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Dark Knight - at last a blockbuster deserving of the hype

BY MICHAEL JOYCE The Dark Knight (12A) Director Christopher Nolan Starring Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Aaron Eckhart, Gary Oldman, Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman and Maggie Gyllenhaal 152 mins Five star rating The history of the summer blockbuster is e... » MORE

» Reed's Berlin is downbeat and gloomy, with an edge of hysteria.

» This female Adrian Mole is strictly for the girls

» Murphy's latest romp turns out to have an empty shell

» Angel

» College Road Trip

» Hulk Ed in green cross mode

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Superlatives and expletives in the life of Wyndham Lewis

BY ALISON OLDHAM The iconoclastic artist-writer Wyndham Lewis drew superlatives – and undoubtedly expletives – from those who knew him. TS Eliot said he was the greatest prose writer of my generation . Walter Sickert described him as the greatest portra... » MORE

» Livingstone, you may presume, will showcase Campbell originals

» Eclectic selection for Suburb's annual summer show

» Diego Rivera's bicycle pursuit of Frida Kahlo in Hampstead

- MUSIC -

Katherine Jenkins all set for concert in her Kenwood 'back yard'

Welsh songstress Katherine Jenkins leaves Ed Thomas mesmerised as he manages to track her down before she performs at the Last Night of the Kenwood Proms TWO months of world-class music on Hampstead Heath are coming to an end on Saturday in the shape... » MORE

» Hawley Arms stars and regulars in star-studded reunion

» Diana Krall is bound for Kenwood, with twins in her wake

» REVIEW: CANDIDE, English National Opera, St Martin s Lane

» Jay Sean, Abba and Rat Pack

» Get your rocks Off at Hainault

» Life's a Riot at Dangerous Disco

- THEATRE -

Watch out Edinburgh, here comes the Camden Fringe

Fed up with the high prices north of the border, the two women running the Etcetera Theatre decided they could do just as well in their own manor, writes Katie Masters Edinburgh isn t the only British city to boast a Fringe Festival – London s in on the... » MORE

» REVIEW: INVITATION TO A BEHEADING The Lion and Unicorn Theatre Kentish Town

» REVIEW: The Frontline Shakespeare s Globe Bankside, Southwark

» TWELFTH NIGHT: Open Air Theatre Regent s Park

» Kinks' Ray pays tribute to Ilford Palais

» Bob rains on Take That's parade

» Female of the Species is deadly

- FOOD & DRINK -

It's 10 out of 10 for Simon Bradley's enduring excellence

BY VICTORIA PREVER We re all guilty of taking things for granted. One minute a place is all the rage then fashions change and then today s hot news is yesterday s chip paper. Few restaurants survive more than one circuit of the merry-go-round. When I was a child, my parent... » MORE

» From Chairman Mao's home province comes a real sizzler

» Everyone is going nuts for this Crouch End steakhouse

» Chef who is out to show the world just wok's cooking

» Local and organic are the buzzwords, but they don't always mix

» FRANCES BISSELL: Cooking with lavender brings sensational results

» GBK shows just how far the humble burger has come

» I'm not yearning for Yam, but Sahara is a different story

» Service was hot, but food at Sushi 101 left me cold

» PUB SPY: the Flask at Highgate and its Hampstead namesake

» GRAPEVINE with LIZ SAGUES: Simon is so Farr-sighted

- BOOK REVIEWS -

Charting China's meteoric rise was rich and rewarding

Although Islington author John Farndon has written many books on contemporary issues, being asked by his publishers to write about China was something special. Here, just a few weeks before the opening of the Beijing Olympics, he explains why his new book... » MORE

» Weasels, planes and an African adventure

» National year of reading focus falls on rhythm and rhyme

» He may have two Jags, but there's only one John Prescott

» The dark world of the puppet show brought to life

» Cautionary tale of the Olympics in London - 100 years ago

» No regrets says Lord Levy as he books place in history

» Nation is still gripped by the tragedy of Ruth Ellis

» Great escapes by soldiers who lived to tell the tale

» How a dumped, demoralised mother turned her trauma into triumph

» In Stratton's War, 1940s London's seedy underbelly is brought to life

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Dark Knight - at last a blockbuster deserving of the hype

BY MICHAEL JOYCE The Dark Knight (12A) Director Christopher Nolan Starring Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Aaron Eckhart, Gary Oldman, Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman and Maggie Gyllenhaal 152 mins Five star rating The history of the summer blockbuster is e... » MORE

» Reed's Berlin is downbeat and gloomy, with an edge of hysteria.

