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Glasgow Rocks: Glasgow prepares to host the MOBO awards

16.09.09
Lindsay Johns soaks up the city’s atmosphere ahead of its first hosting of the MOBO awards.... more

Carter's Egypt notes to net £4,000

13.03.09
Archives relating to great discoveries in ancient Egypt, including the tomb of Tutankhamun, are to go to auction... more

Hang on a minute lads ... Caine tells all about that job

28.11.08
Sir Michael Caine has solved the mystery of a 40-year-old cliffhanger at the end of his cult film, The Italian Job... more

London 'fails to pull provincial crowds'

23.07.08
The number of tourists coming to London from the provinces has slowed significantly compared with this time last year because there is no massive crowd-pulling show or exhibition... more

O2 exhibition will put 200 corpses on display

04.06.08
Anatomist Gunther von Hagens is to put on a show featuring more than 200 corpses at the O2 Arena... more

Oh my gods!

11.04.08
Tate Britain’s exhibition of Neoclassical sculpture is both serious and scholarly. If only the works were displayed as their creators had intended, says Brian Sewell. ... more

The man who has made this the UK’s top ticket

08.04.08
The Terracotta Army exhibition made the British Museum the second most visited in the world. London is a modern city, says director Neil MacGregor, and we try to reflect that.... more

Thousands queue for a last glimpse of Terracotta Army

31.03.08
The queue stretches the length of the street and snakes round the corner - but it's not for the latest blockbuster... more

Queues for last glimpse of Terracotta Army

31.03.08
As the Terracotta Army exhibition is set to draw to a close the queue for tickets is ever-increasing.... more

Easter in the city

19.03.08
With a four-day weekend ahead, we've compiled dozens of cracking ideas for a great Bank Holiday Break.... more

The capital's must-see Spring exhibitions

13.03.08
From Renoir and Picasso to Tutankhamun to the Terracotta Army, Daralyn Danns and Niki Chesworth check out the must-see exhibitions this Easter.... more

Visitors slam prices of Tutankhamun souvenirs

04.12.07
Visitors to the blockbuster Tutankhamun exhibition have condemned the high cost of official souvenirs.... more

Tut, tut, tut

16.11.07
The Egyptian boy king, Tutankhamun, is back in town, this time supported by harsh theatrical presentation and breathtaking commerce.... more

Grandmother of all shows

13.11.07
An immense coffin, shining with gold and thousands of years old is one of the treasures being unveiled at the Tutankhamun And The Golden Age Of The Pharaohs exhibition.... more

Golden Eye celebrates Egyptian glories

12.11.07
Some of the capital's most famous landmarks are being bathed in golden light to mark the opening of the Tutankhamun exhibition.... more

325,000 buy tickets for King Tut spectacular

05.11.07
King Tut fever has hit London as ticket sales for the Tutankhamun exhibition top 325,000 with 10 days still to go before it opens... more

The mummy returns

05.11.07
As the Tutankhamun exhibition comes to London, the great-grandson of the man behind the original expedition talks about the curse that haunts his family... more

Egyptian god sails in to London

01.10.07
Passers-by were astonished by the extraordinary sight of a 25-foot, 5 tonne statue of Egyptian god Anubis floating down the Thames. ... more

Terracotta army takes on King Tut

13.09.07
The battle of the burial sites has prompted more than 200,000 advance ticket sales.... more

Treasures of the boy king return

29.08.07
More than 190,000 tickets have been reserved for a blockbuster exhibition on the treasures of Tutankhamun.... more

Welcome to the Pleasure Dome

29.08.07
With the Rolling Stones and Prince, the O2 has become London's most exciting new venue. Find out what's coming up at the former Dome here.... more

It's out with the old and in with the even older

21.08.07
The 31 statues by Antony Gormley are being packed away while British Museum curators have begun the unloading of China's Terracotta Warriors.... more

Terracotta army marches

17.08.07
The British Museum's blockbuster exhibition of China's Terracotta Army has smashed records for advance ticket sales.... more

Exhibition of Egyptian artefacts

02.08.07
A legendary exhibition, Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs, returns to London on 15 November.... more

£100m plan for bigger British Museum

05.07.07
The British Museum are drawing up plans for a new £100 million centre to house blockbuster exhibitions... more

Take a seat inside the new Dome

07.06.07
Take a look at the first pictures of the spectacular new concert arena inside the Millennium Dome.... more

Tut tut, new curse at Dome

12.03.07
The Millennium Dome's new Tutankhamun show has been struck by controversy before it has even opened after it was revealed the exhibition will not include the Pharaoh's gold mask.... more

King Tut swaps pyramids for the Dome

21.02.07
Egyptian treasures aged up to 3,500 years, some from the tomb of Tutankhamun, will be displayed at what used to be the Millennium Dome.... more

Terracotta army set to shatter records

14.02.07
The autumn terracotta army exhibition is breaking box office records at the British Museum only a week after it was announced.... more

Now Dome curse hits King Tut

01.02.07
The first exhibition for 30 years of the treasures of Tutankhamun will be the first casualty of AEG's failure to win the bid to build the UK's first supercasino.... more

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