James McAvoy: Scotland’s hottest export

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Miss Saigon gives birth to a new star

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Anne Frank’s story lives again in Amsterdam

David Aaronovitch had avoided the story of Anne Frank - but then he saw a new play and his assumptions began to unravel

Gary Kemp on a musical story of Soho

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Why The Canyons is deadly serious

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Technology trumps tradition on Turner shortlist

This is a Turner shortlist to persuade the old-fashioned to heave a last sigh of hopelessness and give up on the future

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Britpop days remembered - 20 years on

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