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'If Waterstone's is to survive in the age of online retail, it will have to restore the values that made its original shop great'

Do bookshops have a future?

Tim Walker: Waterstone's is planning to copy the very independent stores it put out of business. But will it work?

Sheridan Smith's night of triumph at Oliviers

Sheridan Smith takes Olivier for Best Actress in a Musical, with awards for Roger Allam and Stephen Sondheim.

David Lister: Subsidised theatre receives a timely boost

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Super-sharp suited: Leonardo DiCaprio in Inception

Dressed To Kill: Besuited heroes are back

Leading men are ditching bandanas and leather jackets in favour of classic suits, says Alice-Azania Jarvis.

Rebel with a cause: Darlene Love with Phil Spector in 1963

Fame at last for rock'n'roll's unsung star

Darlene Love was the unacknowledged voice of many Sixties pop hits. Now that's all about to change

The Hanging Shed, By Gordon Ferris

Gripped by Glasgow's mean streets

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After 56 years, the personalised ad break is here

It is time for a commercial break and a single, male viewer watches adverts for grooming products and racy sports cars. The family next door, though, glued to the same programme, is tempted instead by package holidays and a new people carrier.

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Antoine Watteau's drawings are expressive gems, says Adrian Hamilton – and the truest measure of his talent

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Album: Various, Dance – The Smith Quartet (Signum)

The Smith Quartet shimmy their way through a vibrant selection of overt and covert dances by living composers: with John Adams' "Pavane" and Kevin Volans' "First Dance" the most familiar and Elena Kats-Chernin's "Naïve Waltz" the most elegant.

Norman Foster's Commerzbank building in Frankfurt

Architects' Sketchbooks: Back to the drawing board

An intriguing new book delves into the notepads of leading architects to show the sketchy origins of some truly monumental buildings

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