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Hay Fever – review

Noel Coward, LondonHoward Davies has a gift for revitalising Coward's comedies. Having put the sexuality back into Private Lives, he now visually redefines Hay Fever and pulls off the daring feat of...

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Steve Purdham: 'Music is so powerful a song can chemically change people'

The boss of We7 reveals how he co-created the online jukebox with Peter Gabriel and why he believes it is the future of radio Steve Purdham, the co-founder and chief executive of online jukebox We7,...

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Erland Josephson obituary

Swedish actor known for his roles in Ingmar Bergman's films and television dramasAlthough the actors who comprised Ingmar Bergman's repertory company all went on to make their own prestigious careers,...

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Aakash Odedra – review

The Place, LondonIt's the dance equivalent of a red-carpet event to get Akram Khan, Russell Maliphant and Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui as choreographers on the same programme. And it says much for talent of...

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Dolce & Gabbana goes for baroque with opulent Milan show

Autumn/winter collection features golden embroideries, delicate lace dresses, rich velvets and chintzy tapestry-style patternsThere was mood of opulence in Milan on Sunday, as fashion powerhouse Dolce...

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This week's cultural highlights: Rampart and Laura Marling

Our critics' picks of this week's openings, plus your last chance to see and what to book nowβ€’ Which cultural events are in your diary this week? Tell us in the comments belowOpening this weekTheatreA...

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The readers' editor on… how too much coverage of some people can annoy

The prominence given to Christopher Hitchens, the Duchess of Cambridge, Fabio Capello and Harry Redknapp irked readersSome rules of journalism don't change, whatever the medium, whatever the era. Fair,...

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Media Monkey: Penguin sex, Women's Health and Humphrys as John Bull

βœ’An unusual example of a hack enraged by an offer of a free lunch is the columnist and Jewish Chronicle editor, Stephen Pollard. The bust-up began when a PR company offered fine dining for Pollard and...

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Simple Minds – review

Glasgow BarrowlandsAfter becoming persuasive shorthand for empty stadium pomp, Simple Minds recently found themselves in the curious position of having to de-invent themselves. This reputational reboot...

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UN war crimes archive 'should be open to public'

British academic urges government to obtain and open up archive documenting 10,000 possible second world war crimesA British academic is calling on the government to obtain and make public a vast but...

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Senegal president whisked away from election day jeers

Abdoulaye Wade, 85, was escorted to safety by bodyguards amid anger and unrest over his decision to seek third termVoters booed Senegal's president so loudly when he went to cast his vote on Sunday...

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Jane Austen portrait on show at Bodleian Library for World Book Day

World Book Day will see Bodleian Library in Oxford display 'new' Jane Austen portrait and sampler – for one day onlyA newly discovered portrait claimed to be of Jane Austen, and a sampler worked in...

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Murdoch's Sun on Sunday: less of a newspaper, more of a magazine

In trying to draw a line under the past, the seventh-day Sun seemed bland and soft focus, but sales will no doubt shineThe Sun on Sunday was the Sun – but not the Sun as we know it. In order to avoid...

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G20 finance ministers tell eurozone to boost rescue fund

$2tn global rescue package hinges on action in Europe, before other countries would consider additional IMF contributionsLeading economies said on Sunday that the eurozone must bolster its firewall...

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Anti-wind power MPs may have Cameron's backing

Tory high command may be hedging on coalition's renewable energy policy by quietly encouraging opposition to windfarmsThe letter, signed by more than 100 Tory MPs opposing their own government's policy...

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Tax avoidance schemes unjustified even if legal, admits leading business lobby

CBI director warns against tarring majority of UK companies, who pay more tax than their German, French or US counterpartsBritain's leading business group has for the first time admitted that "black...

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The itinerant US left has found its home in the Occupy movement | Gary Younge

Far from alienating middle America, the progressive movement has captured the public and political imaginationAt the auction of foreclosed homes at Queens supreme court in New York, the official...

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Osborne rejects further fuel duty cut

Chancellor indicates he also wants to close off loophole that allows millionaires to pay a reduced rate of stamp dutyGeorge Osborne gave his strongest hint on Sunday that he has ruled out further cuts...

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A blogger or a journalist? Debate over the power and influence of tech writers

Newsweek's Dan Lyons accuses bloggers of reinventing PR, dressing it up as journalism and playing at venture capitalismThe debate asking "Are bloggers journalists?" was exhausted by about 2005....

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Country diary: Borrowdale, Lake District: The art of drystone walling

Borrowdale, Lake District: 'Old friends' is how Stephen Edmondson sees the myriad stretches of drystone wall he has built as a waller over many of his 39 yearsThere they stand, embellishing Lake...

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