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New Orleans is recovering its old spirit

28.10.09

Despite the ravages of Hurricane Katrina four years ago Lindsay Johns finds that New Orleans is well on the path to recovery... more

Atiha Sen Gupta is the playwright for today

20.10.09

21-year-old Atiha Sen Gupta is one of a new generation of writers who are putting the most vexed contemporary issues centre stage.... more

Killing ordered by leader who admires eighth century warlord

03.06.09

The killing of a British hostage in North Africa dramatically underlines the continuing threat of al Qaeda to Britons around the world... more

Poor Picasso

27.02.09

Picasso is not served well by the National Gallery's new show but there are enough thrilling pictures to make it worthwhile.... more

Yo ho ho and a tanker of oil � piracy�s modern cry

19.11.08

With a vast oil tanker hijacked off the coast of Somalia, piracy is back in the headlines... more

Opec signals output cuts to lift oil prices

20.10.08

Energy: Oil cartel Opec has indicated it will cut output to firm up prices, possibly as early as Friday when members meet in Vienna... more

Opec lays blame on weak dollar for surging oil price

07.07.08

Saudi Arabia-led cartel blames President George Bush and his central banker Ben Bernanke... more

Oh! What a horrible war

31.01.08

Nick Broomfield's fictionalised account of the massacre of 24 Iraqis by avenging US Marines, Battle for Haditha, is the first great war film to come out of the conflict.... more

Arab and Jew united by Algerian orchestra

11.10.07

It's not often you get a rabbi and an imam trading verses but Algeria's El Gusto ensemble is no ordinary orchestra.... more

The untold story of the lawyer who defends terrorists

24.05.07

Barbet Schroeder tells how he has turned the life of Jacques Vergès, lawyer to terrorists and war criminals, into one of the most important and powerful documentaries for 40 years.... more

World culture celebrated at London festival

11.05.07

The ninth Mosaiques festival of world culture offers a vibrant selection of films, talks and music from around the globe.... more

Journeys into the unknown Renoir

20.02.07

A new Pierre-Auguste Renoir exhibtion at the National Gallery - the first major Renoir show in London for 22 years - showcases 70 of the artist's lesser-seen landscapes.... more

A musical power trip

05.09.06

Arwa Haider talks to the cast and crew bringing Libyan dictator Colonel Gaddafi's life to the musical stage.... more

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Lenny Henry: 'Maybe one day we can have a black Doctor Who'
As he wins the outstanding newcomer prize at the Evening Standard theatre awards for his role as Othello, Lenny Henry has come a long way from black and white minstrels
Spread of the Jedhead
Jedward, voted off the X-Factor this weekend, are the most obvious proponents of the sticky-uppy look - but the style crosses boundaries of age, gender, sexuality and taste, says Nick Curtis

Sky in plot to hire students on the cheap

Sky News is currently recruiting students as reporters for its coverage of next year's general election. However, the opportunity doesn't quite seem so appealing

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