There's still time to tweet Sanderson Jones before his show in Islington - tickets are only available from him personally. He explains all to Bruce Dessau... more
Two old Etonians who were at school with Prince Harry are only too happy to trade on their posh roots in their comedy act. They join a generation of cut-glass comics, as Veronica Lee reports... more
These days it's so boring to be good at only one thing. Just look at James Franco and Plan B, both multi-task masters. Richard Godwin puts down his guitar and picks up his pen to celebrate the age of the professional polymath
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New film The King’s Speech, starring Colin Firth as a stammering King George VI, tops the list of nominations for the British Independent Film Awards... more
Channel 4 is increasing its movie financing budget to £10 million, with films involving Danny Boyle, Keira Knightley and Carey Mulligan in the pipeline... more
Master satirist Armando Iannucci's take on British politics earned him an Oscar nomination. But, unlike his creation Malcolm Tucker in The Thick of It, he's unsure, underconfident and suffers from a bad case of imposter syndrome... more
Forget greasy fries and chins smeared in kebab juice - these days, late-night food in the capital is all about lobster and Bakewell tart. Christian Koch meets the gourmet entrepreneurs revolutionising London’s small-hours dining... more
London still exports hit formats all over the world and is a hothouse for the use of new technologies in tandem with traditional creative talents.
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Audience participation. Blurring boundaries between comedy and performance art. Urination, thankfully on video. It can only be Kim Noble and Stuart Silver, pranksters par excellence.... more
Uma Thurman's comic turn in My Super Ex-Girlfriend beats the worthy soul-searching of Superman Returns, while Nacho Libre doesn't have enough laughs.... more
Comedy interview: Heroin was once Russell Brand's best friend, but the comedian with the Byronic looks, sprayed-on jeans and vulnerable demeanour has been the year's most talked-about TV celeb. Bruce Dessau meets him.... more
Sound check: German industrial metal band Rammstein literally play with fire in their live performances - and now they are about to unleash their singeing spectacle on London. Watch out for your eyebrows
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