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Black Cat hopes to charm the West End

19.10.09
All-black cast of a new West End production of the Tennessee Williams classic Cat on a Hot Tin Roof began rehearsals... more

Baroness Scotland changes her tune...

05.08.09
Raised eyebrows in the Treasury at the interview with Baroness Scotland, the attorney-general, in the Financial Times. She is keen to get across just how determined she is to crack down on financial crime ... ... more

Force no longer with Foster's 'Darth Vader' skyscraper

04.08.09
One of Lord Foster's most daring designs to date - an office block resembling Darth Vader's helmet - is unlikely to be built after its developers fell victim to the credit crunch... more

Taking pride in our man-bags

29.05.09
David Beckham and Cristiano Ronaldo have them. Will Young danced around his. Even former Met Commissioner Sir Ian Blair has been seen out strolling with one... more

Master Luke, I appear not to know the plot of Star Wars ...

06.04.09
He has the rare honour of appearing in all six of the epic Star Wars movies, but Anthony Daniels, also known as the gold "droid" C-3PO, admits he has never really understood the plot... more

Gods are failing to smile on the works of minerva

06.03.09
Whatever happens to Minerva, the property company named after the Roman "goddess of 1000 works" will leave at least two monuments to its labours in the City... more

Hats off to the decadence in V&A

25.02.09
The economy is in freefall, the V&A has an exhibition of hats. The timing is sublime.... more

Great Days Out J-R

22.07.08
We continue with our quest to make your summer far-from dull with an A-Z guide of summer fun, so why not try your hand at making your own family movie or take part in a night-time bat safari.... more

London's 'third city' at a planning crossroads

16.05.08
Examination of plans for the redevelopment of Croydon reveal both naïve optimism and a refusal to face uncomfortable truths... more

Captain Jack named favourite film character

01.10.07
Johnny Depp's Pirates of the Caribbean character Captain Jack Sparrow, has been voted the UK's favourite big-screen character.... more

Precious Gold is one to watch

02.08.07
The much-maligned musical comedy genre has been making a comeback recently and Pete Gold certainly has a talent for it.... more

May the force be with you

11.07.07
Londoners, beware. Wannabe Jedis from all over the globe will descend upon the capital this Friday for the biggest Star Wars party Europe has ever seen.... more

County Hall takes a walk on dark side

04.05.07
Wield a light saber under the guidance of a Jedi knight, and walk among hundreds of original film props at the Star Wars exhibition.... more

Ewan immortalised on U.S. stamp

30.04.07
Scottish actor Ewan McGregor has been immortalised in his Star Wars role as the new face of the US Postal Service.... more

Light (saber) entertainment at County Hall

16.04.07
It's 30 years since the release of the first instalment of George Lucas's epic sci-fi adventure and County Hall is celebrating the anniversary with a major exhibition of memorabilia.... more

Just Han solo...

07.11.06
Clean-cut Canadian Charles Ross mentions mid-gig that he has done his condensed version of the original Star Wars trilogy more than 1,000 times and it shows. In a good and bad way.... more

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