Prom 19: Sondheim at 80

Salute to Sondheim … Simon Russell Beale, Judi Dench and Bryn Terfel at Prom 19. Photograph: Yui Mok/PA Ever since the mid 1990s Stephen Sondheim’s songs have been heard more or less regularly at the Proms but never before has a whole concert been devoted to his work. Sondheim’s... 

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Jon Boden’s big singalong

‘I’ve certainly been told to shut up on occasions’ … Jon Boden A few weeks ago Jon Boden, the current BBC Folk Singer of the Year, went to a friend’s home studio in Sheffield and recorded an unaccompanied version of the famous old folk song The Larks They Sang Melodious... 

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Wyclef Jean to run for president of Haiti

Wyclef Jean to run for Haiti president. Photograph: Jemal Countess/Getty Images Wyclef Jean, the former Fugees singer, will formally announce his candidacy for president of Haiti later today. In the eight months since Haiti’s devastating earthquakes, Jean has become a high-profile spokesman... 

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From feed httpemerceerafeed=rss" One of the minor more handy features of Windows is a new way to resize windows by just dragging them to the edge of the screen in aemerceera Who's republishing emerceera content...

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Sky’s the limit as Carphone Warehouse takes mobile music into the cloud

A new mobile music service aims to give listeners access to their entire music collection. Photograph: John Howard/Getty Images A groundbreaking mobile music service that will allow music-lovers to access their entire music collection on the move, at work or on their mobile phone, will launch... 

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