The Barometer: Jarvis Cocker; TS Eliot; Ridley Scott; Damien Hirst
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Rough Trade celebrates 30 years with gigs from Jarvis Cocker until Tuesday (www.roughtraderecords.com/jarviscocker)
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Rough Trade
The daddy of indie labels celebrates 30 years with gigs from Jarvis Cocker until Tuesday (www.roughtraderecords.com/jarviscocker).
TS Eliot
See a stellar cast including Eileen Atkins, Harold Pinter and Dominic West give readings at the Donmar Warehouse's TS Eliot festival.
The Killers
The band's Day and Age breaks that tricky third album conundrum and enters a chart battle with Guns N' Roses.
...and what's not
Ridley Scott
Not another "war on terror" movie. The director's Body of Lies gets dire reviews across the board.
Damien Hirst
The artist made £111m in a two-day auction in London in September, but this month a painting failed to sell at a New York auction and the artist is shedding staff.
Hip-hop
Dizzee Rascal said that hip-hop helped Barack Obama win the presidency. So why is Boris Johnson giving hip-hop a hard time?
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