A tantalising portrait of a British society beauty who became the ‘crazy friend’ of Thelonious Monk

Boyish Blur guitarist Graham Coxon is clearly multi-talented.

A showcase for three young conductors, a malfunction at the printers, and for the first time in my experience no programmes for the audience and the prospect of blind-tasting their talents.

Hillel Halkin's touching novel about love and friendship opens in New York in the 1950s and ends on a remote Greek island in the 1980s.

Where once stood Marilyn, now stands Delia, in a Norwich City scarf. HG Wells has been ousted by JK Rowling, Marlene Dietrich bumped by Kate Moss. As for John, George and Ringo – they're nowhere to be seen.

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Thousands of New Agers descend on mountain they see as haven from December's apocalypse

Judith Weir's rare failure is an inner-city Cinderella story that never lifts off ... unlike the kebab van

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Bob Geldof leans, stony-faced, against a wall as his daughter Peaches’ fiancé Thomas Cohen performs.

Eight years ago, in their excellent Spanish Golden Age season, the RSC presented the English premiere of House of Desires, a surprising event on several levels.

"Experimental" best describes the third album by this Mexican-Ethiopian-Californian yoga teacher.

It's a very good swing, just not quite knocked out of the park