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Guide to the London Jazz Festival

30.10.09
The London Jazz Festival swings into town next month - it's time to learn to love the J-word. Richard Godwin takes you from A to Z... more

Nigel Kennedy was intense and brilliant

11.09.09
Plenty of people would have Nigel Kennedy thrown into the Tower of London for alleged crimes against classical music decorum... more

The madness of making your children mini Mozarts

20.08.09
London parents will go to any lengths to make sure their little Mozarts can play an instrument. Our reporter tells of her trials as a Music Mummy... more

Nigel Kennedy to open Tower Festival

16.04.09
Violin virtuoso Nigel Kennedy is to perform at the gala opening of the Continental Airlines Tower Festival.... more

Venezuelan youth orchestra to star in the new season at Festival Hall

14.04.09
The orchestra now hailed as the most successful youth music project in the world is taking up residence in the Southbank Centre... more

Beauty rich with unease in Wildlife photos

03.11.08
As environments melt and burn, and their inhabitants come under threat, the Wildlife Photographer of the Year images are reminders of the riches in peril.... more

Travelling in turbulent times

12.09.08
The collapse of travel company XL Group, the third-largest package operator in the country, is another gloomy indicator of the state of the economy... more

Three cheers for the Proms — now will the BBC learn?

12.09.08
Tomorrow night’s Last Night of the Proms is the finalé to a spectacular season — and a reminder to the corporation of what it can achieve... more

Public votes Lyttelton BBC jazz artist of the year

22.07.08
Musician and broadcaster Humphrey Lyttelton was named artist of the year at this year's BBC Jazz Awards... more

Kennedy returns with an eloquent, edgy Elgar

21.07.08
The 2008 BBC Proms have begun and brought the return of Nigel Kennedy to the festival after an absence of 21 years.... more

Gwyneth Paltrow sparks baby rumours with bump under dress

20.06.08
Her penchant for racy footwear lately has meant Gwyneth Paltrow's feet are almost as famous as her face. But on this occasion not even her shapely legs and towering heels could distract attention from her curiously rotund midriff.... more

Here's a Brucie bonus: Gwyneth Paltrow singing karaoke live

20.06.08
Who needs Chris Martin singing when you can have his wife Gwyneth Paltrow instead?... more

Gwyneth Paltrow sings at Ronnie Scott's

20.06.08
Gwyneth Paltrow sang a karaoke version of Killing Me Softly With His Song to a standing ovation at a charity event in aid of Palestinian children... more

Nigel monsters 'old farts' of the Classical Brits

08.05.08
Violinist Nigel Kennedy has pulled out of tonight's Classical Brits after organisers vetoed his choice of music.... more

How they voted - leading Londoners reveal their political leanings

01.05.08
The Evening Standard's Katharine Barney found out who backed whom - and why - in the mayoral election ... more

Nigel Kennedy and a costly outbreak of mass wisteria

27.04.08
It is a plant that has come to symbolise the genteel harmony of the classic English home. Yet the impressive wisteria adorning the exterior of Nigel Kennedy's London residence has introduced more than a little discord into his life... more

Dr Who takes a bow at Proms

09.04.08
A new Doctor Who story will be screened at a special Prom dedicated to the TV show... more

Co-ordinates are set for the Proms, Doctor

09.04.08
A special episode of Dr Who, written by Russell T Davies and presented by Freema Agyeman, is to be screened at the Albert Hall as part of the BBC concert series.... more

Nige puts a 'cor-blimey' into Elgar

13.03.08
Nigel Kennedy is back and in blazing form, giving the crowd at Festival Hall a peerless account of the Violin Concerto.... more

Gary Rhodes bites back

19.11.07
After 25 years in the business, London-born Michelin-star chef Gary Rhodes sticks the knife into Nigella, reality TV and the BBC.... more

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