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Claire Black of the Scotsman meets American mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato in Milano (click the link for the full article): Pop stars, soap stars, Big Brother contestants – it seems that anyone can now be a diva as long as they behave badly enou (read full article)
Jane Birkin & Serge Gainsbourg Serge Gainsbourg may have been an accidental sex symbol, but sex symbol he most certainly was. Just ask Jane Birkin, Catherine Deneuve and Brigitte Bardot, all of whom played a major role in his rich and colourful l (read full article)
Danielle de Niese’s new album Diva is released on Decca on 12 July. (read full article)
Anneliese Rothenberger as Lulu Anneliese Rothenberger, an internationally known German soprano who sang with the Metropolitan Opera in New York in the 1960s, died on Monday in Switzerland. As befits a diva, her exact age had long been shrouded in obs (read full article)
Lena Horne & Cab Calloway In a 60-year career, Lena Horne , who has died aged 92, broke down numerous racial barriers. In the 1940s, she was one of the first black singers with a major white band, the first to perform at the famous Copacabana nig (read full article)
Es war, als hätt der Himmel Die Erde still geküßt, Daß sie im Blütenschimmer Von ihm nun träumen müßt. Die Luft ging durch die Felder, Die Ähren wogten sacht, Es rauschten leis die Wälder, So sternklar war die Nacht. Und meine Seele spannt (read full article)
Eliza Carthy in concert at the Union Chapel in London. The set included songs from her album Anglicana, nominated for Album of the Year at the Radio 3 Awards for World Music in 2008. (read full article)
Tracey Emin Vivienne Westwood Malcolm McLaren’s send-off: They came in leather and studs to say goodbye Anarchy rules as Malcolm McLaren funeral draws punk glitterati (read full article)
I have to say I find the Walton and Susana story fascinating – and I am not necessarily sure I really believe all of it. However, I particularly like the story of their courting in Argentina, where he asks her on a daily basis (a woman he had not (read full article)
Tracey Emin reveals all in the Independent: The advice my mum gave me: 1.You might be able to buy the big house, but can you afford to keep it? 2. Forget about the people who you really love, and concentrate on the ones who really love you. 3. Every (read full article)
Rose Gray, the co-founder of the River Café restaurant, has died after a prolonged battle with cancer. She was 71. The chef and cookery writer set up the London restaurant with Ruth Rogers in 1987. The pair were credited with influencing the likes (read full article)
I think the closest I have been to Tracey Emin was spending a sleepless night on a camp bed in the third floor back of 25 Fournier Street, Spitalfields, nearly thirty years ago. Both Tracey and I have come a long way since then, without ever meeting (read full article)
(Independent) Tracey Emin’s latest work deals with the threat of climate change, but she admits she is a “bad advert” for action on the issue. Unveiling her embroidered images of flowers, insects and birds for a Royal Academy exhibition on res (read full article)
Tracey Emin in Manhattan She’s not about to leave Britain as a tax exile – but she is spreading her wings abroad. Tracey Emin gets personal in a New York hotel bed with David Usborne of the Independent “I’m not going to tell anyone how much I (read full article)
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