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From an English Arcadia (24 July 11:30) |
| Ancient Landscapes/Pastoral VisionsVictoria Art Gallery, BathThough William Blake wrote of "England's green and pleasant land", a landscape artist is the last thing you might call him. But a... |
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Labour tipped to hold Glasgow East (24 July 03:30) |
| The Scottish National party was still talking up its chances of pulling off a historic victory in the Labour heartland of Glasgow East as the constituency goes to the polls on Thursday. But ... |
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Small appears ever more beautiful on the road (24 July 01:50) |
| Schumacher's theory - the economist not the Formula One racing driver - that small is beautiful seems increasingly pertinent these days in the case of the European motor industry. If any fre... |
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BBC Proms, Royal Albert Hall, London (23 July 11:55) |
| Forget the tumbler of whisky before bed. There is no better preparation for a good night's sleep than to take in one of the late night Proms, drinking in some timeless score in the hushed am... |
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Pilobolus, The Joyce, New York (23 July 11:55) |
| Fungi are among the most ancient and persistent of life-forms, as anyone with mould in the bathroom knows. Pilobolus, the dance company named after a fungal species (Pilobolus crystallinus) ... |
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New era of rugby league kicks off (23 July 01:10) |
| Rugby league, for years the poor relation to the more brash and popular union game, on Tuesday launched a bright new era by unveiling the teams that had won licences to play in next year's e... |
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A riposte to rubbish coverage (23 July 12:10) |
| "Naples is falling down," says Nathalie De Saint Phalle. Her despair is evident, but the French-born owner of Kaplan's Project, a contemporary art gallery, is not one to stand by and watch t... |
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Downturn throws sale of Tote into doubt (22 July 06:55) |
| The economic downturn may force the government to abandon the sale of the state-owned Tote pool and betting business, the sports minister warned on Monday. |
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Nocturne, Almeida Theatre, London (21 July 10:55) |
| London has recently witnessed one dramatic monologue about grief in The Year of Magical Thinking at the National Theatre. Now comes the European premiere of Adam Rapp's painstaking piece abo... |
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The Female of the Species, Vaudeville Theatre, London (21 July 10:55) |
| The Australian playwright Joanna Murray-Smith writes with intelligence and insight about personal, domestic and gender relationships; this West End opening reunites the director Roger Michel... |
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MTN and Reliance face growth challenges (20 July 11:10) |
| With the genesis of an emerging market telecoms titan stymied for now, both MTN of South Africa and Reliance Communications of India will face questions from investors as to how they intend ... |
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My Morning Jacket, Forum, London (20 July 10:40) |
| America and Britain are two nations divided by a common language - the language of rock. My Morning Jacket illustrate the difference. In their homeland the Kentuckians' superb new album Evil... |
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Street Scene, Young Vic, London (20 July 10:40) |
| A scene can refer to a segment of drama or to a shocking showdown in public; in this powerful 1947 opera-musical (book by Elmer Rice, lyrics by Langston Hughes, music by Kurt Weill), both ar... |
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For best returns, restore and repair (19 July 07:10) |
| The news that this weekend's Visa Swap Houseloft, one of a growing number of markets set up for those wanting to trade wardrobes, will include men's wear for the first time confirms what is ... |
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Opera - the director's cut (19 July 06:55) |
| Europeans call it Regietheater, or director's theatre. Americans call it Eurotrash. It's a matter of priorities and perspectives. |
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Small wonders (19 July 06:55) |
| When the William and Judith Bollinger Jewellery Gallery displays opened at London's Victoria & Albert Museum in May, one of the new cabinets - positioned amid the precious gems and costly cu... |
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Stonehenge (19 July 06:50) |
| StonehengeBy Rosemary HillProfile £15.99, 224 pagesFT Bookshop price: £12.79 |
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Do you need another reason to visit Florence? (19 July 06:10) |
| Given the abundance of riches in the city, one could be forgiven for thinking that the last thing Florence needs is another museum. "Certainly it was in danger of becoming a kind of Renaissa... |
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Worm charming (19 July 06:00) |
| I have come to Willaston School, Cheshire, to take part in the 29th World Worm Charming Championships. |
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Freedom in three dimensions (19 July 06:00) |
| Sculpture is the best comment a painter can make on his paintings," said Picasso. "A drawing is a sculpture," said Matisse. "White paint is my marble," says Cy Twombly. During the past hundr... |
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Veteran Norman rolls back the years (19 July 03:45) |
| There were two sights that no one braving the weather to attend the 137th Open Championship on Friday would have expected to see. |
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Relief for English cousins as family makes up (19 July 03:45) |
| On the phone from Munich, Karl-Heinz Rummenigge is talking about the "football family". Rummenigge, once a great German footballer, now chairs the new European Club Association, which repres... |
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Back to the workers' banner: Labour is again beholden to the unions for cash (19 July 12:35) |
| Desperate times require desperate measures. Britain's ruling Labour party is so strapped for cash that it staged a celebrity auction this month to help service its debts of about £20m ($40m... |
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Camec with new plans to mine in Zimbabwe (18 July 07:35) |
| Central African Mining and Exploration, the mining company run by ex-England cricketer Phil Edmonds, unveiled more than doubled full-year pre-tax profits. |
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Whole in one (17 July 07:25) |
| With a seven million strong army of keen golfers expanding at the rate of about 15 per cent annually, Asia has become the new market place for golf - and it seems that everyone wants a slice... |
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Links and divides (17 July 07:25) |
