Damien Rice blows away the Glasgow crowd with his mix of wit and superb songwriting.

Maximo Park are a treat to behold live with their frantic moves and tireless energy.

Good Shoes put plenty of energy into their performance but have a job keeping up with excited Maximo fans.

Brighton duo Blood Red Shoes are a smashing opening band.

By Hilary Alexander, Fashion Director at Paris Fashion Week

Nine years after her portrayal of the Virgin Queen in 'Elizabeth', Cate Blanchett is reprising the role in a complex sequel that follows her struggle between love and duty, mortals and gods, fundamentalism and tolerance. Sarah Gristwood reports from the

Alastair Sooke, Jeffrey Robson, Serena Davies, Jo Caird, Toby Clements and Anthony Cummins review the latest paperbacks

Moscopolis, a showcase for both new and established Russian artists, has opened at the top-floor gallery of the Louis Vuitton store in Paris. Viv Groskop meets the producers of work that is daring, and sometimes deranged. Photographs by Charlie Crane.

The sculptor Angela Conner has the space she needs to live and work in a remodelled church hall and chapel. By Drusilla Beyfus. Photograph by Bill Batten.

Conrad Shawcross, 30, uses science and philosophy as the subjects of his large mechanical sculptures. Two commissions, Lattice and Palindrome, are on display at Selfridges, London, until October 28. He lives in Hackney, east London.

The growing number of British people who choose to live abroad while working in the UK is sure to increase still further when high-speed Eurostar services to St Pancras start next month. Angela Neustatter meets the international commuters.

In an interview exclusively for Telegraph.co.uk, the American portraitist Chuck Close talks to Alastair Sooke about his vast painting of one of the world's most recognisable faces.

Alan Titchmarch tells Michael Deacon why waiting three and a half hours in the rain for a shot of a kingfisher isn't boring.

Do you agree with Stephen Pile's view of last week's TV? Have your say in his online forum.

Exclusively for The Daily Telegraph, question-setter Noam Friedlander reports from behind the scenes at Noel Edmonds's new game show.

By Mary Evans and Tessa Gibbs

Lindsay Lohan was reportedly photographed checking out of Cirque Lodge Treatment Center in Utah on Friday.

The increasingly erratic Sharon Osbourne believes the more shocking her newbook is, the more copies she'll sell. But it's so crude and vicious that some think it could bring about her downfall

Recommended The Movie:Though he was not famous during his lifetime, you'd be hard pressedto find an avid horror reader who doesn't know the name of H. P. Lovecraft. Indeed his name is synonymous with tales of dread and horror and