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Storybook fantasy

Massenet's Cendrillon brings some welcome novelty to the opera season.

Retro mania

Event organisers could learn a lot from designers.

Pack your tent

Whether it's theatre, music or spoken word, here's our pick of the best festivals this summer.

The food of love

Tom Ravenscroft on the dilemma of choosing songs for a dinner party

The sound of shyness

The sound of shyness

The xx, winners of the Mercury Prize 2010, have invented an urban sound at once intimate and familiar.

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Mercury Prize shortlist announced

Mercury Prize shortlist announced

Nominees for the top music award include Corinne Bailey Rae, the xx and Dizzee Rascal.

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The value of a quiet voice

The value of  a quiet voice

The Fixer

The Fixer (BBC2)

Ralph Fiennes

The NS Interview: Ralph Fiennes

The Muppets return

Gilbey on Film: We need to talk about Kermit

A life in pictures

Charles Dickens: snapshots of a life

Hemingway's Boat

Hemingway’s Boat: Everything He Loved  in Life, and Lost (1934-61)

Mind your B-sides

Mind your B-sides

Our film awards

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