Classical review: The Doctor Who Prom

Not a concert, but a pantomime … the Doctor Who Prom. Photograph: Ian West/PA One has to feel a little sorry for the musicians at Prom 10 – the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, conducted by Ben Foster and Grant Llewellyn, and the London Philharmonic Choir, plus solo singers Mark Chambers... 

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Zsa Zsa Gabor Hospitalized with Broken Bones

AP 2007 Zsa Zsa Gabor, shown here in this AP file photo, was hospitalized late Saturday, July 17, in Los Angeles for broken bones. LOS ANGELES — Zsa Zsa Gabor’s publicist says the 93-year-old actress has been rushed to a hospital after falling out of bed and breaking several bones. John Blanchette... 

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Precious materials

Alison Goldfrapp live at the Roundhouse: ‘like a woman who has recently been extricated from a bin full of unwound VHS tapes’. Photograph: Marilyn Kingwill Imagine a gig – a proper gig – where everyone gets in for free. Now imagine an event where the fabled guest list (a bit of an oxymoron,... 

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Shareholders fight back over executive pay and bonuses

Marc Bolland, new Chief Executive of Marks and Spencer, has a starting package that could generate £15m. Photograph: Ben Stansall/AFP/Getty Images Shareholders large and small are expected to deliver a bloody nose this week to four FTSE 100 companies — Marks & Spencer, Burberry, British... 

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solid snake the free encyclopedia

solid snake the free encyclopedia. Solid Snake ソリッド・スネーク Soriddo Sunēku is a fictional character and the main protagonist of Konami 's Metal Gear series of stealth video games....

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TV review: Imagine and To Kill A Mockingbird at 50

Tongue-in-cheek Sex Bomb … Tom Jones with Alan Yentob in Imagine. Photograph: BBC Oh, BBC1 documentary series Imagine, with last week’s glorious Diana Athill-fest you were really spoiling us. Last night, however, Yentob and his product returned to form – that is to say somewhere... 

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