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Bruce Forsyth plays the generation game to trace his family tree

17.06.10

Bruce Forsyth is returning to the generation game to trace his family tree on TV - and faces claims his ancestor was a bigamist.... more

WORLD: Barack Obama salutes Apollo 11 crew and pledges NASA support

21.07.09

President Obama pledges to continue supporting NASA's space programs as he meets Apollo 11's astronauts to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the moon landing... more

Apollo 11 men make anniversary plea for mars voyage

20.07.09

Astronauts who were the first on the moon urge mankind to take another giant leap � to Mars... more

My solution to compensation? Don't pay it at all

20.07.09

It is a disgrace, no question, that the Government proposes to chisel a few bawbees off the bottom line by reducing the compensation payment to any victim of crime found to have convictions for motoring offences... more

Shuttle Endeavour launches 40 years after Apollo 11 went to the moon

16.07.09

After more than a month's delay, space shuttle Endeavour and seven astronauts thundered into orbit yesterday, on the eve of the 40th anniversary of the lift off of man's first moon landing... more

Michael Collins is curious about London Cityscapes

06.05.09

Michael Collins interprets our chaotically choreographed capital in London Cityscapes at City Hall.... more

Gwilym Simcock is dazzling poet of the keyboard

11.08.08

In a weekend packed with premieres, Simcock's Progressions wins the prize for enlightened commissioning, says Fiona Maddocks.... more

Modern masters show their style

13.03.08

Any doubts that contemporary British music is alive and well would have been reassured by the indispensable Nash Ensemble.... more

Lampard seeks trophy tonic to ease Euro pain

18.02.08

Frank Lampard insists Chelsea's Champions League heartache will drive them on against Olympiacos tomorrow night.... more

Paris feels the anguish of Africa

05.07.07

The twin themes of this year's City of London Festival converged neatly in this programme by the ever-resourceful Nash Ensemble... more

Get ready to celebrate St Patrick's Day

14.03.07

From classical music and traditional Irish dancing, to cultural walking tours and black tie dinners, ex-pats are planning to paint the capital green.... more

With a little help from his friends

12.10.06

Michael Collins kicked off his "and Friends" season at Wigmore Hall with Mozart, helped greatly by the fact that all his friends are virtuosos.... more

Plenty of jaw jaw to chew on

14.08.06

A lot of publicity was accrued from Mel Smith's stated intention to flout the Scottish smoking ban in Allegiance. He stays on the right side of the law however, a decision which is in keeping with the play's conventional drawingroom fare.... more

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