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* Deep male tones are preferred by both children and adults for
reading aloud 04/03/01 B 14 6>7 Photographs
* A radical plan to turn the Bodleian Library into a pay-as-youenter
visitor centre is provoking a fierce war of words - see
Bodleian Library 18/03/01
* Sean O'Hagan has put together a show that unites politics and
culture in Ireland - including an AK47 that's good enough to eat
- see Ireland 18/03/01
* His plays may be full of sparring vitriol and dysfunctional
lives, but Edward Albee is rather sweet, thinks Simon Fanshawe
- see Albee, Edward 15/04/01
* Pioneering circus storms across Britain - see Circus 15/04/01
* The BBC has wheeled out its big guns to tell us that works
such as Ulysses, Figaro and Battleship Potemkin changed the
course of history, but few of them did and rarely for the better
15/04/01 R 5 1>5 Photographs
* Art or anatomy? An exhibition of flayed corpses in Berlin has
been greeted with popular acclaim and moral indignation
20/05/01 R 5 1>6 Photographs
* Decision to admit controversial artist Gary Hume to the Royal
Academy of Arts is denounced as 'bonkers' 27/05/01 B 12 1>4
Photograph
* Celebrity choices for visits in the Art World 17/06/01
* Having a hit in New York seems to be the best way to ensure
that your play is panned in London, so why do so many
American dramatists persist in casting their pearls before swinish
British critics? 24/06/01 R 5 1>5 Photographs
* The Royal Shakespeare Company is making a fresh attempt to
lose its image as an outdated and conservative institution - see
Royal Shakespeare Company, The 01/07/01
* The seaside town of Bridlington turns to art and architecture to
recapture its former glory - see Bridlington 29/07/01
* Edinburgh Festival Preview 29/07/01 R 6 1>5 Photographs
* The Edinburgh Festival Fringe kicks off this weekend
05/08/01 B 10 1 Photograph
* Review of the Edinburgh Festival 12/08/01 R 10>11 1>7
Photographs
* Review of the Edinburgh Festival 19/08/01 R 10>13 1>8
Photographs
* Vanessa Thorpe asks why three foreign bosses of our leading
arts centres have all felt the need to jump ship 19/08/01 B 14
1>8 Photographs
* Diary of a Perrier Award Judge by Stephanie Merritt 26/08/01
R 11 1>8 Photographs
* Sir Simon Rattle, Britain's greatest conductor of modern times,
has fired a withering parting shot as he prepares to take up a
senior job in Germany, attacking the Arts Council - see Music:
Classical 30/09/01
* As the South Bank Show enters its twenty-fifth season,
Melvyn Bragg argues that rather than killing off the arts,
television has widened their appeal 30/09/01 R 8 1>5
Photographs
* UB40, one of Britain's most successful bands, are setting up a
'fame school' in Birmingham with £20m of local authority and
private-sector cash 14/10/01 B 15 1>2 Photograph
* Tessa Blackstone, the new Minister of State for the Arts, has
launched a drive to encourage poorer people to take an active
part in the arts 21/10/01 B 14 7>8
* As the centenary of the composer Richard Rodgers
approaches, Peter Conrad assesses how well South Pacific has
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aged while Trevor Nunn tells him his stage version will be
more… - see Rodgers, Richard 18/11/01
* Adrian Noble, defiant RSC director attacks 'snobbery' and
'insulting' critics 25/11/01 B 7 1>6 Photographs
* A team of developers plan to build a large commercial theme
park in Stratford-upon-Avon, devoted entirely to the playwright,
Shakespeare 16/12/01 B 10 1>7 Photographs
* Writers and artists choose their high points - and low points -
of the last twelve months 23/12/01 R 9>10 1>8 Photographs
* Preview for 2002 30/12/01 R 5>9 1>7 Photographs
AS SHE CLIMBED ACROSS THE TABLE
* See Book Reviews - Hobson, Will 14/01/01
ASCHERSON, NEAL
* Columnist 07/01/01 B 27 1>4 Photograph
* Columnist 21/01/01 B 29 1>4 Photographs
* Columnist 18/02/01 B 31 1>4 Photograph
ASHCROFT, LORD
* Lord Ashcroft, the Conservative Party treasurer, is being sued
in the US over his alleged role in a corporate scandal 08/04/01 B
1>2 2>6
* The former Tory Party treasurer, Lord Ashcroft, is to take legal
action against two Cabinet ministers over a 'dirty tricks'
campaign 24/06/01 B 12 7>8 Photographs
ASHCROFT, RICHARD
* See Music: Pop 25/02/01
ASHDOWN, PADDY
* Columnist 18/11/01 B 31 1>5 Photograph
ASHLEY, APRIL
* Interview with April Ashley, Britain's most celebrated
transsexual 25/03/01 M 26>30 1>4 Photographs
ASIAN COMMUNITIES
* The murder of an Asian greengrocer in London has revealed
how warring families will seek revenge over thousands of miles
- see Crime 21/01/01
* To be Asian in Hollywood used to mean parts as villains or
dainty flowers, now after Crouching Tiger, movie bosses think
eastern stars are the next bit thing - see Film 22/04/01
* Drugs, gangs and mean streets… Paul Harris visits the
Bradford suburb where Asians rose up in revolt 22/04/01 B 15
2>7 Photographs
* A new generation of British Asians are still coming to terms
with their complex identities 24/06/01 B 16 1>6 Photographs
* A project to 'eliminate' forced marriages in Britain's Asian
communities has been launched by the Government 04/11/01 B
15 1>5 Photograph
ASSASSIN'S CLOAK, THE
* See Book Reviews - King, Eldon 07/10/01
ASTERIX AND THE ACTRESS
* See Book Reviews - Wood, Gaby 01/04/01
ASTOR, DAVID
* David Astor, the legendary former editor and proprietor of The
Observer, died in his sleep early on Friday, aged 89 - see Deaths
09/12/01
* David Astor, who died last week, was editor of The Observer
for 27 years - he took risks, challenged authority and gave the