London Festival Fringe and the London Awards for Art and Performance

Alain de Botton: 'For 2,000 years in the history of the west, most of philosophy simply was self-help. The Ancients were the most adept ..

TNT Magazine : From tomorrow, a #literature fans delight - Words in the Park w/ PD James, Tony Benn & Alain de Botton: http://t.co/K1zur26I @operahollandpk - 8 minutes ago

Tracey Emin's new design for pocket Tube map - chirping bird sitting on a 'branch' of the Northern line

Lauren Hallworth: Tracey Emin's underground map! http://t.co/Ycbjl6fu - 4 minutes ago

Video: The Best in British Cuisine... with Executive Chef Tony Fleming at the Axis Restaurant, One Aldwych Hotel

Melbourne builder bashes hole through wall for a new cafe and destroys a parachuting rat painted by Banksy some 15 years ago

Helen Pickard: Mums work news 50/50: Young mums and Banksy: No matter what her age, the point is that she loves me and looks af... http://t.co/bN0cWrnt - 25 seconds ago

Paul Moorhouse: 'it is in no sense an official exhibition. It has not been sanctioned by Buckingham Palace, the Queen did not have a say in the selection. It is a celebration and a respectful view, but it is also an inquisitive exhibition.'

Jord Wilson: Thats one off the bucket list, nearly get ran over by the queen - 16 seconds ago

Jeremy Deller, whose work includes an inflatable model of Stonehenge, to represent Britain at next year's Venice Biennale

Ways of Looking: RT @impgalleryanne: Jeremy Deller @waysoflooking 2011 selected British pavilion Venice Biennale 2013. Where Bradford leads art world follows - 10 minutes ago

Anthony Burgess' A Clockwork Orange - 50 years on - one of pop culture's most influential and enduring pieces of literature

TuxServ: A kind of Batman of contemporary letters. -- Philip Larkin on Anthony Burgess - 27 minutes ago

21 young producers, 4 days in the Roundhouse - The Accidental Festival

Jari Laakso: RT @ClaireDunk: Only 15 days left until #AF2012 hits @roundhouseLDN! Get your tickets here before they disappear! http://t.co/bWeSJ4LZ - 15 hours ago

May 16 celebrates the art of micro-fiction - here's how to write flash fiction

Waterstones Ben: Flash Fiction: Yay or Nay? Flash of inspiration: the pick of your micro-fiction http://t.co/HQWFJnBb via @guardian - 35 minutes ago

Charlie Brooker: 'Much online tittering occurred last Friday when King Charles II (played by Rebekah Brooks) told the Leveson inquiry that David Cameron used to sign off his text messages with the acronym LOL, in the mistaken belief that it stood for "Lots of Love" instead of "Laugh Out Loud", the idiot.'

danny wadeson: And Carles. Charlie Brooker and Carles. Am I missing anyone? - 48 minutes ago

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Rick Baker - Alien Designer for Men in Black

Lara Lain: Wow, Nicole Sherzy looks uhhhh mazin!!! LOOK Hits The Men In Black 3 Premiere! http://t.co/VhtaPDUp via @lookmagazine - 1 minute ago

Sacha Baron Cohen and the paparazzi in Cannes for his film The Dictator

Natasha Soini: Just watched Sacha Baron Cohen's "The Dictator" last night and needed a long, cold junub shower afterwards. - 47 seconds ago

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Film-maker Mark Cousins: 'France is a republic, obviously, so instead of the pomp and circumstance of a monarchy, it crowns its cultural and ..

Aldus: @CrissColferTeam aparently, Darren is here on holidays with his family. And Chris is in Cannes, i think, for thr Cannes film festival - 21 seconds ago

Film Censor David Cooke: 'If we rated [Ridley Scott's] Alien now it would be a 15. For a film to get an 18 certificate today it has to be either ..

