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St Luke's gets ready for new season

Former prodigy: Violinist Nicola Benedetti, 21

12:23pm Monday 4th August 2008

Living in south London, you’ll know that we aren’t exactly over furnished with classical music. Which makes St Luke’s Music Society (SLMS) like a chaise longue, sitting in the corner all elegant, handsome and irresistible to further investigation.

Festival's a Scream

Mordecai are just one of the bands performing at the new music festival

1:08pm Thursday 31st July 2008

Valhalla, Silversky and Junk Time Party sound like things from a strange out of space Viking fairytale.

Ronnie Scott's heads to Marble Hill

11:24am Monday 28th July 2008

The legendary Soho jazz venue Ronnie Scott’s is decamping for one night only to Marble Hill when two stars of the BBC Jazz Awards are to perform a tribute to the grand old man of British jazz, Humphrey Lyttelton.

Viv gives a masterclass

Viv McLean

6:40pm Tuesday 22nd July 2008

Award-winning international pianist Viv McLean is the main attraction when St Mary's Church in Barnes holds another of its popular recital evenings.

Red Hot Ash

Festival favourites: Ash

6:30pm Tuesday 22nd July 2008

Northern Irish indie rockers Ash are among a starry line-up at this weekend’s Ben & Jerry’s Summer Sundae at Clapham Common. Drummer Rick McMurray spoke to Paul Fleckney about the band’s best festival moments.

Gospel with a touch of Glastonbury

The London Community Gospel Choir have just released their tenth album

12:27pm Thursday 17th July 2008

While big name acts Jay-Z and Groove Armada wowed audiences at Glastonbury last month, the London Community Gospel Choir were quietly drawing a little crowd of their own to the acoustic stage.

Time to get Connected at Summer Festival

The Stereo MCs are looking forward to this weekend's festival

12:21pm Wednesday 9th July 2008

When the Stereo MCs headline the Croydon Summer Festival this Saturday, the crowd will be waiting for one song in particular, but they might be pleasantly surprised by the others.

You make me wanna swing

2:01pm Tuesday 8th July 2008

If there is one thing I have learnt on this job, it's that you can never second guess how an interview is going to turn out.

Brit of a celebration

Good conduct: Mark Forkgen

3:09pm Thursday 3rd July 2008

It's a sure sign of summer when suddenly it becomes acceptable to wave Union Jacks in public.

Festival jazzes up shopping sorrow

Stan Tracey was one of the headliners at this year's jazz festival

11:32am Thursday 26th June 2008

Shopping in Croydon is not an experience many people look forward to. All they want to do is get in, get what they want and get out, particularly on a busy Saturday.


UK News

BA chiefs charged over price-fixing

British Airways pilots will not take strike action over Easter

Updated 12:23am Friday 8th August 2008

Four past and present British Airways executives have been charged with "cartel offences" by the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) concerning the fixing of fuel surcharge prices on long-haul flights.


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