Arts Correspondent
Matthew Bourne has often divided opinion. While he may have made ballet current and credible, stark traditionalists label his creative output 'dance theatre'. For while the Laban…
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Thu 23rd May, 2013 | 1:04pm
And All That Jazz
Zoe Rahman
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Wed 22nd May, 2013 | 11:52am
On the one hand it is a production for the Facebook generation with all its digital gadgetry whilst, on the other, it tells…
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Tue 21st May, 2013 | 8:51am
Editor
George Hinchliffe. Photo by Nigel Barklie
That's not the same…
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Bo Bruce - Before I Sleep
Bo Bruce. Image from bo-bruce.com
BBC's The Voice has far from garnered the interest it has intended, however, an artist who caught the imagination of the British public (and tabloids) is aristocratic rebel Bo…
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Mon 20th May, 2013 | 2:36pm
Spectacular Scenery And Original Art At North Yorkshire Open Studios 2013
Katharine Holmes
Studios are located right across the county, from the market towns of Thirsk…
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Thu 16th May, 2013 | 3:40pm
Eurovision Song Contest - Malmö 2013
Eurovision second semi-final dress rehearsal. Photo by Dennis Stachel (EBU)
The 58th annual Eurovision Song Contest has already kicked off in splendid style in Malmö, Sweden, where the semi-final saw The Yorkshire Times' favourites Natalia Kelly (Austria) and…
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Thu 16th May, 2013 | 3:03pm
Snow White At The Mart Theatre
Snow White at The Mart Theatre
The usual characters are there - Snow White, a handsome…
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Thu 16th May, 2013 | 11:05am
Gig Correspondent
Leona Lewis puts on an unforgettable show
On her current tour the venues are smaller than…
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Wed 15th May, 2013 | 10:11pm
Crooked Ways: Bigger & Better In 2013
Crooked Ways - Bigger and better in 2013!
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Wed 15th May, 2013 | 9:59am
Author & Book Lover
'Something is not right in the picturesque Yorkshire village of Henchcombe. Terrible things walk the streets each time a thick mist sweeps down off the moor.'
There are some…
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Tue 14th May, 2013 | 4:07pm
Culture Correspondent
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Tue 14th May, 2013 | 11:44am
Nataly Dawn
Nataly Dawn
Having made her mark on the international…
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Rumpelstiltskin Gets A Golden Makeover
This brand new…
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Laser Designs Add Spark To London Exhibition
Paul Robinson's Causality
Barnsley-based Cutting Technologies was…
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Mon 13th May, 2013 | 12:36pm
Lady Antebellum - Golden
The resurgence of country music in the UK has been somewhat phenomenal. With the last phase of country popularity having coincided with the peaking popularity of LeAnn Rimes, Shania…
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RSC Declares Shakespeare's Comedies Aren't As Funny As His Tragedies!
The Reduced Shakespeare Company - Photo by Karl Andre
The bad boys of abridgement are back. The RSC (that's the Reduced Shakespeare Company, not that other one based in Stratford!) romp irreverently through the complete works of Shakespeare…
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Fri 10th May, 2013 | 9:13am
Bingley Music Live - Don't you want me?
The Human League
They will appear at Myrtle Park between August…
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Thu 9th May, 2013 | 9:54am
District 3
District 3
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Wed 8th May, 2013 | 5:23pm
Drenge/Dead Sons/Young Peculiar - The Octagon, Sheffield
Dead Sons
With Zane Lowe paying a visit to Sheffield University Union's Octagon, JD Roots decided to get involved in a celebration of local talent.
With a line-up boasting sets by JD Roots…
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Wed 8th May, 2013 | 8:57am
Alison Moyet - the minutes
Alison Moyet's career has taken on so many dimensions, that is almost forgivable to have forgotten her electro-pop roots. Having taken time out of her solo career in 2007 for a brief…
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Tue 7th May, 2013 | 5:23pm
Correspondent
Rudimental
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Tue 7th May, 2013 | 2:24pm
Vision Of Urban Nightlife At Beverley Festival
Godber's 'Bouncers' Comes To Beverley Festival
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Tue 7th May, 2013 | 11:09am
The Big Reunion, Sheffield
Atomic Kitten
I have to admit that when ITV2 announced that they would be piecing together a reality documentary based around the reforming of six pop acts from the late nineties and early noughties, I was…
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Sun 5th May, 2013 | 5:54pm
Noise Next Door
Noise Next Door
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Fri 3rd May, 2013 | 12:46pm
Pensioner wins modern art award
Margaret Harrison, 72, wins the 16,500 Northern Art Prize for a recreation of the perimeter fence from the Greenham Common airbase.