| Donald Trump would love to host an Open Championship, preferably at his own seaside links course in Scotland. |
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Revival tactics (17 July 07:25) |
| Southport, home of Royal Birkdale, which hosts this year's Open Championship, is a class act when it comes to self-promotion. It still likes to peddle the idea that Baron Georges Haussmann's... |
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Birkdale royalty (17 July 07:25) |
| Arnold Palmer, Tom Watson, Lee Trevino, Johnny Miller - past winners of the Open Championship when it has been staged at Royal Birkdale include some giants of the game. However, only one man... |
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Links with a past (17 July 07:25) |
| Maintaining a balance between preserving tradition and moving forward with the times is a delicate art. Yet it is one that the R&A (the commercial arm of the Royal and Ancient Golf Club) ach... |
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Gaining ground (17 July 07:25) |
| The sport's top performers lack the global cachet of tennis players such as Venus Williams and Maria Sharapova, but women's professional golf has been quietly turning itself in recent years ... |
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The champions (17 July 07:25) |
| In the past decade, The Open Championship has seen memorable triumphs from some of golf's modern greats and flashes of brilliance from relative unknowns. |
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On a tee break (17 July 07:25) |
| Tiger Woods is not the only big name missing from the action at Royal Birkdale this week. Six-time Major-winner Nick Faldo will not be teeing off either. It will be the first Open Championsh... |
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Joint efforts (17 July 07:25) |
| Tiger Wood's victory in the play-off against fellow American Rocco Mediate in last month's US Open championship was a tribute to his high level of fitness as much as his natural talent for t... |
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Playtech plans acquisition as revenue rises (17 July 08:35) |
| Playtech is lining up what it called a "significant" acquisition with an affiliated company in online gambling, using some of the £112m it raised in a placing last month. |
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Macao casinos under pressure from visa policy (17 July 07:45) |
| Macao gaming stocks fell heavily in Hong Kong on Wednesday after the former Portuguese colony announced fresh restrictions on visitors from the Chinese mainland many of whom visit the self-g... |
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La Cenerentola, Aspen Music Festival and School (17 July 12:00) |
| Story-telling is the current theme of the Aspen Music Festival and School, which may explain why two of the three operas at Wheeler Opera House this summer are versions of Cinderella. Had al... |
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Financial wizards learn from soccer aces (16 July 07:45) |
| Italy's top business school, SDA Bocconi in Milan, is to launch a programme for senior executives in the finance sector - but with a twist. As well as the usual classes in finance and genera... |
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SJM debut dips in line with expectations (16 July 03:30) |
| Macao tycoon Stanley Ho's gaming flagship finally made its stock market debut on Wednesday, dipping below its offering price in Hong Kong trade after overcoming a last-minute legal challenge... |
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New arrivals threaten to trump SJM's hand (16 July 04:45) |
| Is Macao's gaming market a sure bet? Investors in Hong Kong who had been keen to invest in one of its biggest players, Sociedade de Jogos de Macau, have certainly been kept guessing. |
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Arias with a Twist, Here Arts Center, New York (16 July 12:25) |
| The drag performer Joey Arias first came to my attention in 1979, when he sang back-up to a skirt-clad David Bowie on Saturday Night Live. At the time, downtown Manhattan - Arias's usual ter... |
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Punch Brothers, Arts Theatre, London (16 July 12:25) |
| "Progressive bluegrass" has the same unlikely ring as funky Morris dancing or freeform bubblegum pop. But it exists, and the Punch Brothers are among its foremost practitioners. |
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Aspen Chamber Orchestra/Zinman, Aspen Music Festival and School (15 July 09:30) |
| The Aspen Music Festival and School has taken to calling itself America's premier music festival. That may be a tall claim, but with 750 students and an illustrious faculty of commensurate s... |
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Retail investors balk at SJM listing (15 July 08:55) |
| Retail investors in Hong Kong have returned applications for half their shares in Wednesday's listing of the Macao gaming company owned by casino tycoon Stanley Ho, even as a Hong Kong court... |
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Images from nature's pencil (14 July 11:55) |
| Framing a Century: Master Photographers, 1840-1940Metropolitan Museum of Art, New YorkNo sooner had the earliest photographers announced the absolute precision of their new medium than they ... |
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The Fratellis, Somerset House, London (14 July 11:55) |
| The Fratellis' show began with a bungled piece of pageantry. A Union Jack flying from the flagpole overlooking Somerset House's open-air courtyard was lowered to the strains of a bagpipe and... |
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2Step, St Paul's Cathedral, London (14 July 11:55) |
| The City of London Festival pulled off something of a coup in securing the steps of St Paul's for a dance event, Shobana Jeyasingh's 2Step performed by 20 students from London Contemporary D... |
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The Book of Fame (14 July 11:00) |
| The Book of Fame By Lloyd Jones John Murray £7.99, 212 pages FT Bookshop price: £6.39 |
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Small Talk: Siri Hustvedt (14 July 11:00) |
| "Updike in high heels" is how one reviewer has characterised Siri Hustvedt's latest novel. Born in Minnesota in 1955 to Norwegian parents, Hustvedt lives in Brooklyn, New York, with her husb... |
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Mostly Mozart, Barbican, London (13 July 07:40) |
| At the end of the evening the audience filed out on to the terrace for a firework display. This is the traditional close to the opening concert in the Barbican's "Mostly Mozart" series each ... |
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A whole new level of unreality (13 July 07:40) |
| Six Characters in Search of an AuthorMinerva Studio, ChichesterLuigi Pirandello's play (premiered in 1921) interrogates our senses of reality and fidelity by having a group of fictional char... |
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