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Grammy Awards 2012: in pictures

Grammy Awards 2012: in pictures

Adele thanks "doctors who brought my voice back" as she takes home six Grammys.

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Whitney Houston, 1963-2012

Whitney Houston, 1963-2012

Death of a singer blessed with a voice that was "good to vowels".

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Not raving, but drowning

Not raving, but drowning

Tom Ravenscroft misses 1990s dance music, the only kind he could dance to.

Mind your B-sides

Mind your B-sides

Why we should mourn the decline of the B-side.

Far from Dusty

Ignore the gossip: the 1960s revival has two bright new stars, says Kate Mossman.

Adapt or die

Adapt or die

In the battle of the Birdsongs, telly nicks it - just.

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Travelling Light (Lyttelton Theatre)

Andrew Billen fails to be charmed by a film fantasy with no roots in reality.

Still crazy after all these years

Still crazy after all these years

Simon Stephens's new play transports Alfred Jarry to the International Criminal Tribunal.

Theatre review: The Ladykillers

Transposed from Ealing to Shaftesbury Avenue, this tale of a heist gone wrong is a joy.

Huis Clos on Whitehall

Huis Clos on Whitehall

Politicians could do worse than going to see Sartre's play.

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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

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