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The Vaudevillains – review
Charing Cross theatre, LondonWho shot music hall owner Champagne Charlie backstage at the Empire in the middle of a performance? Was it the conjuror Mephisto, famed for his bullet-catching trick? The...
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David Guetta – review
Braehead Arena, GlasgowIn a scene set to play out repeatedly at arenas and festivals this summer, David Guetta stands at his decks, arms raised triumphantly aloft, while behind him a giant screen...
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OAE/Goodman/Pizarro – review
St Georges, BristolFor this concert by the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, the audience were transported to Vienna, with a programme of Mozart, Beethoven and Schubert. It was originally to have...
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Konstantin Lifschitz – review
Wigmore Hall, LondonThe Art of Fugue was incomplete when Bach died. A compendium of contrapuntal pieces based on a theme that is regularly turned inside out and upside down over the course of its...
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Breakin' Convention – review
Sadler's Wells, LondonFor one weekend each spring, Sadler's Wells is transformed. Its foyers throb with sound and throng with young people, and on every floor you come across eager displays of...
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Osama bin Laden: the long hunt
The al-Qaida leader evaded intelligence agencies for years, until a complex trail led to a garrison town outside IslamabadMohammed Umr remembered when he last heard from the sheikh. He was crouched in...
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Osama bin Laden death prompts worldwide security alert
Clampdown at embassies and airports comes with calls to remain vigilant at home and abroad amid fears of retaliationEmbassies and defence facilities around the world have been placed on high alert amid...
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Revenge is sweet but Labour needs Clegg after May 5 | John Kampfner
Miliband will be sitting prettiest after the local elections. But if he is serious about power, he must talk to Lib DemsLabour tribalists think they have never had it so good. By Friday, according to...
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Syrian activists go into hiding to avoid arrest
As government forces try to crush dissent in a wave of raids and arrests, influential intellectuals are fleeing their homesScores of Syria's most prominent intellectuals and activists have gone into...
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Close to Islamabad, hideout was only streets away from Pakistan's Sandhurst
Abbottabad, a quiet military town in the Himalayan foothills, housed Osama bin Laden for many yearsResidents of Abbottabad might be forgiven for feeling confused . When they went to bed, theirs was a...
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Royal wedding dress to go on public display
Members of public to get a closer look at bridal gown designed by Sarah Burton that shows 'skilled British craftsmanship'The Duchess of Cambridge's wedding dress is to go on display to give the public...
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Let's face it: none of our environmental fixes break the planet-wrecking...
All of us in the green movement are lost before the planet's real nightmare: not too little fossil fuel – but too muchYou think you're discussing technologies, and you quickly discover that you're...
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No to AV campaign neutrality under spotlight over Tory party funding
No to AV campaign's cross-party claim under scrutiny as 42 of 53 named donors revealed to be from Tory sourcesThe official campaign against AV has been almost exclusively funded by Conservative party...
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Sea burial of Osama bin Laden breaks sharia law, say Muslim scholars
US decision to dispose of body in the sea prevents grave site becoming a shrine but clerics warn it may lead to reprisalsOsama bin Laden's burial at sea was quickly criticised by Muslim scholars who...
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Eurozone output shows second fastest monthly jump since 2000
Factory orders in the north surge while manufacturing output in Greece contracted and Spain faced slowdown, study showsManufacturing output in the eurozone powered ahead last month but fuelled concerns...
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UK marine energy sector 'could be worth £76bn and support 68,000 jobs'
Forecast by government thinktank the Carbon Trust comes weeks after ministers scrap £42m subsidy programmeA government thinktank has predicted that the British marine energy sector could be worth £76bn...
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Gerhard Richter's 'lost' skater emerges in £33m auction
Eisläuferin is part of an outstanding collection of postwar German art to be sold at Sotheby'sOne of Gerhard Richter's earliest paintings, which the artist thought had been destroyed long ago, has...
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Obesity in middle age increases risk of dementia
Diseases such as Alzheimer's almost four times as likely to affect people who are obese in middle age, new study showsPeople who are obese in middle age are at almost four times greater risk of...
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McQueen works his magic on New York as Met unveils exhibition
Tribute to late designer from city's Metropolitan Museum of Art follows royal wedding dress commissionIn life, Alexander McQueen was the risqué rebel of fashion, a designer who occasionally struggled...
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Osama bin Laden's death 'doesn't mean anything'
While many worshippers at Finsbury Park mosque expressed cautious support, others were sceptical about the newsWorshippers at the Finsbury Park Mosque in north London, an institution once known for its...
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