Entertainment

The Golden Globes controversy: Ricky Gervais and the British way

Anyone from anywhere can be cruel, anyone from anywhere can be witty, but there is something particularly British about cruel wit(90)

Publicity all the way from the Golden Globes to the Golden Raspberries: From Golden Globes to Golden Raspberries

Whatever the economic cycle or the competition from DVDs and computer games, box-office receipts are remarkably resilient. So Cassandra predicts a good year for the cinema in 2011.(1)

Golden Globes: From Golden Globe to Oscar

Does Golden Globe success presage an Oscar?(7)

The British monarchy: The King's Speech, a preposterous film but oddly shrewd about Britain

Watching George VI as a proto-Diana in trousers(17)

Consumer electronics: Babbage in paradise

Babbage visits the annual Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas(12)

British culture: In today's Britain, cricket is just sport

The slow death of a national game(31)

The real meaning of "The King's Speech": It's "The Godfather" with tweed

TSA threat detection: What's the TSA's current failure rate?

Time for some answers(14)

Lena Dunham's "Tiny Furniture": She's having a hard time

The new indie “it” girl(1)

Computer translation: Word Lens: not science fiction, but not exactly perfect either

A fascinating looking app, but it will suffer from the same flaws as any other computer translation(10)

Instant translation: Word Lens: This changes everything

A new way to translate(20)

Christmas in Britain: Christmas cake-in-a-bag

Britain's evolving traditions(8)

Anthology of rap: What is this thing called rap?

In praise of the vernacular poets in a maligned anthology(3)

Nollywood: Lights, camera, Africa

Movies are uniting a disparate continent, and dividing it too(13)

Cake and culture: Season's eatings

Old and new traditions blend in a modern Christmas ritual(6)

Simon Cowell's X Factor - and American Idol: Simon Cowell's X Factor

Mr Cowell, wonderfully caustic in many of his comments, is surely the best known Briton in America (certainly better known than Britain’s present prime minister).(0)

John Lennon: Imagine no possessions

John Lennon was content to leave the stuff about "no possessions" to the imagination(8)

Elaine Kaufman

Elaine Kaufman, restaurant-owner of New York, died on December 3rd, aged 81(9)

The Rolling Stones and important anniversaries...: Waiting on the Stones...

Are there important anniversaries that we have overlooked? At least one reader in Camarillo, California, thinks so.(0)

Irish: Stíofán Fry as Gaeilge

The English actor and language-lover shoots a scene in Irish(2)

Books of the Year: Page turners

The best books of 2010 were about Barack Obama and the secret world of China’s communist rulers, as well as on the spread of surfing, how prosperity evolves, how the West rules (for now) and the travels of the hare with amber eyes(17)

Nightlife: Bar culture, Texas-style

It's about culture(25)

Documentary film: Errol Morris on "Tabloid"

A documentary about a woman who allegedly kidnaps and molests her Mormon boyfriend, but also about love(2)

International: Authorised anniversary

Prepare for a celebration of biblical proportions(0)

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