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  My London: Baxter Dury

  The musician eats like Tony Soprano at Il Portico and finds the London Eye both awkward and amazing

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  Leslie Bricusse obituary

  Leslie Bricusse obituary. Oscar-winning composer and lyricist known for his hugely successful songs for Willy Wonka and Doctor Dolittle

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  From Robin Hood to Golda Meir: why the lost works of Lionel Bart need reappraising

  What did Lionel Bart, the composer who gave the world Oliver!, have to say – or, perhaps more to the point, want people to sing – about Golda Meir, the Israeli prime minister between 1969 and 1974? The question arises because Thursday evening sees Maureen Lipman sing the title number of a “lost” musical by Bart, Next Year in Jerusalem. The song is a soothing lullaby – childlike melody and lyrics mingling sorrow at a life fraught with danger with a yearning for freedom (think Hamilton’s Dear Theo

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  The gay svengalis who shaped the future of British pop

  If Russell T Davies wishes to follow his hit Aids-era saga, It’s a Sin, with another “queeriod” drama set against British social history, he could do worse than rewind to the Fifties skiffle scene for inspiration. There, the man who also gave us A Very English Scandal, about the infamous Jeremy Thorpe trial, would find many more attractive dramatis personae – but not the likes of Lonnie Donegan, Billy Fury or the other pretty-boy pioneers of British rock ’n’ roll. Rather, the seemingly disparate

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  From Oliver! to Golda… new life for long-lost Lionel Bart musical

  From Oliver! to Golda… new life for long-lost Lionel Bart musical. Songs from the composer’s doomed show about the Israeli stateswoman will make their debut online

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  Barbara Windsor: a priceless and mischievous stage sensation

  Barbara Windsor: a priceless and mischievous stage sensationThe late actor took on Brecht, Falstaff and panto and will be remembered for her collaborations with Joan Littlewood * Peter Bradshaw on her film career

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  Babs Windsor: the daring, giggling pearly queen of the screen

  Babs Windsor: the daring, giggling pearly queen of the screenBetween the bubbly blonde of the Carry Ons and EastEnders’ matriarch, the actor built up a significant body of work in film, theatre and TV

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  Sally Jacobs obituary

  Sally Jacobs obituaryBrilliant stage designer hailed for her work with the RSC and the Royal Opera House

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  What I’m reading in lockdown: Rhod Gilbert, Hugo Vickers and more

  Rhod Gilbert I am not reading at the moment. I normally have a book on the go, but I seem to be consumed with the news cycle and cannot drag myself away from it. I find it hard to concentrate normally, but right now I can’t get halfway through an apple without getting distracted by Covid-19 talk. Read Rhod Gilbert’s full interview Natalya Romaniw Christmas at the Beach Café by Lucy Diamond. It’s part of a series and not very challenging, I admit – in fact, it’s pure pink-fluffy escapism and it g

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  Why West End shows are no longer flopping

  The 2012 Spice Girls musical Viva Forever! sounded good on paper.The producer was Judy Craymer, who’d produced 1999 hit Mamma Mia!, which had made £1.3billion worldwide. The script was by Jennifer Saunders. And, of course, there were the songs of everyone’s favourite Nineties girl band. It would be spectacular: thousands of Swarovski crystals glued on to costumes, hundreds of costume changes per performance. The show made more than £2 million in advance ticket sales from fans. Every seat at the

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