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Bernarda Alba, Union Theatre - review

26.08.11
This won't run in the West End for 26 years like Les Mis but it's an intriguing 90 minutes nonetheless... more

Weekend of ‘Mizery’ marks a triumphant 25 years for Les Misérables

04.10.10
To mark 25 record-breaking years of Les Misérables in London, producer Cameron Mackintosh staged a weekend of “Ultimate Mizery”... more

Les Miserables is given new life

24.09.10
Returning to the Barbican for its 25th anniversary, a revitalised Les Mis confirms its status as an all-time classic... more

Discover the Marais: the fourth dimension of Paris

21.08.09
The Marais in the 4ème arrondissement is a chaotic cobbled enclave, worlds away from the chilly boulevards of 19th-century Paris. Gianluca Longo loses himself among the bourgeois bohemians... more

Diane Kruger: screen siren

29.05.09
Quentin Tarantino takes actors and turns them into stars, so what will Inglourious Basterds do for Diane Kruger... more

Brussels: a Euro star

11.05.09
If you thought Brussels was just a dank den of bureaucracy heaving with suits on expenses, think again. Hettie Harvey has a vintage time in the Belgian capital...... more

Kind of adventure at The Double Club

30.03.09
The Double Club is a new restaurant that admirably gives 50 per cent of its profits to abused women in the Congo.... more

Two-month-old venue is best in town

28.01.09
An Italian restaurant which opened only two months ago has been named best in London... more

Bocca di Lupo is scrumptious Soho treat

03.12.08
Chef Jacob Kenedy and general manager Victor Hugo's new Italian venture, Bocca di Lupo, is absolutely spiffing.... more

Why can't I read books by a Nobel Frenchman?

10.10.08
J M G Le Clézio, who has just won this year's Nobel Prize for Literature, has many connections to Britain. The son of a British doctor, he grew up speaking both French and English. As a child, he regularly holidayed in Britain and went on to study English at Bristol University.... more

Joy of melodrama in La Gioconda

23.07.08
La Gioconda is a work of extreme emotion and many exclamation marks which explodes into epic, grisly life and proves its worth.... more

Swash, buckle and music in Zorro

02.07.08
An eclectic combination of talents and influences should make Zorro the musical memorable, whether it is a hit or a flop.... more

Heavenly treats on top of a shopping precinct

03.12.07
Service may be a bit hit and miss at Le Café Anglais, but it has the most interesting and original combinations of food Mark Bolland has seen in ages.... more

Happy to be Miserables after 21 years

09.10.06
There were no Miserables faces as the unlikely Napoleonic musical notched up 21 years in the West End, writes Tom Teodorczuk.... more

Les Miserables set to break record

21.09.06
Les Miserables is set to become the world's longest-running musical. It will overtake Cats on 8 October by which time it will have been seen by a total of 58 million people.... more


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