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10 February 2011 Last updated at 18:20 ET

Knightley 'wins theatrical spurs'Elisabeth Moss and Keira Knightley in The Children's Hour (photo Johan Persson)

Keira Knightley's West End return in The Children's Hour, a play about teachers suspected of being lesbians, draws respectable reviews from the critics.

Keeley Hawes and Ed Stoppard in Upstairs DownstairsUpstairs Downstairs set to return

Revived costume drama Upstairs Downstairs will return for a second series in 2012, the BBC confirms.

Ricky MartinRicky Martin to receive gay award

Pop singer Ricky Martin is to be given an award from a leading US gay and lesbian organisation after coming out as gay last year.

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    PJ Harvey on why she has written an album about the horrors of war

  • Vijay Iyer's band in performanceLook east

    Why Indians have high hopes for the Grammy Awards

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    Discover Johannesburg's hidden literary treasure trove

  • Graffiti on Madrid shop frontIn pictures

    Graffiti artists paint shutters with shopkeepers' blessing

  • Beatlemania's birth

    Remembering The Beatles' first gig at the Cavern Club

  • Role model

    Ballet Black founder on her pioneering work in dance

  • Disaster movies

    The Venezuelan films inspired by devastating landslides

Quote of the Day

“Now I feel like I'm renting a swish apartment that I hope I don't look out of place in or break all the furniture”

Comic actress Miranda Hart on the move of her sitcom from BBC Two to BBC One

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    BBC Travel visits the home town of Poland's great romantic composer

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  • Climate change protesters in BelizeOne Planet Listen

    Why has the art world failed to capture the public's imagination when it comes to climate change?

  • The Strand Listen

    On The Strand, film critic Nigel Floyd reviews the new Coen Brothers' film True Grit.

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