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George Harrison: Living in the Material World - review

30.09.11
Take a deep breath and plunge into this Martin Scorsese tribute to George Harrison because it takes a long and loving look at history... more

City Spy: Likely grounds for complaint at RBS

26.09.11
Is Royal Bank of Scotland - 83%-owned by us taxpayers, lest we forget - in danger of being ripped off for its coffee and croissants?... more

Montserrat still rocks

20.07.11
The pop stars who flocked to its shores are long gone but as Jo Fernández reports, new flights are putting the tiny Caribbean island back on the map... more

Shirley Bassey shows us why 007 music man John Barry was a real diamond forever

21.06.11
John Barry, who spent his formative years in his father's cinemas, had a unique musical talent and went on to compose 11 James Bond soundtracks and win five Oscars... more

Join the Olympic guides, say top football managers

04.01.11
Managers of arch-rival Premier League clubs Tottenham Hotspur and Arsenal appeal for Londoners to join the 2012 Olympics volunteer force... more

Sir Paul McCartney didn't put a foot wrong at Hard Rock Calling

28.06.10
On a day of acute English embarrassment, who better than Paul McCartney, the national songsmith, to remind us that the English do some things well?... more

Forest Hill's ‘Tyson kid’ aims to pack a punch in US boxing

21.05.10
Young London boxer is tipped to become a world champion after being spotted by Mike Tyson’s trainer... more

Chrysalis rises on Beatles triumph

16.10.09
The massive success of the digitally remastered Beatles albums which were released last month sent music publisher Chrysalis scurrying to tell analysts to upgrade their numbers this year... more

Musical monster played for laughs in Telstar

19.06.09
Nick Moran’s film, based on his West End musical, lives up to its description as the stranger-than-fiction story of Joe Meek in Telstar.... more

How Heather Mills' novel about a model and her rock-star husband is enough to make even Mills & Boon weep

10.09.08
Barred by her divorce from spilling the beans on her marriage, Heather Mills is writing a 'novel' about her model and her rock-star husband. The Mail offers a sneak preview.... more

Stars that shine for ever

22.07.08
Keyboard superstar Chick Corea and bass guitar ace Stanley Clarke are ageless wonders of virtuosic technique with seemingly inexhaustible ideas.... 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

Stella McCartney and Yoko Ono's tearful embrace at funeral of 'Fifth Beatle' - but Macca stays away

07.04.08
The Beatles he loved couldn't be there to say goodbye. It was left to the women to pay the band's final respects to Neil Aspinall, the man who ran the group's business empire for 40 years and was known as the 'fifth Beatle'... more

Off the record

15.02.08
David Smyth takes a trip to BRIT School, considers the line-up for Massive Attack's Meltdown and checks out what's new on the net.... more

Amy Winehouse celebrates Grammys by visiting husband Blake in prison

11.02.08
Amy Winehouse celebrated cleaning up at the Grammys with a visit to Pentonville Jail. The 24-year-old troubled star went to see husband Blake Civil-Fielder today after winning five awards at last night's ceremony. Winehouse, wearing jeans and red high heels, looked healthier than ever as she appears to have put on weight since checking into a rehab clinic last month... more

Off the record

09.11.07
André Paine goes behind-the-scenes at the making of a charity single and recalls the time he met the coolest man in rock.... more

Kylie makes it a sister act

30.10.07
Kylie Minogue has been honoured at a glam awards ceremony for her staying power after 20 years in the charts. Sister Dannii presented the gong. ... more

Here's how to do it, Britney

02.03.07
Stockholm singer Robin Carlsson could teach Britney Spears a thing or two about how to emerge gracefully from a teenage pop career, says David Smyth.... more

CDs of the week

17.11.06
There's a new Beatles album out that will make purists fume, Tom Waits releases 30 new songs on three exquisitely packaged CDs and former Busted boy Matt Willis goes solo with mixed results.... more

Gordon Brown booed at music awards

15.11.06
Gordon Brown's latest attempt to burnish his pop music credentials backfired when he was booed at an awards ceremony.... more


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