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24 May 2013 5:42 am
VIDEO: The book clubs that find bestsellers
The book group that can crush an author's hopes or find a bestseller
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24 May 2013 1:24 am
Grimmy and Rizzle Kicks in TV deals
Radio 1 DJ Nick Grimshaw and British rappers Rizzle Kicks are being lined up to host new music shows for Channel 4.
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23 May 2013 5:29 pm
VIDEO: S Africa celebrates Sekoto legacy
South Africa is celebrating 100 years since Gerard Sekoto's birth with the exhibition "Song for Sekoto" in Johannesburg.
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23 May 2013 2:36 pm
Franklin postpones June concerts
Aretha Franklin has postponed three concerts in June, a week after health issues forced her to cancel two shows in May.
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23 May 2013 11:46 am
VIDEO: Bruce Forsyth: 'I feel 35 on stage'
Sir Bruce Forsyth, 85, tells BBC Breakfast about keeping young in the spotlight.
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23 May 2013 11:19 am
Paris Hilton to release second album
The hotel heiress signs with Cash Money Records to release her new record, which is being produced by Afrojack.
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23 May 2013 10:43 am
VIDEO: King wins first female Gershwin prize
Singer-songwriter Carole King has become the first female to win the Gershwin Prize for Popular Song.
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23 May 2013 9:37 am
International Booker for Lydia Davis
American writer Lydia Davis is named as winner of the Man Booker International prize for her "achievement in fiction on the world stage".
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22 May 2013 9:13 pm
Ryan Gosling film divides critics
There are boos and walk-outs for Ryan Gosling's film Only God Forgives at Cannes, but it still earns some five-star reviews.
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22 May 2013 5:18 pm
AUDIO: 'Beatles, Magna Carta and Wordsworth'
Letters written by John Lennon are being donated to the British Library along with the lyrics to a selection of Beatles songs.
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22 May 2013 3:48 pm
VIDEO: Jamie: 'I pretended to be Bruno Mars'
Jazz musician Jamie Cullum explains why he pretended to be Bruno Mars
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22 May 2013 3:27 pm
VIDEO: 'I saw George Michael lying on M1'
A woman has described helping a man who lay bleeding on the M1, not realising it was the singer George Michael
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22 May 2013 2:53 pm
The X Factor reveal judges for 2013
It is confirmed that Sharon Osbourne will return as a judge in 2013.
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22 May 2013 11:12 am
AUDIO: LSO conductor on 3D ballet and Wagner
London Symphony Orchestra's Valery Gergiev spoke about the 3D ballet and today as the 200th birthday of Richard Wagner.
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22 May 2013 10:57 am
HRH Earl Of Wessex Renews Patronage Of Northern Ballet
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The Earl and Countess of Wessex join Northern Ballet on stage
The news was confirmed during Northern Ballet's run at Sadler's Wells in…
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Wed 22nd May, 2013 | 10:17pm
Art & Literature Correspondent
Malcolm Tomlinson
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Tue 21st May, 2013 | 9:33pm
Feelix - The Library Theatre, Sheffield
Mike Dignam 'Jason Mraz meets Ed Sheeran'
It is wet, windy and quite frankly, rather foul night in Sheffield - the sort of evening that wreaks havoc on the roads and causes nights out to be cancelled. Therefore, it is little…
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Mon 20th May, 2013 | 4:57pm
Annual Youth Festival Ready To Breeze Into Leeds
Now in its 17th year, the festival which aims to…
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Mon 20th May, 2013 | 3:15pm
Rock Legend Rod Stewart To Play Leeds
Rod Stewart - photo by Penny Lancaster
Rod comes to the first direct arena in Leeds this September as part of his eagerly anticipated 2013 UK tour 'Time' following…
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Fri 17th May, 2013 | 10:32am
Free Gigs At Hebden Bridge Blues Festival
Marcus Bonfanti. One of the highlights of the festival
fo…
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Thu 16th May, 2013 | 3:18pm
Cocoon In The Park Celebrates Five Years
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Thu 16th May, 2013 | 2:56pm
York Correspondent
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Thu 16th May, 2013 | 9:10am
A Week-Long Festival Of Live Music In A Legendary Spiegeltent Rocks Harrogate
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Wed 15th May, 2013 | 11:49am
Yorkshire Music Festivals Round-Up
Beat-Herder Festival
Live…
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Wed 15th May, 2013 | 9:00am
Cliff Richard Reveals His Greatest Ambition
Sir Cliff
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Tue 14th May, 2013 | 2:05pm
She Festival 2013 : To Be His Daughter
Erika Linor - Kutzuk Exhibition at the SHE Festival 2013, Leeds
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Tue 14th May, 2013 | 11:27am
Eurovision - We Interview Bonnie's Top Competitors
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Dilys Guite Players Tackle Tennessee Williams' Masterpiece
(L>R) Juliet Ibberson, Caroline Cooper, David Reid, Alexandra Rafter
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Mon 13th May, 2013 | 1:01pm
Bingley Grammar School To Star In RSC Education Programme
Working with both the RSC and Bradford's…
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Mon 13th May, 2013 | 11:35am
Beyonce Reveals Her True Talent On Tour
Beyonce performed an energetic, exciting and rewarding show
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Fri 10th May, 2013 | 9:51am
I Could Murder A Fat Rascal!
