Evening Standard - Entertainment

Lenny Henry: 'Maybe one day we can have a black Doctor Who'

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:27:51 GMT

As he wins the outstanding newcomer prize at the Evening Standard theatre awards for his role as Othello, Lenny Henry has come a long way from black and white minstrels

Elen Rives shows she has moved on from Frank Lampard with stunning lingerie shoot

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 11:47:41 GMT

Frank Lampard's ex Elen Rives shows she has moved on from the Chelsea star with a series of stunning pictures as she models a new lingerie range

You haven't seen the last of us, say X Factor rejects John and Edward

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 11:31:15 GMT

Tuneless twins John and Edward Grimes said they are "up for any challenge" now their X Factor dream has ended

Africa remembers Miriam Makeba at Mama Africa

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 10:23:14 GMT

Mama Africa was a celebration of South Africas Miriam Makeba, one year after her death. The stellar line-up of African artists made sure it was a sell-out

Esperanza Spalding a bright hope on the double bass

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 10:07:13 GMT

Having celebrated its glorious past with Sonny Rollins and Chick Corea, the London Jazz Festival climaxed with a glimpse of the future in the leggy, Afro-haired person of Esperanza Spalding

The Tsarina's Slippers is well-shod but shoddy

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:47:08 GMT

This feeble, unimaginative production at the Royal Opera House is a disappointing pitch for the festive market thats unlikely to win converts to opera.

Taylor Swift hits shops before becoming musical royalty

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:31:11 GMT

Taylor Swift showed she is like any other teenage girl as she shopped with her mother in London hours before being crowned the new queen of pop at the American Music Awards

Out of tune Jedward run out of luck as they are voted off X Factor

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 08:25:25 GMT

Simon Cowell called the duo an "unstoppable machine" but X Factor twins John and Edward have finally been kicked out of the show

Top-quality quips from Julian Clary

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:13:06 GMT

Somehow, despite the corny filth, Julian Clary's show at the Leicester Square Theatre was a hugely enjoyable romp of a comeback

Family friction in Glorious 39

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:00:21 GMT

British period pieces are regularly mocked as pretty pieces of cinema devoid of real bite. But you couldn't call Stephen Poliakoff's first film for more than a decade, Glorious 39, namby-pamby

A Serious Man makes comedy out of a crisis

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:00:21 GMT

Joel and Ethan Cohen's A Serious Man isn't just a comedy - the serious edge of human enquiry is there too

Coming of age in the cold with The Fahrenheit Twins

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:28:34 GMT

As the dark nights beckon, it's oddly comforting to be transported to one of Earths coldest places with The Fahrenheit Twins.

Relive yesteryear at School Disco

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:56:51 GMT

It's a gloomy Saturday night and the capital is in the grip of the 'storm of the year'. Why not lighten your mood with a trip to the school disco

CDs of the week: Rihanna, Lady Gaga and 50 Cent

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:39:23 GMT

What our critics made of Rihanna, Lady Gaga and 50 Cent's new album.

Sound check: Green is the new rock'n'roll

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:39:23 GMT

Musicians are realising that there are plenty of ways they can help save the planet without making the rest of us cringe.

Faust - as you've never seen him before

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:23:45 GMT

Under the title "Between Two Worlds", Vladimir Jurowski and the LPO are presenting the work of the remarkable composer, Faust

Where to eat: Supersandwiches

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:03:26 GMT

There are times when a simple sandwich will not hit the spot. Those are the times to turn to the baguette, Bánh Mi or belly-bursting wrap.

The man behind the Jedward factor (and it's not Simon Cowell)

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:03:26 GMT

Video: Thirty years ago, Robert Stephenson brought U2 to London. Now it emerges he gave Jedward their first break see an exclusive video of them singing here

Kitchen W8 pitches to the rich

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:24:49 GMT

Kitchen W8 is a bargain for this area, if such sophistication is what you crave and it offers a more soothing time than, say, Kensington Place.

Sicily, mi amore at Mennula

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:06:04 GMT

Mennula (apparently the word for almond in Sicilian dialect) is a great addition to the restaurants of Charlotte Street.

Britain's got art talent at School of Saatchi

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 11:15:56 GMT

The BBC's new reality show, The School of Saatchi, will do for aspiring artists what the X Factor does for budding pop stars.

Arctic Monkey business with the past

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 11:00:04 GMT

Opening their set with the shimmering ballad Dance Little Liar Arctic Monkeys sounded a world away from the Sheffield scamps of yesteryear.

Alan Bennett is back in the habit with brilliant but flawed play

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:44:22 GMT

Alan Bennett's The Habit of Art is funny and sometimes brilliantly so, but strangely uninvolving.

Alan Carr: Channel 4 asked me to take a pay cut. I'm all for it, we've all got to pull together

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:44:22 GMT

Alan Carr talks candidly about cash and how the flip side of fame means he was forced out of his crouch end home.

X Factor winner Leona Lewis sings theme to 3D epic Avatar

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:02:59 GMT

Leona Lewis has recorded the theme for Titanic director James Cameron's eagerly anticipated new sci-fi film Avatar