario makes the perfect post-Chelsea flower-show venue and just like a border of sweet peas, it is a place worth staking out.... more

Scream! Pregnant Jessica Alba goes psycho as she recreates the horror movie classics

20.02.08
Some might say it's an unusual thing to do while pregnant with your first child. But clearly Jessica Alba is prepared to put aside her personal feelings for her art, as the actress took on the iconic roles of horror movie heroines Rosemary's Baby star Mia Farrow, and Psycho's Janet Leigh for a magazine photoshoot ... more

Say it with a DVD this Christmas

20.12.07
Whether it's Bond, Borat or a seasonal classic, there's a wealth of choice for when the TV schedules let you down.... more

Have fun at the FrightFest

27.07.07
A four-day feast of blood, guts and gore descends on the Odeon Leicester Square with the Film4 FrightFest starting on 23 August.... more

History preserved in a flash

10.07.07
The exhibition Daily Encounters: Photographs from Fleet Street, moves chronologically through political, social and scandal milestones... more

A beginner's guide to splatstick

28.06.07
Gorno and splatstick: call it what you will, this horror sub-genre is now well established, but not everone is familiar with it. Here is the definitive beginner's guide.... more

The Dali I knew

04.06.07
Tate Modern's exhibition of Salvador Dalí's flirtation with film is full of insights into the master of Surrealism and brings back a flood of memories for Brian Sewell.... more

Critic's choice: top 5 exhibitions

31.05.07
Antony Gormley's fog in a box, a collaboration between Dali and Disney plus the last chance to see Monet's pastels are some of London's top exhibition draws.... more

Disney and Dali debut at Tate

30.05.07
A short film collaboration between Walt Disney and Salvador Dali will be shown for the first time at the artist's Tate Modern show, which opens on Friday.... more

Things are getting Surreal at the V&A

21.03.07
The V&A's new exhibition is exploring the influence Surrealism has had on the worlds of fashion, design, film and advertising.... more

De Palma in full bloom

14.09.06
Brian De Palma's Black Dahlia, starring Scarlett Johansson and Hilary Swank looks great and, though a little melodramatic at times, is one of the best thrillers of the year, says Derek Malcolm.... more

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