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British carrots are a tender bunch

Mon, 06 Jul 2009 16:45:48 GMT

Prized for their sweet, aromatic flavour, new season British carrots are a tender bunch, often harvested at night to avoid sun damage.

Hop Farm keeps it small and simple

Mon, 06 Jul 2009 16:17:23 GMT

Vince Power presents Hop Farm is a smaller, more accessible festival than other bigger corporate events.

Passion that will never die

Mon, 06 Jul 2009 15:48:40 GMT

MIF Interview: Roy Faudree, the theatre director tells Metro how his elderly choir rocks in a show about age, memory and the immortal power of music.

Basement Jaxx rock Hyde Park

Mon, 06 Jul 2009 13:41:49 GMT

This was a high-energy, hits-packed experience from the opening tracks Good Luck and Oh My Gosh.

Antony And The Johnsons is simply spell-binding

Mon, 06 Jul 2009 13:41:49 GMT

MIF review: Antony Hegarty is wondrously strange and astonishingly lovely in his sad, accepting otherness.

Megan Fox possessed by demon in new role

Mon, 06 Jul 2009 11:42:08 GMT

She might have been voted the world's sexiest women by men's magazines but has Megan Fox lost her X factor?

Did Britney save Sunday night TV?

Mon, 06 Jul 2009 09:42:37 GMT

TV review: Finish this sentence: Britney Spears Saved My? Somewhat unfeasibly, the answer is Britney Spears Saved My Life (BBC3).

Maxwell has still got his mojo

Sun, 05 Jul 2009 23:09:37 GMT

Of all the smooth operators who emerged during the mid-1990s nu classic soul scene, Maxwell was the slickest.

Georgias Horse are lost in their own world

Sun, 05 Jul 2009 23:09:37 GMT

It's hard to know whether, with this title, Georgia's Horse are deliberately invoking the Cowboy Junkies' The Trinity Session.

The summer sounds of The Phenomenal Handclap Band

Sun, 05 Jul 2009 23:09:37 GMT

A New York collective of DJs, producers and artists, The Phenomenal Handclap Band clearly have a deep love for the 1970s.

Buffy Sainte-Marie still kicks ass

Sun, 05 Jul 2009 23:09:37 GMT

Buffy might be a peace campaigner but her work still joyously kicks ass.

Make a Discovery with this curious side project

Sun, 05 Jul 2009 23:09:37 GMT

Beneath the cool veneer of many indie and electro types, there lurks a lust for raunchy, oiled-up r'n'b.

Bombay Bicycle Club need more spice

Sun, 05 Jul 2009 23:09:37 GMT

They share their name with a curry house chain and sadly its too easy to say these London teenagers lack that certain spice needed to capture the imagination.

The best new singles of the week

Sun, 05 Jul 2009 23:09:37 GMT

VV Brown, Lady Gaga and A-Ha are our picks for the best single released this week.

Still causing a rumble

Sun, 05 Jul 2009 23:09:37 GMT

The 1974 Ali-Foreman fight in Zaire has been much eulogised. Now, as Siobhan Murphy reports, its musical accompaniment is being brought to life again.

Florence takes your breath away

Sun, 05 Jul 2009 23:09:37 GMT

Album review: Florence Welch has already convinced a lot of people of her talent: she won the Critics' Choice gong at this year's Brit Awards, last year nabbed by the mega-selling Adele.

Judge blocks Catcher in the Rye sequel

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 22:52:55 GMT

A US judge has temporarily stopped the publication of a novel using characters from JD Salinger's classic Catcher in the Rye.

Kraftwerk deliver a dream gig

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:42:05 GMT

Gig review: Forget being a dream gig for all Kraftwerk fans, you get the sense that this is a dream gig for the sole-remaining original member of the German electronic legends himself: Ralf Hutter.

Drama series Robin Hood axed by BBC

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 09:08:31 GMT

Saturday teatime drama Robin Hood has been axed, the BBC has said.

The Game plays A-Team's BA Baracus?

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 09:08:31 GMT

The Game is rumoured to be in line to play B.A Baracus in the new movie adaptation of The A-Team.

Blur's triumphant return to Hyde Park life

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 07:39:34 GMT

Gig review: Blur prove they're on a roll from their rip-roaringly exuberant opening numbers She's So High and summer holiday anthem Girls & Boys, and the tightly crammed revellers are whole-heartedly with them.

Hardeep Singh Kohli spices up Indian cooking

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 06:19:07 GMT

Hardeep Singh Kohli loves his food. 'Christ, that's the problem,' groans the affable writer and TV/radio presenter, who refers to himself throughout Indian Takeaway, his account of eating his way round India, as an 'overweight Sikh'. 'I'm about 43 stone overweight.'

Bem Brasil is a major meat feat

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 06:19:06 GMT

Food & Drink: Vegetarians beware: gorging yourself on unlimited supplies of flame-grilled animal is really the only way to get value from this steakhouse.

Boundary is vintage Conran

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 06:19:06 GMT

Food & Drink: Pundits sniggered at Conran's hubris, opening a temple of old-school consumption in recessionary times. Seems like he's having the last laugh.

Fine fresh fish at The Rockfish Grill

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 06:19:06 GMT

Food & drink: Mitch Tonks, the south-wests favourite fishmonger, is back serving first-rate seafood with his solo venture The Rockfish Grill.

MetroLife

British carrots are a tender bunch

Hop Farm keeps it small and simple

Passion that will never die

Basement Jaxx rock Hyde Park

Antony And The Johnsons is simply spell-binding

Megan Fox possessed by demon in new role

Did Britney save Sunday night TV?

Maxwell has still got his mojo

Georgias Horse are lost in their own world

The summer sounds of The Phenomenal Handclap Band

Buffy Sainte-Marie still kicks ass

Make a Discovery with this curious side project

Bombay Bicycle Club need more spice

The best new singles of the week

Still causing a rumble

Florence takes your breath away

Judge blocks Catcher in the Rye sequel

Kraftwerk deliver a dream gig

Drama series Robin Hood axed by BBC

The Game plays A-Team's BA Baracus?

Blur's triumphant return to Hyde Park life

Hardeep Singh Kohli spices up Indian cooking

Bem Brasil is a major meat feat

Boundary is vintage Conran

Fine fresh fish at The Rockfish Grill

Georgias Horse are lost in their own world