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Why property funds are keen on a break from all this cash

05.03.10
On Property: How the commercial property fund gold rush started, and the "cash drag" that has since built up to hamper their performance... more

Confused fanfare for a betting man in The Gambler

12.02.10
Covent Garden’s first-ever production of Prokofiev’s The Gambler, seemed to be a good bet. ... more

Cineworld's 3D efforts pay off with Avatar success

07.01.10
Cineworld claims the huge success of James Cameron’s sci-fi extravaganza Avatar had vindicated its belief in the appeal of 3D... more

Super chill-outs: parties on the piste

21.12.09
Love skiing but bored with fondue? Well, you’re in luck because the festival scene has hit the slopes big time... more

Sophie Ellis-Bextor is back in the USSR

14.12.09
Sophie Ellis-Bextor and husband The Feeling guitarist Richard Jones attended Sir Elton John’s Grey Goose Character and Cocktails Winter Ball.... more

Cineworld on a high thanks to Up and Harry Potter

27.10.09
Cineworld, the UK’s only publicly quoted cinema chain, continued to get more bums on its seats and get them to pay more for the privilege, even against the tough comparables of the Mamma Mia quarter... more

London's most haunted venues

20.10.09
From sinister squares to pubs with poltergeists, we discover where you should hunt for a ghoul or a ghost this Halloween.... more

Precise humour in L'Heure Espagnole

19.10.09
Nobody could accuse Ravel of resorting to slapstick in his one-act opera L’Heure Espagnole.... more

Songs hit target in Annie Get Your Gun

19.10.09
Confident ensemble singing and nifty accompaniment from just four pianos shoot sharp in Annie Get Your Gun.... more

Jason Statham's new transporter

17.08.09
Jason Statham turned up to his birthday party at Planet Hollywood last night in a flash white Audi sports car... more

How photography first caught the capital's heart

04.08.09
Obaysch the hippopotamus lounges in the pool of his new enclosure, watched by fascinated visitors to London Zoo... more

Die Walküre takes us from sublime to the mundane

31.07.09
There’s plenty that’s mundane about this production of Die Walküre. Not so much in visual terms but musically and dramatically... more

Falstaff given new location

26.05.09
Vladimir Jurowski keeps the action moving briskly but finds time in the last act to revel in the romantic music in Falstaff.... more

Ellis-Bextor tells of her pregnancy scare

16.04.09
Singer Sophie Ellis-Bextor has spoken for the first time about the birth of her son Kitt, who was delivered nine weeks early... more

Skin Deep's flaws can be forgiven

18.02.09
There's nothing as winning as silliness, and Opera North’s production of Skin Deep is delightfully silly.... more

New scare for Sophie as second baby is born at 31 weeks

10.02.09
Singer Sophie Ellis-Bextor has given birth to her second child nine weeks early after being struck down by a potentially deadly pregnancy condition for a second time... more

Sweet and sour Hänsel und Gretel

10.12.08
Moshe Leiser and Patrice Caurier strike what seems an ideal balance between the saccharine and social elements of Hänsel und Gretel.... more

Music

08.10.08
Live music, be it opera or rock festivals, is proving more popular than ever — and is offering a desperately needed financial lifeline. London remains the heartbeat of the industry. ... more

A new spin for Cav and Pag

22.09.08
The tales of adultery, jealousy and murder in Cavalleria Rusticana and I Pagliacci are the archetype of opera at its most overheated. ... more

Pelly leaves us hungry in Hansel und Gretel

21.07.08
Jennifer Holloway and Adriana Kucerova are splendidly convincing as Hansel and Gretel at Glyndebourne, says Barry Millington.... more

Sophie Ellis Bextor shows off her son... and he's definitely got daddy's looks

14.07.08
Sophie Ellis Bextor's child Sonny may be a mummy's boy, but you wouldn't be able to guess who his famous mother is by looking at him.... more

Brecht given new bite

15.05.08
The Good Soul of Szechuan at the Young Vic makes an absolutely devastating impact in a production of stylised strangeness.... more

Sainsbury's in non-food drive

25.04.08
Sainsbury's to launch new brand of homewares, as it tries to catch up arch-rivals Tesco and Asda... more

Once more, with Feeling

11.02.08
After the success of their 2006 debut, power pop group The Feeling have pulled out all the stops on their lavish sequel Join With Us.... more

Macbeth on tour

05.11.07
Glyndebourne Touring Opera's Macbeth comes to the capital next month and sees Stephen Gadd as a powerful lead role.... more

Macbeth draws bloody and raw performance

25.07.07
Nobody knows how many operas have been based on Shakespeare, but few of them work as well as Verdi's Macbeth.... more

Opera, my new love and me

02.07.07
When Gus Christie's marriage collapsed, there were fears that the Glyndebourne festival would suffer. But he has bounced back and the festival is better than ever.... more

Living dangerously with Verdi

21.05.07
Glyndebourne's new twist on Macbeth establishes its bold credentials and provides a startling, imaginative evening... more

What impeccable timing

02.04.07
Following his Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk triumph, Richard Jones has returned to Covent Garden with a sparkling double-bill of Ravel at his most inventive and Puccini at his funniest.... more

Macbeth the magnificent

02.10.06
Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk is high octane opera with brass ablaze and a titanic orchestra at full tilt.... more

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