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Mo Farah to target 10,000m title in Daegu

01.08.11
Briton looks set to "put all his eggs in one basket" at the World Championships next month by concentrating solely on the 10,000 metres... more

Paralysed athlete takes first steps after pioneering treatment

20.05.11
Hit-and-run victim who was completely paralysed from the waist down stands up on his own and taken faltering steps on a treadmill after pioneering treatment ... more

Esperanza Spalding leaves the field trailing

11.04.11
Back by public demand, the wondrous Esperanza Spalding and her string-boosted Chamber Music Society treated London fans to a mesmeric performance... more

Kate Nash's Rock 'n' Roll Club for girls

01.04.11
Kate Nash is on the lookout for a London school where she can set up her Rock'n'Roll for Girls Music Club to close the gender gap in music industry.... more

Artistic integrity is numbered in the world of jazz

14.02.11
Ryan Francesconi is a geuine original, playing bluegrass country, Turkish and Bulgarian folk... more

CDs of the week

14.01.11
Our music critics round up this week's biggest music releases... more

US sergeant admits firing at Afghans ‘for kicks’

02.12.10
American Army sergeant pleads guilty to shooting at unarmed Afghans... more

US mosque torched after terror bomb arrest

29.11.10
Mosque in Oregon set ablaze two days after one of its worshippers was accused of trying to bomb a Christmas tree ceremony... more

Esperanza Spalding leads new age of jazz greatness

15.11.10
It's easy to see 26-year-old Esperanza Spalding as the future of jazz. Her very forename, fans note, is the Spanish word for hope... more

Esperanza Spalding is the jazz star for the 21st century

22.10.10
Barack Obama loves her, the purists call her the real thing — and now, says Esperanza Spalding, who performs at the London Jazz Festival next month, she wants the world to hear her astonishing music ... more

CDs of the week: Katy Perry, Richard Thompson and Everything Everything

27.08.10
Katy Perry's second album turns everything up to 11 while Richard Thompson's 13 new songs have been recorded in front of a live audience... more

US airline stopped by eagle in the engine

09.08.10
An Alaska Airlines flight is aborted after an eagle is sucked into one of its engines during take-off from the small town of Sitka... more

US police reopen Al Gore hotel ‘grope’ inquiry

01.07.10
US police are reopening an investigation into allegations by a massage therapist... more

Video: Homeless hero fights off robber

05.02.10
A homeless man is being hailed a hero after closed circuit TV captured him fighting off a would-be robber in Portland, Oregon... more

Perfect pop Christmas presents

23.12.09
Don’t panic — it's not too late to get down to the record shop and pick up a CD for those difficult-to-buy-for family members.... more

Where The Wild Things Are premiere isn't a washout despite rain

03.12.09
The young star of new film Where The Wild Things Are said he felt like he was back home in Oregon as heavy rains washed out the red carpet.... more

Esperanza Spalding a bright hope on the double bass

23.11.09
Having celebrated its glorious past with Sonny Rollins and Chick Corea, the London Jazz Festival climaxed with a glimpse of the future in the leggy, Afro-haired person of Esperanza Spalding... more

First out of the traps: On the Greyhound bus

16.09.09
The Greyhound bus service has just made its first run between Victoria and Southampton. Pausing only to grab his guitar, incurable road romantic Richard Godwin jumped aboard... more

Mitch Mitchell, drummer for Hendrix, dies in hotel

13.11.08
The last surviving member of one of rock music's most influential bands has been found dead in an American hotel room... more

Banker's daughter arrested in Beijing protest

06.08.08
A City millionaire's daughter was arrested by Chinese authorities after launching a dramatic "Free Tibet" protest at the Olympic stadium... more

Pianist scores a hat trick

28.05.08
Roberto Fonseca's sparkling two-hour show at the Barbican Hall was complimented by support from talented 24-year-old Esperanza Spalding.... more

The kids are all right

28.12.07
Doomed youth is one of director Gus Van Sant's favourite subjects. But, he says, there's hope for the skater boys and girls in his latest film Paranoid Park.... more

Teenage traumas

27.12.07
Paranoid Park is a film which appeals to the senses rather than the brain, and it works despite some uncertain acting.... more

A creative risk pays off

17.12.07
Director Todd Haynes tells all about his new experimental biopic of Bob Dylan, in which the singer is portrayed by six different actors.... more

CDs of the week

25.05.07
Some Pumpkins-lite grunge, a solo release from one of James Brown's backing singers and catchy tunes in Arabic and Spanish are among the week's standouts.... more

Adrift in Bush's America

25.01.07
You could find Old Joy boring and empty, but there are tiny resonances which made it one of the best reviewed films of 2006 in America.... more

Hats off to the young guns of pop

15.01.07
Debuts by The View and Jamie T are shot through with slices of life on the street, while The Earlies and Robert Gomez also turn in great albums.... more

Phelps' finger-style magic

27.11.06
Armed with a clutch of new songs from his latest album, country-bluesman Kelly Joe Phelps was in mischievous mood at London's Arts Theatre.... more

Top five weekend gigs

18.08.06
A double bill of old school soul, Fela Kuti's former drummer leads his own band and country-tinged ballads from Matt Ward. David Smyth picks out the best of this weekend's gigs.... more


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