Mismatch of two halves
FIONA MADDOCKS
Werther
Royal Opera House
COVENT Garden flung open its doors to a wider publi…
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Natural take on a Venetian vision
FIONA MADDOCKS
King’s Consort/King
Albert Hall
MONTEVERDI was dreaming, as many o…
The Wooden Horse wasn’t this empty
FIONA MADDOCKS
The Trojans/ENO Coliseum STANDING in the foyer of the Coliseum 10 minutes before …
Eight men in court over gem heist bid
ROB MCNEIL
EIGHT men charged with attempting to steal the 200 million De Beers diamond collec…
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RACHEL HALLIBURTON
Derren Brown Live Derren Brown who dazzled audiences on Channel 4 with psychological tricks…
Great spin doctors
RACHEL HALLIBURTON
MY BEAUTIFUL LAUNDRETTE
Camberley Theatre
WHEN Hanif Kureishi’s My Beautiful …
IN THE AIR .
RUPERT Gavin’s huffy departure as head of the Beeb’s profit- making wing, BBC World, has highlighted the rise and rise of Jo…
‘Choice’ is a cruel deceit
SIMON JENKINS
IN my part of London I know nobody who wants “a choice of public services”. We want someth…
Laughter is the best weapon
SHEILA JOHNSTON
FEW war films these days are born of firsthand experience. Fewer still have the nerve t…
Rich men would be mad to marry – but not me
ALISON ROBERTS
RAYMOND Tooth, divorce lawyer to the superrich, speaks with a certain au…