Can you really be too posh to perform?

Pop and comedy stars have been pasted for their privileges – but inverted snobbery in the arts is nothing new, says Fiona Sturges
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The good, the bad and the wildly bitchy

Awash with champagne and catfights, Dynasty, the ultimate 1980s soap, is set to become a film
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Assume the position! Sing like a canary

The classical violinist Joan Wasser only recently found her voice, and what a voice it is, says Fiona Sturges
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Tipped today, gone tomorrow?

Every year the music press and the BBC anoint the new messiahs of pop. Yet all too often these new stars fizzle out more quickly than a damp firework. By Fiona Sturges
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A stay here should lift your spirits – and send you over the edge

Alain de Botton has put theory into practice by offering inspiring properties to rent for short breaks. Fiona Sturges visits the Balancing Barn
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