Arts Ahead is back with all the info you need to keep culturally up-to-date in the capital this week... Watch out for the start of London Sculpture Week on Friday. If bronze, limestone and marble are your things, pop along to galleries throughout the Mayfair area for a celebration of all things sculptured; from 14th-century Tibetan art to young London-based sculptor Piers Secunda, who creates sculptural works entirely out of paint. At school, it......

Last night London's Luvvieland came together for their annual award ceremony, the Oliviers. Having received 11 nominations across 10 categories, it looked like being Hairspray's night. And Londonist is happy to confirm what we already knew: the show is a deserved winner of the Best New Musical accolade. In addition, Leanne Jones (Best Actress in a Musical) rocks as the optimistic teen, Tracy Turnblad; Tracie Bennett (Best Supporting Role in a Musical) is similarly......

It’s Christmas Eve already? How did that happen? Surely you’re all done your shopping now, so time to reward yourself with a few nice things to watch on TV. On TV, Londonist likes: Jamie at Home Christmas Special (Channel 4, 17:10-18:15) Say what you will about Jamie Oliver, he puts on an entertaining cooking show. And we’re guessing this Christmas episode will be chock full of amazing dishes that will look incredibly simple and......

Our star struck police force just can't make up its collective mind. One minute they want to be actors, the next they're arresting them. Maybe they just long to be close to famous people: A special police unit is to be set up dedicated to making it easier to film movies in London. The Metropolitan Police Filming Unit (MPFU) will be made up of a team of officers who will be a single point......

Someone in the TV world really hates January. Why? Because to compensate for the month's grey, fuzzy, badly photocopied feel, they've decided to brighten it up with yet MORE imported US screen candy. Yes, Prison Break (Mon 10pm Five) is finally here - exciting, macho, and dumber than a barrelful of rocks, according to Charlie Brooker. It's got thrills, spills, tattoos of prison blueprints (er, whatever) and lots of muscular men looking moody. Will......

Kath Turner is on her way back to the West End for the first time since her 'impressive' performance in The Graduate five years ago (was that really five years ago?... wow, now we feel old!). Turner is all set to come to London as Martha in Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf? in the new year. The show is currently playing on Broadway, and according to the Daily Mail (we know, we know, but......

Bob Kiley is to step down as London Transport Chief in January 2006. Epolitix.com has all the goss'. Angela Merkel arrived in London yesterday to play 'middle woman' between us and France over the EU budget. Cristiano Ronaldo will not face charges over the alleged rape in the Sanderson hotel in October. Patrick Stewart just can't stay out the news. Now he's gone and lost the only script for A Christmas Carol, due to......

If you hadn't guessed already Londonist quite likes Patrick Stewart. We like him becasue he's a cracking British actor who appeals to a wide range of people (i.e. from the Trekkies to the Luvvies), and he can hold his own against the "Hollywood stars" who insist on coming over here and 'treading our boards'. So what are we to make of the fact that Pat is now urging those self same Hollywood stars to......

Its nearing Christmas and the theatre world is beginning to hum and whine with the oncoming season of celeb-driven pantomime, Nutcrackers and carol singing specials. A perennial favourite for all those who like a trip to the theatre as part of their Christmas festivities is A Christmas Carol, as heartwarming and comforting as chestnuts roasting on an open fire. A very promising production of this much-loved but somewhat overdone Dickens staple is the one-man......

Londonist attended the theatre last night. We purchased a ticket for A Life in the Theatre a play written by David Mamet at the Apollo Theatre about a week ago. A Life in the Theatre tells the story of stage veteran Robert (Patrick Stewart) and aspiring actor John (Joshua Jackson) and their evolving friendship on and off stage. The running time is a scant hour and a half. The reviews for it have been here......

There are a lot of reasons to like Harold Pinter. He's no fan of the Bush administration and thinks Tony Blair a "deluded idiot" for taking the UK forces into Iraq but the main one is that he isn't Andrew Motion. Londonist would, however, like to see the two of them face off in a poetry slam , 8 MILE-style, with Guardian readers bouncing up and down in front of the stage to the......