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Britain ‘facing currency crisis’ amid rising debt

16.10.09
A leading City economist today warned that the UK faces a currency crisis after the Bank of England allowed the pound to become “seriously undermined” ... more

Millions for 45 former Barclays bankers

17.09.09
A group of 45 bankers stand to make more than £240 million between them after they quit Barclays to take on a contract to manage £7.5 billion of the bank's riskiest assets... more

Barclays moves to offload £7bn risky products

16.09.09
Barclays shifted $12.3 billion (£7.4 billion) of its riskier investments to a new fund set up by two former Barclays Capital executives... more

The Shawshank Redemption: a prisoner of the big screen

14.09.09
Owen O’Neill and Dave Johns have based their stage version of The Shawshank Redemption not on Frank Darabont’s film but on the Stephen King novella that inspired Darabont... more

Shawshank play is ideal for escapists

18.08.09
Preview: Shawshank Redemption, the 1994 film, starring Tim Robbins and Morgan Freeman, has been adapted for the stage by Owen O’Neill and Dave Johns... more

British bank chiefs jet to Davos summit

26.01.09
Seven of Britain's most senior bankers are flying to the Davos economic summit renowned for its extravagant dinners and parties... more

I kissed a girl but I'll never kiss this weirdo

05.11.08
Katy Perry nearly jumped out of her skin when a loon, who looked like something out of a Stephen King novel, jumped her outside a nightclub.... more

Teenage rampage in Lord of the Flies

08.10.08
To celebrate its 10th anniversary, Pilot Theatre Company has revived its award-winning production of Lord of the Flies.... more

How TV's obsession with perfect bodies has made a small-screen outcast of Julie T. Wallace

27.08.08
Her 6ft frame (and 48in bust) turned her into a big star. But now, thanks to TV's obsession with perfect bodies, they've made Julie T. Wallace a small-screen outcast.... more

Lashings of votes for Enid in readers' poll

18.08.08
Enid Blyton has been named best-loved author of all time in a new poll... more

Mark Chapman tried to sell the album Lennon signed before he shot him

08.08.08
John Lennon's killer Mark Chapman wanted to cash in on his notoriety by selling an album Lennon signed for him hours before he shot him dead, it has emerged. ... 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

Anyone got the foggiest about The Mist?

03.07.08
Frank Darabont's confused adaptation of Stephen King's The Mist doesn't know if it's a horror movie or a morality tale.... more

With his dark material

22.10.07
Far from setting out to disturb, the unsettling element of David Cronenberg's films results from curiosity.... more

Too many bumps in the night

30.08.07
1408 is not particularly frightening since all sense of veracity has gone down the plughole long before its conclusion.... more

Baa, baa bad sheep

19.07.07
A horror movie about a flesh-eating flock is set to be an unlikely hit. 'We were serious about making the best silly film we could,' says director Jonathan King.... 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

Scent and sensibility

27.12.06
A 16-year-old Londoner is the star of Perfume, the film of the cult novel. But she's determined not to follow Peaches Geldof on the celebrity circuit.... more

Ravenhill pools his resources

31.10.06
Playwright Mark Ravenhill tells Claire Allfree about his first collaboration with physical theatre company Frantic Assembly.... more

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