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Welcome to Wayne's festival world

27.07.11
Designer Wayne Hemingway brings his Vintage festival to the South Bank this weekend in a celebration of popular culture through the decades... more

Chatroom doesn't live up to the gossip

24.12.10
Ironically for a gloomy drama about the dangers of the internet, Chatroom feels all too disconnected... more

The secret career of Ken Russell

22.06.10
Before he moved into film, the controversial British director was a compassionate photographer. As an exhibition of his scenes of post-war London opens, he takes Sue Steward through his box of memories... more

Melvyn Bragg reveals he was 'heartbroken' as South Bank Show got axed

27.05.10
Melvyn Bragg said he found it "heartbreaking" that the South Bank Show lost a regular time slot, as he introduced the last programme.... more

Paul Joyce deserves some attention

07.05.10
Paul Joyce reveals his lesser known portrait photography talent and enters photographic history.... more

Headteachers — not money — make state schools work

09.07.09
Despite the millions Labour has poured into education, we live in a city with a chronic shortage of reputable secondary schools ... more

MPs: of course they are all in it for the money

11.05.09
The devil, as a wise man said, is in the detail. "Two Bogs" and his splintering toilet seats; Shaun Woodward and his £1.06 Asda pizza; the junior minister's Jaffa Cakes, it goes on... more

Making a song and dance of Mussorgsky

29.04.09
A gaunt young actor is staggering about the chalked-up floor of a rehearsal room, a vodka bottle to his lips... more

The luminous life of Natasha, our star of stage and screen

18.03.09
Following the tragic death of Natasha Richardson, we celebrate the actress whose enviable life seemed to defy the curse of the Redgraves... more

Natasha Richardson fights for life after freak ski fall

17.03.09
Actress Natasha Richardson is critically ill after falling and banging her head during a skiing lesson in Canada... more

Bohemian rhapsodies of jive and jazz in Soho Nights

08.01.09
Visitors to the newly relocated Photographers' Gallery are whisked straight into into the Forties hotspots and the Swinging Fifties in Soho Nights.... more

Ken Russell's wife in court battle over her mother's lesbian lover's £2.3million estate

25.06.08
The former wife of film director Ken Russell is fighting a court battle for a share of the £2.3million estate left by her mother's lesbian partner.... more

Where's the Jarman I knew?

29.02.08
It's a pity that a new exhibition at the Serpentine Gallery all but ignores Derek Jarman's lifelong work as a painter, says Brian Sewell.... more

Finding fantasy behind the austerity

05.07.07
Ken Russell celebrated his 80th birthday this week and records of his first job as a photo-journalist can be seen in this intriguing show... more

Minghella launches new film centre

13.03.07
Oscar-winning director Anthony Minghella is hosting a champagne reception to launch the British Film Institute's new multi-million pound cultural centre.... more

Frontmen with freak appeal

05.10.06
Conjoined twins front a rock band in mockumentary Brothers Of The Head. But the film is desperately in need of a heart, says Charlotte O'Sullivan.... more


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