» This female Adrian Mole is strictly for the girls

» Murphy's latest romp turns out to have an empty shell

» Angel

» College Road Trip

» Hulk Ed in green cross mode

Superlatives and expletives in the life of Wyndham Lewis

BY ALISON OLDHAM The iconoclastic artist-writer Wyndham Lewis drew superlatives – and undoubtedly expletives – from those who knew him. TS Eliot said he was the greatest prose writer of my generation . Walter Sickert described him as the greatest portra... » MORE

» Livingstone, you may presume, will showcase Campbell originals

» Eclectic selection for Suburb's annual summer show

» Diego Rivera's bicycle pursuit of Frida Kahlo in Hampstead

Katherine Jenkins all set for concert in her Kenwood 'back yard'

Welsh songstress Katherine Jenkins leaves Ed Thomas mesmerised as he manages to track her down before she performs at the Last Night of the Kenwood Proms TWO months of world-class music on Hampstead Heath are coming to an end on Saturday in the shape... » MORE

» Hawley Arms stars and regulars in star-studded reunion

» Diana Krall is bound for Kenwood, with twins in her wake

» REVIEW: CANDIDE, English National Opera, St Martin s Lane

» Jay Sean, Abba and Rat Pack

» Get your rocks Off at Hainault

» Life's a Riot at Dangerous Disco

Watch out Edinburgh, here comes the Camden Fringe

Fed up with the high prices north of the border, the two women running the Etcetera Theatre decided they could do just as well in their own manor, writes Katie Masters Edinburgh isn t the only British city to boast a Fringe Festival – London s in on the... » MORE

» REVIEW: INVITATION TO A BEHEADING The Lion and Unicorn Theatre Kentish Town

» REVIEW: The Frontline Shakespeare s Globe Bankside, Southwark

» TWELFTH NIGHT: Open Air Theatre Regent s Park

» Kinks' Ray pays tribute to Ilford Palais

» Bob rains on Take That's parade

» Female of the Species is deadly

It's 10 out of 10 for Simon Bradley's enduring excellence

BY VICTORIA PREVER We re all guilty of taking things for granted. One minute a place is all the rage then fashions change and then today s hot news is yesterday s chip paper. Few restaurants survive more than one circuit of the merry-go-round. When I was a child, my parent... » MORE

» From Chairman Mao's home province comes a real sizzler

» Everyone is going nuts for this Crouch End steakhouse

» Chef who is out to show the world just wok's cooking

» Local and organic are the buzzwords, but they don't always mix

» FRANCES BISSELL: Cooking with lavender brings sensational results

» GBK shows just how far the humble burger has come

» I'm not yearning for Yam, but Sahara is a different story

» Service was hot, but food at Sushi 101 left me cold

» PUB SPY: the Flask at Highgate and its Hampstead namesake

» GRAPEVINE with LIZ SAGUES: Simon is so Farr-sighted

Charting China's meteoric rise was rich and rewarding

Although Islington author John Farndon has written many books on contemporary issues, being asked by his publishers to write about China was something special. Here, just a few weeks before the opening of the Beijing Olympics, he explains why his new book... » MORE

» Weasels, planes and an African adventure

» National year of reading focus falls on rhythm and rhyme

» He may have two Jags, but there's only one John Prescott

» The dark world of the puppet show brought to life

» Cautionary tale of the Olympics in London - 100 years ago

» No regrets says Lord Levy as he books place in history

» Nation is still gripped by the tragedy of Ruth Ellis

» Great escapes by soldiers who lived to tell the tale

» How a dumped, demoralised mother turned her trauma into triumph

» In Stratton's War, 1940s London's seedy underbelly is brought to life

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