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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

Equities bonus is still not a fair share-out

15.04.09

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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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Lenny Henry: 'Maybe one day we can have a black Doctor Who'
As he wins the outstanding newcomer prize at the Evening Standard theatre awards for his role as Othello, Lenny Henry has come a long way from black and white minstrels
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Jedward, voted off the X-Factor this weekend, are the most obvious proponents of the sticky-uppy look - but the style crosses boundaries of age, gender, sexuality and taste, says Nick Curtis

Sky in plot to hire students on the cheap

Sky News is currently recruiting students as reporters for its coverage of next year's general election. However, the opportunity doesn't quite seem so appealing

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