Bill Bailey: 'People are obsessed by how I look'
21 November 2008 12:00 AM
Bill Bailey's talent embraces everything from bloke-in-a-bar gags to Chaucer and Pinter. Where will his quicksilver wit alight next?
Antonio Pappano: 'Music can make me Superman'
14 November 2008 12:00 AM
The musical director of the Royal Opera House is a laughing, wine-loving, life-loving testament to the power of opera
Candace Bushnell: Sex, success, the city and the zeitgeist
07 November 2008 12:00 AM
Candace Bushnell, once called 'Jane Austen with a martini', turns a sharp, forensic gaze on New York's super-rich in her new novel
Alastair Campbell: 'I can't change what I am'
31 October 2008 12:00 AM
New Labour's attack dog hasn't lost his teeth, but his trajectory after political life reveals unsuspected compassion and humility
Tom Courtenay: 'I had this knack, my own thing'
24 October 2008 12:00 AM
From Hull docks to the infamous Marshalsea prison in the BBC's Little Dorrit, it's been a long-distance journey for Tom Courtenay
Boy George: 'I forgot how good I could be'
10 October 2008 12:00 AM
The Karma Chameleon is touring, and at the same time trying to put his life back together again despite another court case, writes Christina Patterson
Jason Donovan: 'I'm a survivor in this life'
26 September 2008 12:00 AM
Jason Donovan's career seemed lost in a combination of drugs and ill-judged legal action. Now he's back and recording again
James Patterson: 'Publishers are lost in the Middle Ages'
14 September 2008 12:00 AM
He outsells JK Rowling, John Grisham and Dan Brown...combined. But James Patterson, the world's most prolific author, doesn't even consider himself a writer. So how has he built an empire that rakes in $1.5bn a year?
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‘Hello, NME? I’d like to complain about your Tom Odell review. Why? I’m his dad’
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Kan you believe it? Kim Kardashian and Kanye West reportedly name baby daughter 'Kaidance Donda'
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American studio claims it designed London 2012's Olympic cauldron
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Film review: World War Z - Brad Pitt's zombie action flick is surprisingly infectious
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Anger Management? Charlie Sheen fires Selma Blair as his onscreen therapist with expletive-filled text
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Bankers could face jail after report urges the Government to introduce new criminal offence for reckless management
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Breaking the Silence: In the reality of occupation, there are no Palestinian civilians – only potential terrorists
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Richard Nieuwenhuizen death: Six teenagers and 50-year-old father convicted of manslaughter in shocking case of referee killed over a game of football
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Exclusive: Newcastle's star talent-spotter on brink as Joe Kinnear sparks walkout
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Vast methane 'plumes' seen in Arctic ocean as sea ice retreats
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