Written and directed by panto favourite Phil Lowe and…
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Thu 9th May, 2013 | 11:33am
St Peter's Singers of Leeds - Handel: Samson (HWV 57)
St Peter's Singers
The concert takes place on Saturday 18 May starting…
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Thu 9th May, 2013 | 8:12am
York Art Gallery Turns Paintings Into Posters For Exciting Exhibition
We Are Not Your Subjects - Sam Jefferies
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Wed 8th May, 2013 | 2:03pm
The Pitman Painters - A Must See Piece Of Theatre
Lee Hall's critically acclaimed play 'The Pitman Painters' visits Yorkshire as part of a second National Tour.
Writer of the West End hit 'Billy Elliot', Lee Hall has…
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Wed 8th May, 2013 | 8:11am
X Factor's Basil Simon Preparing Album Release
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Tue 7th May, 2013 | 4:19pm
Craven College Invites You To A Ball
This year's event is…
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Tue 7th May, 2013 | 1:59pm
Crime Novel of the Year Longlist Announced
Last year's winner, Denise Mina with broadcaster Mark Lawson and title sponsor, Simon Theakston
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Mon 6th May, 2013 | 8:03am
Bonnie Tyler - Rocks and Honey
Bonnie Tyler
Alumnus of the Jim Steinman school of epic rock, Welsh songstress Bonnie Tyler may have turned down the opportunity to represent the UK in the strangely irresistible cheesy pop fest…
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Sun 5th May, 2013 | 5:36pm
VIDEO: Bradley Cooper's final Hangover
The stars of the The Hangover III talk about the final instalment and why they are so grateful to their fans.
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24 May 2013 5:44 am
Award for Greenham Common artwork
Artist Margaret Harrison, 72, wins the 16,500 Northern Art Prize for a recreation of the perimeter fence from the Greenham Common airbase at the time of the women's peace camp in the 1980s.
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24 May 2013 5:42 am
VIDEO: Tate Liverpool celebrates 25 years
It is 25 years since the opening of Tate Liverpool - the first Tate gallery established outside London.
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23 May 2013 10:08 pm
AUDIO: Gervais: You cannot pander to everyone
Comedian Ricky Gervais has confirmed that Derek is back for a second series and viewers in the US will see the first on Netflix.
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23 May 2013 4:37 pm
Titanic violin real, scan suggests
A violin thought to be the one played by the band leader of the Titanic as it sank is proved to be genuine following CT scans at a hospital, an auctioneer says.
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23 May 2013 12:32 pm
Shameless star to play Tommy Cooper
Shameless star David Threlfall is to play comedian Tommy Cooper in a new drama commissioned by ITV.
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23 May 2013 11:27 am
French singer Georges Moustaki dies
Georges Moustaki, the French singer and composer who wrote Edith Piaf's 1958 hit song, Milord, dies aged 79.
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23 May 2013 10:52 am
Fry to curate opera festival
Stephen Fry will curate this year's Deloitte Ignite festival at the Royal Opera House exploring the work of the Giuseppe Verdi and Richard Wagner.
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23 May 2013 10:27 am
Novel written in verse up for award
A book about Christopher Marlowe written entirely in verse makes the shortlist for the sixth Desmond Elliott Prize for best debut novel.
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23 May 2013 7:22 am
AUDIO: Mary McCartney: A life in photos
Mary McCartney is a renowned photographer and cook and also the daughter of Sir Paul McCartney and his late wife Linda.
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22 May 2013 7:48 pm
Harry Hill names X Factor musical
The X Factor musical written by comedian Harry Hill has been titled I Can't Sing! and will open at the London Palladium in March 2014.
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22 May 2013 4:36 pm
VIDEO: Rubbish artwork at the Royal Academy
A giant artwork made from rubbish is unveiled at the Royal Academy
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22 May 2013 3:38 pm
VIDEO: Ai Weiwei releases debut single
Dissident Chinese artist Ai Weiwei has released a music single.
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22 May 2013 3:10 pm
Emmerdale actor Richard Thorp dies
Actor Richard Thorp, who played Emmerdale stalwart Alan Turner for more than 30 years, dies at the age of 81.
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22 May 2013 2:38 pm
George Michael 'lay bleeding on M1'
A woman who stopped to help George Michael after a crash describes how the pop legend was lying covered in blood on the M1.
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22 May 2013 11:01 am
