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101

New TV comedies set at school; Edinburgh round-up

102

Bourne writer Tony Gilroy, large-scale public theatre, Jackpot review

103

Tributes to Marvin Hamlisch and Robert Hughes

104

New Pixar film Brave, Mike Scott of the Waterboys, pop stars changing names

105

Curious Incident onstage, Alan Davies, Olympic puppeteers

106

Meera Syal in Much Ado About Nothing

107

With John Wilson, who pays tribute to Gore Vidal, and visits the William Morris Gallery.

108

Mark Thomas on his father's love of opera; Bernard of Hollywood's images of Marilyn

109

Mark Wahlberg in Ted, James Kelman, Mark Ravenhill

110

'Woman in a Dressing Gown', Louis Nowra, Newton Faulkner

111

Mark Rylance as Richard III, Herman Koch, Searching for Sugarman

112

The Man Booker longlist; The Doctor's Dilemma reviewed.

113

Colin Dexter, Kronos Quartet, and Starkey on Churchill

114

Ruby Wax interviewed; The Lorax reviewed

115

Terry Jones on giving 'The Owl and the Pussycat' an operatic makeover

116

Rapper Ice-T, Monica Mason's farewell to the Royal Ballet, Tom Hanks' new online project

117

Madonna in the UK; Simon Russell Beale in Timon of Athens

118

Hattie Morahan and Dominic Rowan on booing at the theatre; John Lydon; literary letters

119

The Dark Knight Rises; The Tanks; Asif Kapadia

120

Eoin Colfer; Catherine the Great; loneliness of a soloist

121

Antony Gormley; the man behind Angelos Epithemiou revealed

122

James Fenton, rained-off festivals, and author Nicola Barker

123

Wynton Marsalis interview; review of Seeking a Friend for the End of the World

124

Magic Mike; Twenty Twelve writer John Morton.

125

Amy Winehouse and Katy Perry films; William Fiennes on Joseph Mitchell

126

Bryn Terfel, scoring Hitchcock, the Shard, Sinbad

127

Julian Barnes on Jean Dujardin's new film, Nick Hewer, new Bond exhibition

128

Richard Wilson's Italian Job re-creation; Mark Damazer on The Newsroom

129

Christopher Eccleston in Blackout; on the Chariots of Fire track; ping pong

130

Bobby Womack, Jake Arnott, and Killer Joe reviewed

131

28/06/2012

132

The Amazing Spider-Man; Joe Penhall

133

Friends with Kids, Edvard Munch

134

Terry Pratchett; Your Sister's Sister; Jed Mercurio

135

Crow with Handspring puppets, guitarist Milos, Mark Wallinger

136

Prunella Scales, Jenny Saville, Coogan and Iannucci on TV

137

Julie Walters back on stage, Adrian Lester, and Ed Stoppard on Alan Turing

138

Sam Mendes; news of the Art Fund Prize winner

139

Yoko Ono's art; Bruce Willis in Lay the Favourite

140

Fast Girls, Gatz

141

Rachel Whiteread; Dallas reviewed; Watts Gallery

142

Rock of Ages reviewed; Scottish National Portrait Gallery; Afghan War fiction.

143

Alan Howard interviewed; True Love reviewed

144

Janet Suzman; Invisible Art; Cosmopolis review

145

Rapper Professor Green interviewed; Dürrenmatt re-examined

146

06/06/2012

147

Hilary Mantel talks to Mark Lawson

148

Neneh Cherry interviewed; the Transit of Venus in art

149

Michael Morpurgo; Ridley Scott's Prometheus reviewed

150

John Irving; African art; Thomas Heatherwick

151

Patti Smith, Ben Drew (aka Plan B)

152

Ken Loach review; Rumer; James Sallis interview

153

Tracey Emin in Margate; Cannes Film Festival

154

Tom Phillips, writing final TV episodes, Arnold Wesker at 80

155

Chariots of Fire on stage; Henry Moore indoors.

156

Actor John Simm, author George RR Martin

157

Moonrise Kingdom, Joanne Harris, artist Richard Wilson

158

Rolf Harris on his art; Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau obituary

159

Screenwriter Paul Abbott; The Dictator reviewed

160

Kevin Rowland from Dexys Midnight Runners; Ballgowns at the V&A

161

Danny DeVito and Richard Griffiths interviewed; the Art Fund Prize shortlist announced

162

Coronation Street musical; Anish Kapoor's Olympic sculpture

163

Hilary Mantel, Tim Burton, 56 Up

164

Writer John Hodge; Naxos Records; plot against Edward VIII

165

Mel Gibson reviewed and Pianist Mitsuko Uchida

166

Damon Albarn in his studio

167

04/05/2012

168

A controversial play about Apple; Shirley Hughes; the original Homeland

169

Jason Isaacs; South Sudan theatre company

170

Mark Haddon; Turner Prize shortlist; Norah Jones

171

Leonardo Da Vinci reviewed; Maxim Vengerov interviewed

172

Enquirer - a play about UK Newspaper journalists

173

Brodsky Quartet; Edward Bond; TV Impressionists

174

Michael Frayn, Derek Walcott, and David Hare's play South Downs

175

Glenn Close as Albert Nobbs; Harry Shearer on Nixon

176

World Book Night; Mark Ravenhill; Winning Words at Olympic Park

177

Barbara Windsor, Cillian Murphy and Enda Walsh

178

David Suchet, BBC Proms 2012

179

Stanley Booth; Salmon Fishing in the Yemen

180

Irvine Welsh; Bob Marley film; Orange Prize shortlist

181

Sir Tim Rice and Pamela Stephenson

182

Horrible Histories on TV; ballerina Tamara Rojo; Mozart's Sister

183

Dara O Briain; Whit Stillman; Butch Cassidy rides again

184

Anne Frank

185

Clive James and The Cabin in the Woods film review

186

Theatre Producers Special

187

Photography special: Bailey, McCullin, O'Neill, Benson

188

Graham Coxon interviewed; Mirror, Mirror reviewed

189

Julianne Moore as Sarah Palin in HBO's Game Change

190

Labrinth interviewed; Headhunters reviewed

191

Damien Hirst, Michael Grade

192

Kirsty Lang in New York with the director of the Metropolitan Museum

193

Harry Potter studio tour; unfilmed screenplays

194

Dr John, Tim Lott, and Janet Street-Porter on British Design 1948-2012

195

Brendan O'Carroll; John Eliot Gardiner; Gillian Wearing.

196

Aardman Animations' Pirate film; Jodi Picoult; Ben Okri

197

Jonny Greenwood and composer Krzysztof Penderecki; Brains - the exhibition.

198

Greg Doran; Molly Dineen on Werner Herzog

199

Luther creator Neil Cross; re-imagining Ballets Russes

200

The Hunger Games; Kensington Palace; Paul Weller on beat poetry