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Terry Christian makes eviction choices

Celevrity Big Brother contestants- Lucy, Tommy, La Toya, Terry, Michelle, Coolio, Ben, Verne, Tina, Mutya and Ulrika

This year's Celebrity Big Brother housemates will find out who is first up for eviction during a surprise live show

MBE Lennon returned in protest found

The honour that was accepted but then sent back over British support for the Vietnam War, has been found after 40 years

‘Perfect memoir of old age’ wins Costa

After being appointed OBE in the New Year’s Honours List, Diana Athill has become the oldest winner of the Costa Awards

Vote for Breakthrough Award winner

The fifth Times/South Bank Show Breakthrough award will once again be decided exclusively by our readers: vote here now

Hugh dares wins From cattle-droving to saving the world as a mutant antihero, there?s very little Hugh Jackman won?t tackle

Visual arts 

The god of small and ordinary things

He taught and counselled Damien Hirst, yet is a noted artist in his own right. Michael Craig-Martin talks about his split identity

Tate Times Painting Challenge winner

This year's winning entry by Heather Hodkinson is as confusing as her dreams, finds Rachel Campbell-Johnston

Mystery as dozens of public artworks vanish

Works of art worth hundreds of thousands of pounds are missing from British embassies around the world

The architecture of Paris re-emerges

After decades in London’s shadow, Paris is re-emerging as the powerhouse of exciting architecture, Tom Dyckhoff reports

Modern Art Explained

Swan Island - Sean Scully

What do you think of this Sean Scully?

Return of the Phantom Andrew Lloyd Webber plans to bring Eurovision glory back to Britain and unveil a Phantom of the Opera sequel

Film 

Actor Daniel Craig

Why Daniel Craig keeps experimenting

His new film turns him from chilly Bond action man into a thoughtful leader of Jewish partisans fighting the Nazis

Actor Frank Langella

Frank Langella: Sex, lies and Watergate

With his portrayal of Nixon tipped for an Oscar, how will this deeply private man handle the spotlight?

Ralph Fiennes on The Reader

Ralph Fiennes has a new interest; Kate Winslet's co-star in new film The Reader wants to know the secret of his birth

The verdict on Che: Part One

Benicio Del Toro brings a charismatic and idealistic Che to life in the first of Steven Soderbergh's ambitious instalments

Scarlett Johansson

Scarlett Johansson attends the launch party for Frank Miller’s latest film ’The Spirit’

The reluctant sex symbol on ageing

In search of Eva. Once upon a time, Eva Mendes was hilariously indiscreet, but has the Hollywood machine got to The Spirit star?

TV & Radio 

Celevrity Big Brother contestants- Lucy, Tommy, La Toya, Terry, Michelle, Coolio, Ben, Verne, Tina, Mutya and Ulrika

Terry Christian makes eviction choices

This year's Celebrity Big Brother housemates will find out who is first up for eviction during a surprise live show

Cat Deeley

Don't underestimate Cat Deeley

She left Ant and Dec behind two years ago for American TV. Now, Cat Deeley tells why it pays to stay on her good side

Best TV sitcoms of 2009

A host of hilarious new sitcoms are set to hit our screens - all of them British. Our correspondent falls head over heels

Humphrys rips into quiz show snitch

One of UK’s most ruthless interrogators has made a scathing attack on a BBC broadcaster for bringing Mastermind into disrepute

2009's best TV

Soldiers

From Mad Men to Generation Kill

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Gregg Wallace is the greediest bastard who ever lived. I do not mean this in a bad way
Caitlin Moran

Stage 

David Tennant in Hamlet

David Tennant back as Hamlet

The Doctor Who actor has returned to the role of Hamlet at London's Novello Theatre after undergoing back surgery

Andrew Previn and Tom Stoppard

Every Good Boy Deserves Favour back!

It's Tom Stoppard and André Previn’s seldom-seen musical. The National Theatre aims to show it can still captivate

Mandy Patinkin on acting versus singing

He famously swaggered through The Princess Bride but it’s as a singer that Mandy Patinkin excels, says David Cote

I heard 42 Handel operas - and lived

In 2009 Radio 3 will broadcast all 42 operas - the good, bad and ugly. Emma Pomfret heard the lot back to back

Graham Norton

Graham Norton

Donning drag for his stage-musical debut

First Night reviews

The big arts quiz. 2008 was a great year for the arts, but how much do you remember? Test your knowledge with our quiz

Music 

Florence and the Machine

10 hot new music acts for 2009

With blues-infused folk, some doo-wop soul and electro synth-pop aplenty, there’ll be something for everybody

Kelli Ali

Goth-folk: A walk on the dark side

If ever there was a year to embrace your inner dark side, 2009 would be it. Here comes the goth-folk revolution

Glastonbury takes prisoner music project to SXSW

Idea is to promote a project by singer Billy Bragg to help prisoners learn to play musical instruments

Bringing Indian rock to the world

A top English producer aims to bring Indian rock to the world — defying the terrorists. Sophie Harris listened in

Bright young things

The band Friendly Fires, who are nominated for the Times / South Bank Show Breakthrough Award

Vote for the winner of The South Bank Show Breakthrough Award

Wallace & Gromit are back on TV, where they belong. Watch our behind-the-scenes video and interview with Nick Park

Books 

Jodi Picoult

The Hottest Reads of 2009

Fiction highlights, some major anniversaries and room for new children's blockbuster: Nicholas Clee picks some of the likely highlights for the new year

Black Box Recorder, (l-r) Luke Haines, Sarah Nixey and John Moore

Bad Vibes: Britpop and My Part in Its Downfall by Luke Haines

The Sunday Times review by Robert Sandall: so ahead of his time, he missed the Britpop boat

Six-legged Soldiers by Jeffrey A Lockwood

The Sunday Times review by Max Hastings: from Napoleon's Grand Army to the second world war, fleas have played a critical role in the history of combat

No Time to Think: The Menace of Media Speed and the 24-Hour News Cycle by Howard Rosenberg and Charles S. Feldman

The Times review by Libby Purves

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Paulo Coelho

A Christmas Story by Paulo Coelho

A magical short story to get you in the Christmas mood

Times Literary Supplement 

Ellen Terry, McClure's magazine

Intimate with Ellen Terry

From a galvanic Hamlet to Dracula, a new stage and family history by Michael Holroyd

House of Chaste Lovers

Noisy, smelly, excavated Pompeii

A Roman town and Mary Beard's historical balancing act

Dragged to the Royal Court

The promise of Tarell Alvin McCraney and the showdown at the House of Diabolique

Dickens with a twist

A box of intertextual tricks from Jean-Pierre Ohl

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