Music review - Jesca Hoop, Ballroom, Brighton

If you suspected, from her fairytale name, that Jesca Hoop was not entirely of this world, a few minutes in her company confirms it.
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Fame at last for rock'n'roll's unsung star

Darlene Love was the unacknowledged voice of many Sixties pop hits. Now that's all about to change. By Fiona Sturges
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Book review: 33 Revolutions Per Minute by Dorian Lynskey

In May 1970 Neil Young was relaxing on the porch of his road manager's house in Pescadero, California, when he was handed a copy of Life magazine. It contained a vivid account of the deaths of four students at the hands of the Ohio National Guard during an anti-war protest earlier that month.
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The real stars know when to call it a day

As Mike Skinner calls time on The Streets, Fiona Sturges says that Girls Aloud would do well to consider a similar coda
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Born This Way: It's the same old song... so what?

As Madonna's brother accuses Lady Gaga of stealing her latest hit, Fiona Sturges says pop plagiarism claims miss the point
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Why does reality TV hate women?

Half the population is getting a raw deal on screen. Fiona Sturges says it's time to switch off the sexism
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Music review - Joan As Police Woman, Komedia, Brighton

Joan Wasser, the New York singer-songwriter who goes by the fabulously barmy moniker Joan As Police Woman, may not yet be loved by the masses but she is a woman with an impeccable pedigree.
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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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The Essex factor: How Olly Murs went from X Factor reject to pop sensation

He might not have won The X Factor, but that's not stopping Olly Murs, as Fiona Sturges discovers
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A pity for Morgana that first impressions last

It’s good to take risks with new comedy talent on TV, says Fiona Sturges, but Channel 4’s latest starlet has badly misfired
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Meet and greet, hug and strip - charge a fortune

If you have the money, you can buy a photo with Justin Bieber, a cuddle with Peter Andre, dinner and a striptease from Princess Superstar. Fiona Sturges asks why acts are selling themselves
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