Elizabeth: Ridley Scott: His Life and Work http://t.co/9zonEcII via @THR - 5 minutes ago

Photo of The Beatles walking the other way across Abbey Road to be auctioned

K Era: listening to #Beatles, doin some mani-pedi and reading The Great Gatsby. no school - no work day. dis i love. - 24 seconds ago

Obama teases Beckham about his underpants

Chess Sets: #olympics London 2012 Olympics: David Beckham would be 'fantastic' for Team GB but must ... - http://t.co/3C5AULAV http://t.co/OM7HQ2GB - 1 minute ago

Gary Maitland - from Glaswegian binman to actor at Cannes in Ken Loach's new film The Angels' Share

Aurélie Villeret: Bande Annonce : The Angels' Share de Ken Loach. http://t.co/vsMkKxEY #Cannes2012 - 4 minutes ago

22 male directors - and no women - compete for prestigious movie prize Palme d’Or at Cannes this week

Nathaniel: RT @bdkreviews: With @JakesTakes @iambenlyons @davidplummer in #Cannes getting ready 2 talk 2 Wes Anderson,EdNorton, JasonSchwartzman http://t.co/cNunnyOt - 16 seconds ago

Florence and The Machine performing Breath Of Life in film Snow White - video

Tiffany: NEVER LET ME GO! by Florence and the Machine spot number 17 on the radio!! #TVD - 23 seconds ago

Simon Cowell: 'We had this conversation about two or three years ago where, with the exception of Leona Lewis, I was getting nervous. I thought, if ..

monica malikϟ'♥: RT @1DFanProblems: Torn is our anthem, Simon Cowell is our president. - 51 seconds ago

Being an Actor: Auditions, Superman Style: 'Ok, so maybe we actors don’t always have an audition a day, but there will be the occasional rush of casting traffic once every blue moon. My record on the tube is 7 hours in one day, zipping (or traipsing more like) from one corner of the city to the other..'

call me zac morris.: RT @SackOfNialler: This chick sung baby at the auditions today and I had tears I was laughing so hard #xfactorau - 43 seconds ago

Tickets for the London Awards for Art and Performance 2012 Presentation, June 20, in the Axis Restaurant, One Aldwych Hotel, Covent Garden

Photographer Justin de Villeneuve: 'I remember distinctly that I'd got it with the first shot. It was too good to be true. When I showed [David] ..

Beatrice Billon: RT @Stephtardivel: Justin de Villeneuve's best photograph: David Bowie and Twiggy http://t.co/ElP4zEq5 via @guardian - 35 minutes ago

Christopher Eccleston: 'I was an impressionable student and I’ll never forget seeing Anthony Hopkins as Lambert Le Roux (in Pravda) and Ian ..

University of London: RT: CSSDLondon: #CSSDalum Christopher Eccleston talks about his role in @NationalTheatre production of #Antigone: ht... http://t.co/xUpoJCQg - 44 minutes ago

Michael Billington: 'From Lilian Baylis to Caryl Churchill, women have made modern British theatre what it is'

James Laker: Michael Billington (born 24 December 1941 in Blackburn, Lancashire, England; died 3 June 2005 in the UK) http://t.co/iiUFriR3 - 10 hours ago

Wild Elusive Butterfly - a radio play

Global City Radio: Tune in to hear The Wireless Theatre Company - Wild Elusive Butterfly Act 1 on Global City Radio - 8 hours ago

Edward Burtynsky: 'In 1997 I had what I refer to as my oil epiphany. It occurred to me that the vast, human-altered landscapes that I pursued and ..

Klaus Kruner: RT @1854: Photographer Edward Burtynsky talks about images that bridge the gap between his Oil and Water projects #pho http://t.co/Iki5ocW2 - 18 minutes ago

Vicky Featherstone, artistic director: 'Every play I work on is a brand new experience. Like a good shag, the one I am working on at the moment ..

Hannah Silva: RT @timcrouch1964: Feeling invigorated about theatre tonight. Three Kingdoms at @LyricHammer and Vicky Featherstone at @royalcourt - 1 day ago

Help keep Croydon’s Warehouse Theatre open - now playing Call Mr. Robeson. A Life, with Songs

Mark: @Marcotti why Paul Robeson? - 18 minutes ago

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Presentation Ceremony in the Axis Restaurant, One Aldwych Hotel, Covent Garden, June 20, 7 pm. There is only one winner in each award which recognises an outstanding contribution to that art form. The evening is a wonderful opportunity to meet artists and performers who represent the best in British art and entertainment.

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