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Soundcheck: Musicians invading new genres

23.10.09

Pop can no longer contain Sufjan Stevens, whose latest album, The BQE, is a multi-format extravaganza. And now there is a fresh ambition among musicians... more

Tiger has last laugh after Mickelson win

28.09.09

Phil Mickelson got the better of Tiger Woods at the Tour Championship in Atlanta but could not stop the world No1 being crowned FedEx Cup champion... more

Padraig Harrington�s out to deliver at FedEx Cup

24.09.09

The opportunity to turn a disappointing season into a great year will be all the motivation Padraig Harrington needs as he bids to leapfrog Tiger Woods on the way to season-ending FedEx Cup riches in America this week... more

US soccer clubs consider breakaway league

02.09.09

A new football championship could be created in the US as a potential alternative to the Major League Soccer (MLS)... more

Thousands develop asthma after breathing 9/11 dust

05.08.09

Thousands of people exposed to choking dust after the destruction of the twin towers in New York on 9/11 have developed asthma, a study shows... more

Idris Elba: My London

26.06.09

Idris Elba eats in the East and shops in the West End... more

East End barista best in the world

21.04.09

A market trader who sells coffee from a barrow in two East End markets has been named the world�s best barista... more

Don�t play Games with Greenwich, Lord Coe

23.03.09

THERE comes a point where you can no longer keep saying that black is white and get away with it: a Stephen Byers moment, where someone once taken seriously sets out towards discredit and defeat. For the London Olympics, that moment arrived last week. ... more

EMI copyright deal to protect Martin Luther King speeches

18.03.09

The speeches of Martin Luther King are to be protected under a copyright deal with a British record company... more

Terror in sport

03.03.09

The attack on the Sri Lanka cricket team coach in Lahore marks another tragic example of terrorism affecting the sporting world. Here, we take a look at other occasions on which sport has been hit by terrorist attacks... more

US graduates without any experience hired as Haringey social workers

23.02.09

The council blamed for the Baby P tragedy hired inexperienced American college graduates to be highly paid social workers... more

Titans are brought down to size at last

24.11.08

Tennesse Titans become the last NFL team to lose their unbeaten record as they are crushed 34-13 at home by the New York Jets... more

Bengals and Eagles in tie thriller

17.11.08

The Philadelphia Eagles and Cincinnati Bengals played out the first NFL tie in six years when the teams finished deadlocked 13-13 after 15 minutes of overtime.... more

Media centre cuts could see �bad press for 2012�

11.11.08

Olympics chiefs may cut costs at the planned 2012 media centre by moving catering for 20,000 journalists into a giant tent... more

Obama: the victory speech

05.11.08

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'A new dawn of American leadership is at hand'

05.11.08

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Unsynchronised Tom must learn to duck and dive

12.08.08

It is easy to forget that Team GB diver is only 14 years old and he has already gained good experience... more

Faulds sets sights on big targets

08.08.08

Richard faulds is hoping for another "dustbin lid" day when he shoots for a second Olympic gold next week... more

We can't, and shouldn't, even try to match this

08.08.08

As China promises 'the greatest Games in history', London's aims for 2012 have to be more modest. Our city itself must be the star, not extravagant venues ... more

Foster eyes 2012 Games

06.08.08

Veteran swimmer, now in his fifth Olympics, has not ruled out competing in London - when he will be 42 ... more

Foster joy as he is chosen to fly the flag

06.08.08

Veteran swimmer will carry the Union flag into the national stadium at Friday's Olympic opening ceremony ... more

Neil Young voices opinion in CSNY

17.07.08

Neil Young has constructed a chronicle of his old band's Freedom of Speech tour of 2006 with a political focus.... more

Gone With the Wind has its audience

04.06.08

For fans of the original film and anyone with a romantic fibre, you could do worse than catch Gone With The Wind, says Sophia Money-Coutts.... more

Frankly, this show is damned

23.04.08

Despite an impressive performance from Darius, a long-winded struggle to cram spectacular film Gone With The Wind on the West End stage was not worth the effort, says Nicholas de Jongh.... more

The most fun places to eat in London

09.04.08

Forget stuffy restaurants, these London eateries put the frivolity back into food.... more

Frankly, it's a dear

02.10.07

Ron Hutchinson's script for Moonlight and Magnolias is at its blissful best when it becomes a fast-paced screwball comedy.... more

Shining on the guitar

18.09.07

John Mayer performed at the Albert Hall where his roosty vocals and dextrous guitar work really shone.... more

This week's CD reviews

14.05.07

Paul Connolly guides us across the genres with these reviews of some recently released CDs - including Rufus Wainwright, Amerie and Megadeath.... more

Top man sings for the Topshop girls

01.03.07

James Morrison may be steeped in ordinariness, but he has an enviable talent for making girls scream. David Smyth headed to the Hammersmith Apollo to watch the Brit Award-winner.... more