Gymslip dramas, Sapphic passions and classroom rivalries: the West End is currently awash with teenage hormones thank to The Children's Hour. Pip Clements meets three new girls starring alongside Keira Knightley and Elisabeth Moss... more
On a boat, in a castle, in a lighthouse... No need to trash your own house when there's still time to rent a fabulous party pad for New Year, say Pandora Sykes and Lucy Hunter Johnston... more
Injunction prevents club's owners Tom Hicks and George Gillett from sacking independent chairman Martin Broughton or any other board members ahead of tomorrow's court case... more
As a remake of the top US crime series Hawaii Five-0 returns to our screens this month, Adrian Mourby discovers a different, regal side to the Pacific islands... more
View from America: When Tea Party followers exclaim that they are not being listened to, they mean there's a black chap in the White House and they don't like it... more
New England skipper Andrew Strauss has his work cut out trying to heal a divided dressing room following the spectacular fall out between Kevin Pietersen and Peter Moores. We take a look at some of the biggest sporting spats between team-mates
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Kate Nash's proud ordinariness has attracted a fanbase that finds it easy to identify with her, but she will need to tread carefully now if she is to avoid novelty status.... more
Lloyd Cole remains a would-be, superior pop star. His new material stands proudly by the old, chiefly because it's much the same, says John Aizlewood.
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You don't get that much intellectual feminist chic at Ronnie Scott's - which means Patricia Barber is an artist for the thinking fan, says Jack Massarik.... more
The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra has become one of the most exciting ensembles in the US over the past few years. Tonight, Prommers will get a chance to hear them for themselves.... more
Shostakovich's gargantuan Fourth Symphony was the showpiece finale of Saturday's Prom by the European Union Youth Orchestra and was played with bravura and electrifying virtuosity... more
Exclusive: After high-profile allegations this season, Charlton's manager is pleased the issue is now being addressed but says the authorities still have plenty of work to do